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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 26148655, member: 99456&quot;][ATTACH=full]1669664[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin has everything that I could want in an ancient coin:</p><ul> <li>it is a well preserved coin from the 2nd century BCE</li> <li>it comes with a story from the death of King Attalus and an dynastic revolt and uprising against Rome by his half-brother</li> <li>there is a connection to a letter from Sulla recognizing the city of issue</li> <li>it comes with a story of an Anatolian uprising, a struggle for<i><b> libertas </b></i>in two forms from the cities of Asia Minor and the people of Asia minor (the Citizens of the Sun)</li> <li>it has a fairly specific time issue</li> <li>the coin can be linked with provenance to a <a href="http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?hoard=Mu%C4%9Fla+hoard+%28IGCH%2C+1215%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?hoard=Mu%C4%9Fla+hoard+%28IGCH%2C+1215%29" rel="nofollow">very specific hoard</a> first reported by H. Van Aulock</li> <li>it is a plate coin from a 2002 paper by Meadows</li> <li>it is a relatively modest coin in price ($125 hammer price)</li> </ul><p>The lower price feels particularly comforting in the same week in which I learned that a tetradrachm that was one of the most expensive coins I&#039;ve ever purchased has been declared &quot;NOT GENUINE&quot; by NCG....and sadly it comes from the now defunct auction house of Roma Numismatics (so much for the benefits of dealing with a &quot;reputable&quot; auction house).</p><p><br /></p><p>The letter from Sulla recognizing Strtonikeia from Cousin, Georges, and Charles Diehl. “<a href="https://www.persee.fr/doc/bch_0007-4217_1885_num_9_1_4085" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.persee.fr/doc/bch_0007-4217_1885_num_9_1_4085" rel="nofollow"><u>Sénatus‑Consulte de Lagina de l’an 81 avant notre ère</u></a>.” <i>Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique</i> 9 (1885): 437–474. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3406/bch.1885.4085" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://doi.org/10.3406/bch.1885.4085" rel="nofollow">https://doi.org/10.3406/bch.1885.4085</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1669665[/ATTACH]</p><p>For the full story see my Notes:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/revolt-of-aristonikos-133-129-bce" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/revolt-of-aristonikos-133-129-bce" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/revolt-of-aristonikos-133-129-bce</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your coins of Caria, Cistophori from Aristonikos (if anyone on CT has one), or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining. </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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