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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7632810, member: 75937&quot;]You didn&#039;t say WHICH Neapolis! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-neapolis-tyche-jpg.1156309/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 26.85 mm, 13.64 g, 12 h.</p><p>Samaria, Neapolis, AD 159/160.</p><p>Obv: ΦΑVCΤЄΙΝΑ CЄΒ ЄVCЄ CЄΒΑ ΘVΓ, diademed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΦΛ ΝЄΑCΠΟΛЄѠ CVΡΙΑC ΠΑΛΑΙCΤΙ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; year ЄΤ ΠΗ.</p><p>Refs: RPC IV.3, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6340" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6340" rel="nofollow">6340</a> (temporary); Lindgren A2431B; SNG ANS 973; Hendin 880; Rosenberger 20.</p><p>Notes: The obverse titulature, ΦΑVCΤЄΙΝΑ CЄΒ ЄVCЄ CЄΒΑ ΘVΓ, is translated as &quot;Faustina Augusta, daughter of Pius Augustus&quot; and corresponds to the Latin FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL found on imperial issues for her. Ex George Fisher Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Coin dated not by year of an emperor&#039;s reign, but by year of the city.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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