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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3808720, member: 85693&quot;]That is some very impressive sleuthing, RC.&nbsp; I still struggle figuring out dates on the <i>Imperial</i> coins that come my way (in Latin)!&nbsp; I never thought the Provincials had enough to go very far with this line of inquiry - you have proven me wrong! </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess it&#039;s time to look over my crusty collection of Provincials to see what I can figure out...some of them do have pretty lengthy legends - a Philip I from Antioch, for instance - more Greek than Fraternity Row on this one:</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1015970[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Philip I&nbsp;&nbsp; 8 Assaria </b></p><p><b>Syria, Antioch ad Orontem&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>(244-249 A.D.)</b></p><p>AYTOK KM IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, radiate, cuirassed bust left /ANTIOXEΩN MHTΡO</p><p>K[OΛ]Ω[N], turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right, star below, ram r. above, Δ-E S-C in fields. </p><p>BMC 528; McAlee 993c.</p><p>(17.49 grams / 29 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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