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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4259299, member: 99456"]I added another Lycian coin this week - a welcome distraction from the global and local turbulence and disruption of COVID-19. It is my first from Cragus (Roman district, mint: Patara) or Kragos (as seen with the K - P on reverse). I am not 100% certain, with low image quality, but this looks like it is the plate coin for 84.16 from Troxell which would be an unexpected bonus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1085722[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Provincial, <b>Lycian League</b>, Hemidrachm, Cragus (Period IV, Series 1: circa 48-42 BC)</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Λ - Y, Laureate head of Apollo right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> K - P, Lyre within incuse square.</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Troxell Plate 15 <a href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/media/nnan51012/archive/NNM162_292.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/media/nnan51012/archive/NNM162_292.jpg" rel="nofollow">84.16</a> (this coin?)</p><p>Troxell proposes that this series was struck under the over-lordship of Julius Caesar citing the weight alignment with the Roman quinarius, Caesar's role in provincial administration, tax system reform, and implementation of a fixed tribute.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4259299, member: 99456"]I added another Lycian coin this week - a welcome distraction from the global and local turbulence and disruption of COVID-19. It is my first from Cragus (Roman district, mint: Patara) or Kragos (as seen with the K - P on reverse). I am not 100% certain, with low image quality, but this looks like it is the plate coin for 84.16 from Troxell which would be an unexpected bonus: [ATTACH=full]1085722[/ATTACH] Roman Provincial, [B]Lycian League[/B], Hemidrachm, Cragus (Period IV, Series 1: circa 48-42 BC) [B]Obv: [/B]Λ - Y, Laureate head of Apollo right. [B]Rev:[/B] K - P, Lyre within incuse square. [B]Ref:[/B] Troxell Plate 15 [URL='http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/media/nnan51012/archive/NNM162_292.jpg']84.16[/URL] (this coin?) Troxell proposes that this series was struck under the over-lordship of Julius Caesar citing the weight alignment with the Roman quinarius, Caesar's role in provincial administration, tax system reform, and implementation of a fixed tribute.[/QUOTE]
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