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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2712109, member: 56859"]The long-haired yet male bust does look like Demos and on your coin, the two letters behind the bust could be the corroded remnants of ΔH, plus legible bits of the reverse legend generally fit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Good job, Kirk!</p><p><br /></p><p>From Wildwinds:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]612710[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philadelphia, Lydia, AE 23mm, 7.69 g. 198-268 AD. ΔHMOC, youthful head right, long hair bound with taenia, drapery on left shoulder / ΦΛ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩ-N around and in field, NEΩKOΡΩ, N in two lines in ex., lion walking right. BMC 42; Weber 6883; Mionnet IV 547, Kurth, Demos 396.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2712109, member: 56859"]The long-haired yet male bust does look like Demos and on your coin, the two letters behind the bust could be the corroded remnants of ΔH, plus legible bits of the reverse legend generally fit :) Good job, Kirk! From Wildwinds: [ATTACH=full]612710[/ATTACH] Philadelphia, Lydia, AE 23mm, 7.69 g. 198-268 AD. ΔHMOC, youthful head right, long hair bound with taenia, drapery on left shoulder / ΦΛ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩ-N around and in field, NEΩKOΡΩ, N in two lines in ex., lion walking right. BMC 42; Weber 6883; Mionnet IV 547, Kurth, Demos 396.[/QUOTE]
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