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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2529926, member: 42634&quot;]A few weeks ago i asked for pictures of coins with the lunar deity men, and several of you posted some sweet coin...that made me go out and buy my own.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_1954_zpstlfzurvl.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_1954_zpstlfzurvl.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/100_1954_zpstlfzurvl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">ANTIOCH PISIDIA, GORDIAN III 238-244 AD</font></p><p><br /></p><p>O:Laureate and draped bust of Gordian III right; R: Mên standing facing, head right, foot on a bucranium, holding scepter and Nike on a globe to the right, rooster to left &quot;COL CAES ANTIOCH SR&quot; SNG France 1207. <b>35 mm</b>, 26.0 g.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Note that this isn&#039;t &quot;<i>the</i> Antioch&quot;, this is &quot;the <i>other</i> Antioch&quot;.&nbsp; &quot;<i>The</i> Antioch&quot; is Antioch on the Orentes, &quot;the <i>other</i> Antioch&quot; is in Central Turkey. [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER]&nbsp; may know this town, I guess it gets a shout out in The Bible as Paul made a sermon here.&nbsp; It was also a Roman colony and had a large temple complex to Men at one time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Besides checking off my &quot;Men&quot; box, I also wanted a coin that had the &quot;S R&quot; on the reveres...Senatus Romanus..I guess this means the Roman senate had some special power here (or granted them?)...I&#039;ll let you folks fill me in on that.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this thing is <b>BIG</b>....feels great in hand!&nbsp; I love to fondle it.&nbsp; Might be getting a bit inappropriate. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins of Men, Goridian III,&nbsp; or the <i>other</i> Antioch![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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