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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3343166, member: 74834"]An interesting and very long read, in fact these are the most extensive reverse descriptions I ever saw! The Roman provincial coinage never ceases to amaze me, and I like your thoroughness in interpreting the herdsman very much. I hope once to find one of these. So far, I liked Troas coinage (that is, of the towns in the northwesternmost part of Anatolia, now Turkey) because of the pleasant and boldly cut coins showing a horse, the wolf suckling Romulus & Remus, the silenus Marsyas, or the flying eagle. </p><p><br /></p><p>That is, the coinage of the 3rd century. A distinct school of celators must have been concentrated in that area. Here's what I can show of Alexandria Troas:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]885379[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE Valerianus (253-260), Alexandria Troas. Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. IMP LICI VALERIAN. Rev. Grazing horse r. COL AVG TRO. 20 mm, 4.26 gr. Bellinger A436 var (legend).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]885380[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE Gallienus (253- 268). Alexandria in Troas. Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev: Lupa Romana standing left, suckling Romulus and Remus. COL AVG/ TRO. 20.5 mm, 5.20 gr. Bellinger A459. SNG Cop 200-201; BMC 184.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]885382[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE Trebonianus Gallus, Alexandria Troas. Obv. Laureated bust t.r. Rev. Marsyas with wine skin t.l. COL AVG TROAD. 21 mm, 7.54 gr.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3343166, member: 74834"]An interesting and very long read, in fact these are the most extensive reverse descriptions I ever saw! The Roman provincial coinage never ceases to amaze me, and I like your thoroughness in interpreting the herdsman very much. I hope once to find one of these. So far, I liked Troas coinage (that is, of the towns in the northwesternmost part of Anatolia, now Turkey) because of the pleasant and boldly cut coins showing a horse, the wolf suckling Romulus & Remus, the silenus Marsyas, or the flying eagle. That is, the coinage of the 3rd century. A distinct school of celators must have been concentrated in that area. Here's what I can show of Alexandria Troas: [ATTACH=full]885379[/ATTACH] AE Valerianus (253-260), Alexandria Troas. Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. IMP LICI VALERIAN. Rev. Grazing horse r. COL AVG TRO. 20 mm, 4.26 gr. Bellinger A436 var (legend). [ATTACH=full]885380[/ATTACH] AE Gallienus (253- 268). Alexandria in Troas. Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev: Lupa Romana standing left, suckling Romulus and Remus. COL AVG/ TRO. 20.5 mm, 5.20 gr. Bellinger A459. SNG Cop 200-201; BMC 184. [ATTACH=full]885382[/ATTACH] AE Trebonianus Gallus, Alexandria Troas. Obv. Laureated bust t.r. Rev. Marsyas with wine skin t.l. COL AVG TROAD. 21 mm, 7.54 gr.[/QUOTE]
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