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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NewStyleKing, post: 4497786, member: 106483&quot;]This incredibly rare very late post-Sullan New Style appeared on the bay-incredible.These are the original photo&#039;s, very crusty.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hygieia is the personification of personal cleanliness and I gave her a scrub -up and she came out lovely clean and fresh for a gal who is somewhat over 2000 years old.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly the first magistrate DIOKLES is known to have been a priest which sort of dates the coin, and Diokles To Dey means Diokles for the 2nd time. Indeed there are 3 coin issues of this Diokles so at least we can put them in some sort of order.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Athens New Style Tetradrachm c 47 BC</b></p><p>Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet with tri-partite earings</p><p>27mm 17.04gm Thompson (new) issue 105</p><p>Thompson catalogue: Obs: I260 Rev:NEW</p><p>Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic</p><p>Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora on</p><p>which month mark A: control ΣΩ below</p><p>2 magistrates : DIOKLES TO DEY MEDEIOS</p><p>RF symbol : Hygieia</p><p>All within a surrounding olive wreath</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23982/Both_DIOKLES_TO_DEY.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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