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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3173827, member: 75937&quot;]A new acquisition. I can find AMNG II (Strack) 502 at acsearchinfo and CNG&#039;s archives listed also as Varbanov 297, but they have different breaks in the obverse and reverse legends; moreover,<i> they</i> <i>don&#039;t have a mark of value in the exergue</i>. No big deal, right? Except AMNG II and Varbanov have different catalog numbers for different dies in the collections the authors examined and I want to double check to see if Varbanov lists this exact variety. Strack doesn&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have Varbanov? Would you be so kind as to look this coin up for me? Thanks! [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] . Anyone have any other references in which this coin appears? It&#039;s not in Lindgren or BMC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post anything you feel is relevant, of course!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]816339[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman provincial triassarion, 10.88 gm, 26.8 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Thrace, Anchialos, AD 193-211.</p><p>Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ-ΔΟΜΝΑ C, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΑΓΧΙΑΛ-ЄΩΝ, Demeter seated left, holding grain ears and scepter; Γ (mark of value = 3) in exergue.</p><p>Refs: AMNG II (Strack) 503 var.; Varbanov II 297 var.; Moushmov 2840 var.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the listing in AMNG II:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]816346[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse inscription of mine is closer to AMNG II 503, but it doesn&#039;t match it exactly. Moreover, the reverse on mine matches neither 502 or 503 in the break in its inscription, but is closer to 503 in that Demeter isn&#039;t hunched forward and appears to sit on a cippus instead of a chair. However, AMNG doesn&#039;t list a coin with a mark of value in the exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are the other examples I could find online; note this one matches the description for AMNG 502 exactly for both obverse and reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]816344[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gorny &amp; Mosch, Auction 204, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1211159" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1211159" rel="nofollow">lot 1696</a>, March 5, 2012.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this one has the same obverse inscription as 502, but the reverse inscription is different from 502 and 503 and Demeter appears to be holding a torch, not a scepter; no Γ in the exergue, either:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]816348[/ATTACH]</p><p>CNG Auction 72, <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=84902" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=84902" rel="nofollow">lot 1134</a>, June 14, 2006.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I&#039;d love to read comments, see similar coins, or to receive further information about this coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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