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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4709773, member: 99456&quot;]<span style="color: #006633"><b>[START DIVERSION]</b></span></p><p>A thought-provoking question - while I cannot begin to have an answer, I can add the impression that the legends on provincials seem to be more often about place and recognition of location.&nbsp; Roman approach of adapting to local style/tradition perhaps played a role?</p><p><br /></p><p>and I will offer a coin that may meet your criteria with the name Athena (Athena Nikephoros - Athena the Bringer of Victory) on the reverse with the bust of Athena on the obverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1155595[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Mysia, Pergamon</b>, 159-133 BC, Æ</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Helmeted head of Athena right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, military trophy facing, monogram right of trophy and left of legend</p><p><span style="color: #006633"><b>[END DIVERSION]</b></span></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Next:</b> An Alexandrian drachm with any legend in addition to or in place of the date. Zumbly&#039;s Aelius above is one so we should exclude it here and ask for others. My coin of the type is a hemidrachm so does not count either. I will also exclude the common Nilometer readings (IS) here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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