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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Montmercure, post: 8216661, member: 121901&quot;]Hello everybody</p><p><br /></p><p>Still as part of my collection: &quot;Hermes - Mercury - Caduceus - Turms&quot;, </p><p>(now named HMCT ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>I acquired a coin from the city of GADARA at the time of the Decapolis.</p><p>the coin is referenced : <u><i>Spijkerman 3 - Sofaer 3</i></u></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1442344[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is dated -47 / -46 (LIH) </p><p>It bears the inscription ΓAΔA + ΡEΩN or ΓAΔA + ΡEωN on either side of the caduceus </p><p>The caduceus in question seems to have &quot;starving&quot; wings. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have 2 questions and one request, and maybe you can help : </p><p><br /></p><p>- Does the inscription: ΓAΔAΡEΩN (or ΓAΔAΡEωN) mean GADARA or something related to it? </p><p><br /></p><p>- Does the&nbsp; caduceus have (<i>starving</i>) wings or is it a sort of branch?</p><p><br /></p><p>- Can someone send me an extract from one of the aforementioned works (<u><i>Spijkerman 3 - Sofaer 3</i></u>), concerning this coin</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you all in advance</p><p>François[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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