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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3110521, member: 88829&quot;]Good eye, Victor!!&nbsp; Thanks.&nbsp; But I think the wreath is in the wrong place for #259.&nbsp; His siglum for the short series of which 259 is a part shows an exergal wreath followed by PLG.&nbsp; 259 is not illustrated in RIC.&nbsp; Bruun defers to LRBC for the introduction of the issue, but they only illustrate the mark as Bruun did.&nbsp; However, they also did that for the mark with a palm branch, and then on the right of the listings show an style with the palm branch above the exergual line.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The British Museum has an example but its illustration is not on display.&nbsp; Their coin weighs 1.98g.&nbsp; &nbsp; Before I plop down 60GBP for pics of the two sides, I need to be sure there isn&#039;t something out there already.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Can anyone here turn up a pic of RIC VII Lyons 259?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>For the time being I am classing my 13x14mm example as &quot;irregular&quot; pending further digging.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, Martin, forget the attribution I gave the little coin above.&nbsp; Here is a more likely example of RIC VII Lyons 273 alongside the larger version:</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC VII Lyons 241 and 273 (L to R)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]789215[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin on the right is the one I mentioned earlier weighing 1.77g and measuring 16mm, corresponding to the reduction of 335 alongside the Gloria Exercitus, single standard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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