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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2786081, member: 72818&quot;]Wonderful thread!! So many&nbsp; unusual examples.... or just plain cool!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>(Glad to see you&#039;re back [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] !!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I&#039;ll add one I just purchased, unusual only because I can&#039;t find any reference why the reverse was chosen. It doesn&#039;t appear Asclepius is associated with a bull (unless he was a Veterinarian too<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) nor any info I can find of any special connection between Mysia, Parium and bulls<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway the reverse tickled me and I felt it was&nbsp; charmingly irresistible<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mysia, Parium. Severus Alexander. A.D. 222-235. Æ (21 mm, 5.43 g, 7 h). IMP CAES L SEP SEV ALEXANDER (S retrograde), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right / DEO AES SVB C G I H [PAR] (S retrograde), Asclepius seated right, examining hoof of bull standing left. SNG BN -; Roma E28, 284. Dark brown patina with green overtones, light porosity. Good very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]645900[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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