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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 1839419, member: 42634&quot;]i was on the wagon a whole week before i cracked, this is a christmas present i got myself, but it&#039;s still a big budget bronze, so i&#039;ll post it here with the rest.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_4362_zpsaf38a7a1.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_4362_zpsaf38a7a1.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_4362_zpsaf38a7a1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_4368_zpsfc739ca7.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_4368_zpsfc739ca7.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_4368_zpsfc739ca7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>caracalla</p><p>198-217 ad</p><p>marcianopolis (modern devnya bulgaria...as an aside, i thought this city was named after the byzantine emperor marcian later, but it was named after trajans sister..didn&#039;t know that.)</p><p>pentassaria</p><p><br /></p><p>o: caracalla and his mom julia domna;</p><p>ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓΟΥCΤΟC ΙΟςΛΙΑ, ∆ΟΜΝΑ (antonius augustus julia domna)</p><p><br /></p><p>r: tyche holding rudder and cornucopia, E in left field,</p><p>ΥΠ ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (what&#039;s this say?&nbsp; something about macrianoplis)</p><p><br /></p><p>30 mm</p><p>17.4 g</p><p><br /></p><p>this coin has a has nice details and a good legend, and a nasty relatively recent scratch on the obverse.&nbsp; maybe give a glimpse of what color the coin was the day it was minted?&nbsp; anyway, the scratch probably dropped the coin into the price range i could afford, and i was wanting a double busted bronze...so now part of the chrsmat71 collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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