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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4538782, member: 110350"]OK, I wasn't going to post this because it might be bad luck to do so -- the coin hasn't arrived yet -- but I did actually order a Diadumenian coin, and have decided that I might as well post it while this thread is still active.</p><p><br /></p><p>Diadumenian, AE 17, 217-218 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch. Obv. Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right, KAI MO ΔI AN TΩN[INOC CE] [<i>Caesare Marco Opellio Diadumeniano Antonino Augusto</i>] / Rev. Large S C within wreath, Δ above, ε below,* star at top. BMC Syria 408 (p. 201) [Wroth, W., <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria</i> (London, 1899)], SNG Copenhagen 235, McAlee 745c [Richard McAlee, <i>The Coins of Roman Antioch</i> (2007)], Butcher 463 [K. Butcher, <i>Coinage in Roman Syria: Northern Syria, 64 BC - AD 253</i> (2004)]. 17 mm., 4.33 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1123671[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone thinks my identification of this coin is incorrect, please let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>* "Δ E is thought to mean Demosia Exousia (Tribunal Power) but Butcher argues that more likely Δ E is related to the 4 (Δ = 4) Eparchies (administrative regions) and the associated imperial cult, particularly felt in Antioch, seat of the high priest, supreme head of the imperial cult in Syria." See <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/monetaromana/corrisp/a993/a993.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/monetaromana/corrisp/a993/a993.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/monetaromana/corrisp/a993/a993.html</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4538782, member: 110350"]OK, I wasn't going to post this because it might be bad luck to do so -- the coin hasn't arrived yet -- but I did actually order a Diadumenian coin, and have decided that I might as well post it while this thread is still active. Diadumenian, AE 17, 217-218 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch. Obv. Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right, KAI MO ΔI AN TΩN[INOC CE] [[I]Caesare Marco Opellio Diadumeniano Antonino Augusto[/I]] / Rev. Large S C within wreath, Δ above, ε below,* star at top. BMC Syria 408 (p. 201) [Wroth, W., [I]A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria[/I] (London, 1899)], SNG Copenhagen 235, McAlee 745c [Richard McAlee, [I]The Coins of Roman Antioch[/I] (2007)], Butcher 463 [K. Butcher, [I]Coinage in Roman Syria: Northern Syria, 64 BC - AD 253[/I] (2004)]. 17 mm., 4.33 g. [ATTACH=full]1123671[/ATTACH] If anyone thinks my identification of this coin is incorrect, please let me know. * "Δ E is thought to mean Demosia Exousia (Tribunal Power) but Butcher argues that more likely Δ E is related to the 4 (Δ = 4) Eparchies (administrative regions) and the associated imperial cult, particularly felt in Antioch, seat of the high priest, supreme head of the imperial cult in Syria." See [URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/monetaromana/corrisp/a993/a993.html[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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