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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4525721, member: 57495"]Nice pics! Those are close to what some of mine look like too.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I buy into the theory that these were never meant to circulate as regular currency, but they're still fascinating as a series. Here's my Valens with Isis on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121256[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>FESTIVAL OF ISIS. Valens</b></p><p>AE. 1.11g, 12.7mm. Rome mint, circa AD 364-378. Festival of Isis issue. Vagi -; Cohen VIII -; Alföldi -; Tesorillo online 6/29 (<i>this coin illustrated</i>). O: D N VALEN S P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: VOTA PVBLICA, Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla.</p><p>Notes: Unpublished in the standard references and apparently the only example known.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4525721, member: 57495"]Nice pics! Those are close to what some of mine look like too. I buy into the theory that these were never meant to circulate as regular currency, but they're still fascinating as a series. Here's my Valens with Isis on the reverse. [ATTACH=full]1121256[/ATTACH] [B]FESTIVAL OF ISIS. Valens[/B] AE. 1.11g, 12.7mm. Rome mint, circa AD 364-378. Festival of Isis issue. Vagi -; Cohen VIII -; Alföldi -; Tesorillo online 6/29 ([I]this coin illustrated[/I]). O: D N VALEN S P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: VOTA PVBLICA, Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla. Notes: Unpublished in the standard references and apparently the only example known.[/QUOTE]
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