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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1228235, member: 5682&quot;]What great coins! </p><p><br /></p><p>I admire the Romans&#039; allowing the coins to been inscribed in Greek in deference to their Hellenized population. (This is similar to coins from Alexandria and Antioch, for example.) This freedom of language (and of culture, including religion) reflects a practicality of a confident and secure Empire. Unfortunately, this tolerance would be diminished as the Third Century crisis developed. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]130769.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(Picture of Mt. Argaeus from Wikipedia)</p><p><br /></p><p>One can almost see the resemblance between the coin and the real mountain. :smile</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this information helpful from FORVMANCIENTCOINS:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=25089.30;wap2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=25089.30;wap2" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=25089.30;wap2</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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