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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5258613, member: 85693&quot;]Pulling up this thread because I finally got one of those Bostra issues with Marsyas, my avatar.&nbsp; They don&#039;t seem to be especially rare, but I was waiting for a bargain, as usual. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wish mine were as <span style="color: #59b300"><b>green</b></span> as 7Calbrey&#039;s -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219586[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 18</b></p><p><b>(222-235 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Arabia, Bostra</b></p><p>IMP CAES [M AVR] SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right / COLONIA BOSTRA, Marsyas standing right, wine-skin over shoulder, raising right hand. </p><p>ANS VI 1227/1228; BMC Arabia 27/30; CopenhagenVII 144; Rosenberger 43; Spijkerman 49</p><p>(3.28 grams / 18 x 16 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p>Surely there are a few more of these Marsyas types out there?&nbsp; If so, I&#039;d sure like to see them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, while I&#039;m here, another one with Severus Alexander, but with Zeus-Ammon on the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219589[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 19</b></p><p><b>(222-235 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Arabia, Bostra</b></p><p>IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right /</p><p>COLONIA BOSTRA, draped bust of Zeus-Ammon wearing solar disk right.</p><p>SNG ANS 1224; Lindgren 2536.</p><p>(4.58 grams / 19 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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