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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4254090, member: 75937&quot;]<i>Post your coins from Apameia or anything you feel is relevant!</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not superstitious, but when a fortune cookie gave me permission to expand my coin collection beyond the Roman sphere, I took its advice. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084977[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Maybe I ought to acquire a few more Greek coins,&quot; I said to myself as I clicked the &quot;bid now&quot; icon with the mouse. Moreover, the price (~ $13.00 including shipping and buyer&#039;s fees) was right. So now I&#039;m the owner of this delightful little bronze of Apameia in Phrygia. Coins of the first and second centuries BC of this city come in four main types: </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>i. Bust of Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet, r. /Eagle over Maeander pattern between the caps of the Dioscuri.</p><p>ii. Head of Zeus wearing wreath, r./Cult statue of Artemis-Anaitis.</p><p>iii. Turreted bust of Artemis as city-goddess, r./Marsyas advancing right, playing double flute.</p><p>iv. Laureate head of Zeus/Crested helmet, r., over Maeander pattern.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>These coins also bear the name of the city and the magistrate under which the coins were issued. A magistrate may appear on coins of different types, suggesting the coins were issued during the same time frame but represent different denominations. The magistrate on my coin, for example, is also known on the Artemis/Marsyas denomination, as SNG Copenhagen 194.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084978[/ATTACH] </p><p>Phrygia, Apameia, ca. 88-40 BC.</p><p>Greek Æ 23 mm, 7.71 g.</p><p>Magistrate Philokratos son of Aristos. </p><p>Obv: Bust of Athena to right, wearing aegist and crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin. </p><p>Rev: AΠAMEΩN / ΦIΛOKPATOY APIΣΤΕOY, Eagle alighting right above Maeander pattern; to l. and r., eight-pointed star above piloi of the Dioskouroi.</p><p>Refs: BMC 25.87, 105-108; SNG Cop 168-69.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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