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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 25275442, member: 87809&quot;]I was checking in the BMC the attribution of the OP issue RPC III, 3458&nbsp; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3458" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3458" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3458</a></p><p><br /></p><p>According to rpc.ashmus the city is Chalcis ad Belum, also known as Chalcis sub Libano and Chalkis under Libanos, and the reference is BMC 1-4.</p><p><br /></p><p>Going through the BMC Greek Coins of Galatia, Cappadocia and Syria the OP coin is not to be found under Chalcis sub Libano, on Page 279 (373 pdf). Actually BMC 1 is a totally different coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I kept searching in the same BMC and found that there is the city Chalcis near Beroea (Aleppo).</p><p>Under Cyrrhestica, Beroea, p. 130 (in the pdf it is p. 224) it says: &quot;The coins are bronze (Trajan – Antoninus Pius) with the wreath type and numerals A – H. These numerals, both here and at other Syrian towns do not appear to indicate regnal years, but are probably marks of successive issues of the mint in each reign.&quot;</p><p>For Trajan these are BMC 2-10 but the city name on the reverse is Beroea, like the coin shared by [USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>The OP coin is on p.147 (p. 241 pdf) under Chalcidice, Chalcis near Beroea.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I&#039;m really confused<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> What am I missing? Which city is right? Chalcis ad Belum (RPC) or&nbsp; Chalcidice, Chalcis near Beroea (BMC).</p><p><br /></p><p>Can someone please help clarify this?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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