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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24737318, member: 26430&quot;]I like these ones that have the Meander pattern! A cool bit of linguistic history there too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t know that he had named all the Antiochias &amp; Laodiceas, very interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582446[/ATTACH] </p><blockquote><p><b>Caria, Antiochia. Lucius Verus AE Hemiassarion</b> (16.5mm, 2.93g, 5h), c. 161-169 CE.</p><p><b>Obv</b>: ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΒΗΡΟϹ. Laureate head right.</p><p><b>Rev</b>: ΑΝΤΙOΧЄΩΝ. Winged Nemesis, plucking chiton, holding cubit and/or bridle (?).</p><p><b>Ref</b>: RPC (IV.2) 11539, ex. 3 (this coin) [<a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/11539" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/11539" rel="nofollow">LINK</a>]</p><p><b>Prov</b>: Ex Henry Clay Lindgren (1914-2005) Collection (unpublished), with his envelope. <a href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-687TT4/roman-provincial-lot-of-five-5-bronze-issues" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-687TT4/roman-provincial-lot-of-five-5-bronze-issues" rel="nofollow">CNG EA 518 (15 Jun 2022), 817</a> (part, 1 of 5).</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For good measure, here&#039;s my favorite from Laodicea.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582447[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>Syria, Laodicea ad Mare. Elagabalus AE Assarion (?)</b> (17mm, 4.29g), c. 218-222 CE.</p><p><b>Obv</b>: IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG. Laureate head r.</p><p><b>Rev</b>: LADICEON Δ Є. Turreted &amp; draped Tyche in distyle shrine.</p><p><b>Ref</b>: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8177" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8177" rel="nofollow">RPC VI (Temp.) 8177</a>, spec. 23 (this coin illustrated).</p><p><b>Prov</b>: Ex Mark Salton (1914-2005) &amp; Lottie Salton (1924-2020) Collection; Salton-Schlessinger FPL 27 (Fall 1958), lot 133; Künker Auction 378 (21 Oct 2022), lot 6739.</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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