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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 24803283, member: 116882&quot;]<b>Emporiae as with dolphin and DD countermarks</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1587228[/ATTACH] </p><p>Hispania, Emporaie</p><p>AE as 9.91 g, 26 mm, 12 h</p><p>69-70 AD</p><p>O: head Minerva right wearing Corinthian helmet and beaded necklace; beaded circle border; dolphin inside beaded circle countermark on helmet; DD countermark under chin</p><p>R: Pegasus flying right; beaded circle upper right; EMPOR below; beaded circle border</p><p>ACIP 1100 (no countermarks); RPC I 257</p><p>Album 35:578 09/12/2019; CNG e287:24 09/26/2012; Warden Numismatics</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1587229[/ATTACH]</p><p>The coins have been found in excavations at Emporiae and also in Germania.</p><p>Traditionally attributed to Legio I Germania or II Augusta which had</p><p>been at Emporiae then transferred to Germania under Tiberius <i>circa</i> 9-10 AD. </p><p>Garcia-Bellido associates the coins with Legio I Adiutrix, a legion of veteran </p><p>sailors formed after the death of Nero and stationed at Emporiae 68-70 AD before being sent to Germania. (The legion had dolphin emblems on their helmets.) </p><p><a href="https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ak/article/view/75428/69086" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ak/article/view/75428/69086" rel="nofollow">https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ak/article/view/75428/69086</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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