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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3379478, member: 57495&quot;]Wonderful!&nbsp; Thanks for the writeup, Jochen.&nbsp; I love this type and, coincidentally, just won one in Saturday&#039;s Leu auction.&nbsp; Their pictures and description:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]897249[/ATTACH] <b>CILICIA. Seleucia ad Calycadnus. <i>Gordian III</i>, 238-244.</b> Tetrassarion (Orichalcum, 30 mm, 15.57 g, 7 h). ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CЄBATOC (sic!) Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind; before bust, uncertain countermark. <i>Rev.</i> СЄΛЄYΚЄΩΝ TΩ ΠP-OC ΚA/ΛYK Athena advancing right, holding shield and brandishing spear at snake-legged giant advancing left and raising both arms. SNG Levante 764 var. (reverse legend). SNG Paris 1011-1012 var. (reverse legend). Very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>My other example is a Gallienus like your first coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]897250[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GALLIENUS</b></p><p>AE27. 8.77g, 27.2mm. CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum, circa AD 253-268. SNG Levante 789 (same obv die). O: AY K Π ΛΚ (sic!) ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ/ΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: CEΛΕVKEΩΝ K/AΛVΚA/ΔN, Athena advancing right, holding shield and brandishing spear at snake-legged giant advancing left and raising both arms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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