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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shea19, post: 8209985, member: 90981&quot;]Countermark on my largest provincial bronze:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440132[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(With some imperial silver for scale)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440131[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan Decius, Cilicia, Tarsus, 249-251 A.D., AE Hexassarion (Bronze, 36 mm, 23.29 g). ΑΥ ΚЄ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚΟΥ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ЄΥ ЄΥϹЄΒ / Π - Π Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to right, seen from behind; on neck, countermark: eight-rayed star within circular incuse. <i>Rev.</i> ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩϹ - Α / Μ Κ - Γ / Β Athena standing facing, head to left, holding spear in her right hand and placing her left on shield set on ground. RPC IX 1348.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: another big (32mm or more) provincial bronze[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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