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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8226797, member: 110350&quot;]I recently posted an example from Thrace, so here&#039;s a two-line legend from Moesia Inferior:</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip II, AE Tetrassarion, 247-249 AD, Moesia Inferior, Tomis [now Constanţa, Romania]. Obv. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear, Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ / Rev. Griffin seated left with right paw on top of wheel [<i>representing Nemesis*</i>], ΜΗ-ΤΡΟ-Π-ΠΟ,<b> continued in exergue in two lines: ΝΤΟΥ ΤΟ<u>ΜΕ</u>/ΩϹ (ME ligate)</b>, Δ in right field [signifying the denomination, 4 assaria]. 27 mm., 12.22 g. RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] VIII Online 28171 [temporary ID number] (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/28171" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/28171" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/28171</a>) [this coin is Specimen 7, used as primary illustration for type, see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/156187" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/156187" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/156187</a> ]; Varbanov 5781 [Varbanov, Ivan, <i>Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior &amp; Moesia Inferior</i> (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)]. <i>Purchased from Herakles Numismatics, Jan. 2021; ex. I-Nummis, Paris, Mail Bid Sale 6, Nov. 7, 2008, Lot 399&nbsp; (see </i><a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=239902|348|399|a3b582d0b87f863b39d084dd851a7a89" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=239902|348|399|a3b582d0b87f863b39d084dd851a7a89" rel="nofollow"><i>https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=239902|348|399|a3b582d0b87f863b39d084dd851a7a89</i></a><i>).</i> [<i>“Scarce”: 11 specimens in RPC (including this coin), 6 examples in ACSearch (including this coin).</i>] [Footnote omitted.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1445752[/ATTACH]</p><p>Next, more of same.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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