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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8221814, member: 57495&quot;]Great post!&nbsp; I love the new one from Hierocaesarea.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444197[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MACEDONIA, Roman Protectorate, First Meris</b></p><p>AR Tetradrachm. 16.84g, 32.7mm. MACEDONIA, First Meris, Amphipolis mint, circa 167 - 149 BC.&nbsp; SNG Cop 1313; Prokopov 127.&nbsp; O: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield.&nbsp; R: Club; ΠPE (or ΠEP) monogram above, EP and ΠAP monograms below, MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444195[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>POPPAEA</b></p><p>AE17. 3.3g, 16.7mm. PHRYGIA, Acmoneia, circa AD 62. Lucius Servenius Capito, archon, with his wife Juia Severa. RPC I 3175. O: ΠOΠΠAIA CEBACTH, Draped bust of Poppaea to right, wearing wreath of grain ears; before, forepart of lion to right. R: CEPOYHNIOY KAΠITΩNOC - KAI IOYΛIAC / CEOYHPAC – AKMONEΩN, Artemis advancing right, holding bow in her left hand and drawing arrow from quiver with her right; to left, monogram; to right, monogram above lyre.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444198[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SALONINA</b></p><p>AE29. 9.26g, 29.5mm. IONIA, Ephesus, AD 254-268. Karwiese 1184 (<i>this coin cited and illustrated</i>). O: · CAΛΩN · XPVCOΓONH · CЄBA ·, diademed and draped bust right on crescent. R: EΦECIΩN Γ N-EΩ-KOPON, Artemis, standing facing, head right, raising right hand and holding bow; tree behind her, stag at her side.</p><p><i>Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex &quot;Bavarian Collection&quot; (Numismatic Fine Arts XXXI, 18 March 1993, lot 1141)</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444194[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>Billon Tetradrachm. 12.71g, 22.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 5 = AD 141/142. Dattari-Savio pl. 108, 8094 (<i>this coin</i>); Emmett 1362.5; RPC Online 14246 (2 spec., this coin cited). O: Laureate head left. R: L-E, Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow.</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.513); ex Giovanni Dattari Collection</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444199[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PHRYGIA, Apameia</b></p><p>AE17. 4.0g, 17mm.&nbsp; PHRYGIA, Apameia, circa 88-40 BC. Philokrates, son of Aristeon, eglogistes. HGC 7, 674; SNG Cop 194; Klein 589 (<i>this coin</i>). O: Turreted bust of Artemis-Tyche right, bow and quiver over shoulder. R: AΠAMEΩN, Marsyas advancing right on maeander pattern, playing aulos; ΦIΛOKPAT/APIΣTEO in two lines on left.</p><p><i>Ex Dr. W.R. Collection (acquired in December 2004 from Hauck &amp; Aufhäuser, Munich); ex Dieter Klein Collection, No. 589</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444200[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 4.03g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, 64 BC. C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, moneyer. Crawford 407/2. O: Draped bust of Diana right, wearing stephane, earring, and double necklace of pendants; bow and quiver over shoulder; III VIR down left, GETA down right. R: Calydonian Boar standing right, pierced by spear and harried by hound below; C HOSIDI C F in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1444201[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS as Caesar</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 2.91g, 20.8mm. Rome mint, AD 138. RIC 447a (Hadrian). O: IMP T AEL CAES ANTONINVS, bare head right. R: TRIB POT COS, Diana standing right, holding bow and arrow.</p><p><i>Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, previously held by the American Numismatic Society (1001.57.4904)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444202[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PLAUTILLA</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.13g, 20.2mm. Rome mint. AD 202-205. RIC IV 366 (Scarce).&nbsp; O: PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right.&nbsp; R: DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing half left, bow on back, holding torch with both hands.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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