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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3290848, member: 56859&quot;]Right now I&#039;m liking Elagabalus for #20, from Hierapolis-Castabala in Cilicia.&nbsp; The portrait looks like Elagabalus (although we all know <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/quiz-roman-provincial-portrait-quiz-2.321132/page-3#post-3153587" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/quiz-roman-provincial-portrait-quiz-2.321132/page-3#post-3153587">how misleading provincial portraits can be</a> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).&nbsp; Also, I think I see &quot;MAV&quot; at 10:00-11:00 on the obverse, which fits.&nbsp; The general style fits with Hierapolis-Castabala.&nbsp; The reverse takes a little more faith but I think I see a prize urn between two torches and there is a hint of legend which I can make fit.&nbsp;&nbsp; The size is in the right ballpark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an <a href="https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=5421&amp;category=172369&amp;lot=4544623" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=5421&amp;category=172369&amp;lot=4544623" rel="nofollow">example from a recent Agora auction</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.sixbid.com/media/auction_images/5421/4544623l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Cilicia, Hierapolis-Castabala. Elagabalus. A.D. 218-222. AE (28.4 mm, 15.04 g, 6 h). AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IEPOΠO KACTABAΛE IEPO[C], prize-crown between two lighted torches. SNG France 1243; SNG Levante 1595. VF, green patina.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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