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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2246313, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Nice!! ... wow, Mat =&gt; I love that sweet addition!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The obverse is awesome &quot;and&quot; that Tyche &amp; River-god reverse is always a total winner!! (congrats, sweet coin)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, I hope it&#039;s okay if I post a couple of coins that aren&#039;t quite the same, but they have a couple of things in common? </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; the first example is merely from the same city, <b>Seleucis &amp; Pieria </b>... </span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria, Philip I </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Æ 8 Assaria</span></b></p><p>AD 244-249</p><p>Antioch mint</p><p>Diameter: 30 mm</p><p>Weight: 16.39 grams</p><p>Obverse: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I right</p><p>Reverse: Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of <b>Tyche</b> right; above, ram leaping right, head left; Δ-Є and S-C across field</p><p>Reference: McAlee 990</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]443796[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh, and my second example merely has a similar cool <b>Tyche-reverse</b> ...&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trajan AR Tetradrachm</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">AD 98-117</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Struck AD 110/1</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 27 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 14.44 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Laureate head right; below, club left and eagle standing right with wings folded</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: <b>Tyche</b> seated right, foot set on river-god swimming to right below</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: McAlee 470 (Antioch); Prieur 1498</span></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]443797[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... again Mat =&gt; that&#039;s one sweet coin-addition, my friend!! (very cool)</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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