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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2421573, member: 56859"]There is another example in Wildwinds. The seller information for that listing has the legends spelled out, so I'm pasting that information here. The Wildwinds coin is very worn. There must be better examples in existence somewhere or the legends would not be known-- yours, the Wildwinds coin, and the CNG coin are too far gone to read, although the CNG example is almost complete.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Laodicea, Phrygia, times of Claudius, AD 50 - 4</p><p>US $260.00</p><p>February 10, 2008</p><p>Seller Gerhard Rohde</p><p><br /></p><p>Estimate: US $ 260</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze coin</p><p>Laodicea, Phrygia</p><p>Times of Claudius, AD 50 - 4</p><p>DHMOS LAODIKEWN KAI ZMURNAIWN</p><p>Laureate head of the Demos of Laodicea facing laureate head of the</p><p>Demos of Smyrna.</p><p>EPI IEREWS ANTWNIOU PO UIOU ZHNWNOS</p><p>Zeus Laodiceus standing l., with eagle and staff.</p><p>7.19 gram</p><p>27.7 mm</p><p>RPC 2912</p><p>Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Even though your coin has been ravaged by bronze disease, it is apparently a rare coin and I encourage you to treat the bronze disease ASAP in an effort to halt the progression.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2421573, member: 56859"]There is another example in Wildwinds. The seller information for that listing has the legends spelled out, so I'm pasting that information here. The Wildwinds coin is very worn. There must be better examples in existence somewhere or the legends would not be known-- yours, the Wildwinds coin, and the CNG coin are too far gone to read, although the CNG example is almost complete. Laodicea, Phrygia, times of Claudius, AD 50 - 4 US $260.00 February 10, 2008 Seller Gerhard Rohde Estimate: US $ 260 Bronze coin Laodicea, Phrygia Times of Claudius, AD 50 - 4 DHMOS LAODIKEWN KAI ZMURNAIWN Laureate head of the Demos of Laodicea facing laureate head of the Demos of Smyrna. EPI IEREWS ANTWNIOU PO UIOU ZHNWNOS Zeus Laodiceus standing l., with eagle and staff. 7.19 gram 27.7 mm RPC 2912 Rare. ... Even though your coin has been ravaged by bronze disease, it is apparently a rare coin and I encourage you to treat the bronze disease ASAP in an effort to halt the progression.[/QUOTE]
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