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<p>[QUOTE="Vercingetorix, post: 235269, member: 3374"]two possibilities i found:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigpic.cgi?img=coins/./greece/troas/alexandreia/SNGCop_099.jpg&ruler=./greece/troas/alexandreia/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigpic.cgi?img=coins/./greece/troas/alexandreia/SNGCop_099.jpg&ruler=./greece/troas/alexandreia/i.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigpic.cgi?img=coins/./greece/troas/alexandreia/SNGCop_099.jpg&ruler=./greece/troas/alexandreia/i.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigpic.cgi?img=coins/./greece/troas/alexandreia/SNGCop_114.jpg&ruler=./greece/troas/alexandreia/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigpic.cgi?img=coins/./greece/troas/alexandreia/SNGCop_114.jpg&ruler=./greece/troas/alexandreia/i.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigpic.cgi?img=coins/./greece/troas/alexandreia/SNGCop_114.jpg&ruler=./greece/troas/alexandreia/i.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>i suspect that the first coin is the more likely of the two, based on the inscription reading you provided.</p><p><br /></p><p>a link to alexandria troas information (i'd never heard of the city before, so this was all new to me):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Troas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Troas" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Troas</a></p><p><br /></p><p>perhaps rather than tyche, the turreted gal on the obverse of the coin is the deified personification of the city?</p><p><br /></p><p>hopefully someone with more knowledge of ancients will come along to chime in. but regardless, a very coin coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>V.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vercingetorix, post: 235269, member: 3374"]two possibilities i found: [url]http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigpic.cgi?img=coins/./greece/troas/alexandreia/SNGCop_099.jpg&ruler=./greece/troas/alexandreia/i.html[/url] [url]http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigpic.cgi?img=coins/./greece/troas/alexandreia/SNGCop_114.jpg&ruler=./greece/troas/alexandreia/i.html[/url] i suspect that the first coin is the more likely of the two, based on the inscription reading you provided. a link to alexandria troas information (i'd never heard of the city before, so this was all new to me): [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Troas[/url] perhaps rather than tyche, the turreted gal on the obverse of the coin is the deified personification of the city? hopefully someone with more knowledge of ancients will come along to chime in. but regardless, a very coin coin. V.[/QUOTE]
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