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Message:: [QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 25253204, member: 92212"][USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]  Beautiful example and nice (and timely) write-up here and on your website!  I used to own an example of the same bronze Boule type from Antioch, but I sold it on eBay about 10 years ago. Your post made me miss it, so I went shopping online yesterday and purchased this one from London Ancient Coins:[ATTACH=full]1610788[/ATTACH]               *** A thankful nod to LAC for the photo credit. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />  *** It's the exact same type as the O.P., so I won't include the numismatic data here.  But I'll note that Richard McAlee wrote in his reference on Antiochene coinage that this obverse design with Zeus' hair tied with a taenia (rather than tied with a laurel wreath) should be considered a variety of RPC I 4305. He assigned it the catalog number 112.b. I like the fact that on both examples the "pebble" is distinctly visible as it leaves Boule's hand and falls toward entering the mouth of the urn. That's a key detail for the coin's theme.[ATTACH=full]1610790[/ATTACH] Interestingly, the koine Greek word [ATTACH=full]1610789[/ATTACH] which is translated as "vote" in most English translations of Acts 26:10 literally means a small, smooth stone.[/QUOTE]