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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientone, post: 8288244, member: 71599&quot;][ATTACH=full]1464761[/ATTACH] </p><p>Lydia, Characa. Drusus AE18. Amphora countermark</p><p>Drusus Caesar (Son of Germanicus, Brother of Caligula and Nero Caesar)</p><p>Obv. DPOVSOS KAISAP, Juvenile head of Drusus.</p><p>Rev. MENOFANTOY KAPAKI..., Caduceus.</p><p>18mm., 4.2gm.</p><p>Sylloge of Ancient Unedited Coins of Greek Cities and Kings, 1837, p. 79</p><p>Howgego 369.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;This coin, evidently of Asia Minor, but particularly of that part situated about the Maeander and Hermus, is probably of a place called Characa, mentioned by Strabo as situated on the road from <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tralles" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tralles" rel="nofollow">T</a>ralles to Nysa, and at equall distances. Stephanus speaks also of a city of Charax in Lydia, which he identifies with <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tralles" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tralles" rel="nofollow">T</a>ralles.&quot; J. Millingen, Sylloge of Ancient Unedited Coins of Greek Cities and Kings ... 1837, p. 79 (pl. 4, 56 (*).</p><p>Howgego 369, amphora countermark</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=BZFbAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=intitle:sylloge+intitle:of+intitle:unedited+intitle:coins&amp;lr=&amp;as_drrb_is=q&amp;as_minm_is=0&amp;as_miny_is=&amp;as_maxm_is=0&amp;as_maxy_is=&amp;as_brr=0&amp;ei=J_9BS66gHon4zATjk-DVDg&amp;cd=1#v=onepage&amp;q=&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=BZFbAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=intitle:sylloge+intitle:of+intitle:unedited+intitle:coins&amp;lr=&amp;as_drrb_is=q&amp;as_minm_is=0&amp;as_miny_is=&amp;as_maxm_is=0&amp;as_maxy_is=&amp;as_brr=0&amp;ei=J_9BS66gHon4zATjk-DVDg&amp;cd=1#v=onepage&amp;q=&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=BZFbAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=intitle:sylloge+intitle:of+intitle:unedited+intitle:coins&amp;lr=&amp;as_drrb_is=q&amp;as_minm_is=0&amp;as_miny_is=&amp;as_maxm_is=0&amp;as_maxy_is=&amp;as_brr=0&amp;ei=J_9BS66gHon4zATjk-DVDg&amp;cd=1#v=onepage&amp;q=&amp;f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Unknown city location or Amphora.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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