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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1518253, member: 9204&quot;]When I cataloged this for the auction, I misread the legend, initially interpreting it as M[EM]ΦIC. While the antepenultimate letter does resemble a Φ, further examination revealed that there were too many letters. The legend actually reads A[Θ]PI<b>IC. It is still an extremely rare and unpublished type.</b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/normal_2740288.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b>EGYPT, Athribis</b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b></b>PB Tessera (24mm, 5.17 g, 12h)</p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>2nd-mid 3rd century AD</p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>Tyche reclining left on couch (<i>hiera klinê</i>, or <i>lectisternium</i>), holding rudder in outstretched right hand and resting head on raised left set on pillow;&nbsp; A[Θ]PI<b>IC/ [ΠOΛ]OI above</b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b>Nike standing right, holding palm frond and presenting wreath to Serapis standing left, holding long scepter in left hand and raising right</b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b>Milne -; Dattari (Savio) -; Köln -</b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b><br /></b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b><br /></b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b>Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 274, lot 288 (there as Memphis)</b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p style="text-align: left"><b><b></p></b></b></p><p style="text-align: left"><b><b><br /></p></b></b></p><p style="text-align: left"><b><b>The second piece is a rare named type from Arsinoe, the capital of the important Arsinoe nome. I now know of six specimens: one in Cologne, one illegible piece illustrated in the complete Dattari collection, one broken specimen still for sale at Forvm, one sold in Elsen 58, and two in my personal collection. The current piece, also sold in Elsen 58, is by far the finest of the six.</p></b></b></p><p style="text-align: left"><b><b><br /></p></b></b></p><p style="text-align: left"><b><b><br /></p></b></b></p><p style="text-align: left"><b><b><br /></p></b></b></p><p style="text-align: left"><b><b><br /></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/normal_Arsinoe_tessera.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b><br /></b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b><b>EGYPT, Arsinoe (Krokodilopolis)</b></b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b>PB Tessera (25mm, 5.65 g, 12 h)</b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b>2nd-mid 3rd century AD</b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b><br /></b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b>Head of Pharoah right; papyrus branch before, ΑΡCΙΝΟЄΙΤωΝ Φ ΠΟΛЄωC(retrograde)</b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b>Sobek (crocodile god) right on a pedestal, solar disk above; all within laurel wreath tied at the bottom</b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b>Milne -; Dattari (Savio) 6423; Köln 3495</b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b><br /></b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b><br /></b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b>Ex Elsen 58 (12 June 1999), lot 1634</b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b><br /></b></p></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><b><br /></b></p><p></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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