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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3862098, member: 56859&quot;]This large provincial was a gift from Doug Smith, who grew tired of trying to take good photographs of it.&nbsp; It&#039;s a tough one and my attempts aren&#039;t any better than his.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian-tarsos-dougsmith-jpg.893462/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CILICIA, Tarsos. Valerian I</b></p><p>253-260 CE</p><p>AE 32 mm, 19.06 gm</p><p>Obv: AVKΛΙΠOVΛΙOVAΛЄPIANOCCЄ; Π - Π; radiate, draped, and cuirassed (?) bust right.</p><p>Rev: TAPCOVMH TP OΠOΛЄΩC; A/M/K - Γ/Γ in fields; KOINOBOVΛION ЄΛЄVΘЄ__ in exergue; Athena seated left on throne, holding cornucopia and dropping a voting pebble into amphora to left; shield below.</p><p>Ref: SNG Levante 1193; SNG BN 1821-2 (I do not have these reference books; references taken from similar ex CNG coin)</p><p><i>ex Doug Smith</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Next:&nbsp; another coin received as a gift[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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