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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5193643, member: 85693"]Another informative write-up - great coins too. Thank you Jochen. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1214254[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Gordian III Æ 26</b></p><p><b>(c. 238-244 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis </b></p><p><b>Tullius Menophilus, Legatus</b></p><p>ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΓ, laureate, draped & cuirass. bust r. / [ΥΠ?] ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ[Ν], Demeter standing l., holding ears of corn and sceptre, N in r. field.</p><p>(12.47 grams / 26 x 24 mm)</p><p><b>Attribution Note: </b></p><p>The only exact match with N in reverse field was RPC Online. There were a lot these in museums, etc.: RPC VII.2, (unassigned; ID 27697)</p><p><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/27697" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/27697" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/27697</a> 9/16/2020</p><p><br /></p><p>This one of Gaius Caesar supposedly shows Livia as Demeter:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1214253[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Gaius Caesar Æ 20</b></p><p><b>Tralles, Lydia </b></p><p><b>(5 B.C.-1 A.D.)</b></p><p>ΓAIOΣ KAI[ΣA]Ρ, bare head r. / KAI[ΣA]ΡEΩN ΛEIB<i>A, Livia, veiled, as Demeter standing front, holding corn-ear and poppy, right hand raised, crescent beside her head.</i></p><p><i>RPC I 2648; BMC 117.</i></p><p><i>(5.50 grams / 20 x 18 mm)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5193643, member: 85693"]Another informative write-up - great coins too. Thank you Jochen. [ATTACH=full]1214254[/ATTACH] [B]Gordian III Æ 26 (c. 238-244 A.D.) Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis Tullius Menophilus, Legatus[/B] ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΓ, laureate, draped & cuirass. bust r. / [ΥΠ?] ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ[Ν], Demeter standing l., holding ears of corn and sceptre, N in r. field. (12.47 grams / 26 x 24 mm) [B]Attribution Note: [/B] The only exact match with N in reverse field was RPC Online. There were a lot these in museums, etc.: RPC VII.2, (unassigned; ID 27697) [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/27697[/URL] 9/16/2020 This one of Gaius Caesar supposedly shows Livia as Demeter: [ATTACH=full]1214253[/ATTACH] [B]Gaius Caesar Æ 20 Tralles, Lydia (5 B.C.-1 A.D.)[/B] ΓAIOΣ KAI[ΣA]Ρ, bare head r. / KAI[ΣA]ΡEΩN ΛEIB[I]A, Livia, veiled, as Demeter standing front, holding corn-ear and poppy, right hand raised, crescent beside her head. RPC I 2648; BMC 117. (5.50 grams / 20 x 18 mm)[/I][/QUOTE]
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