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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3995640, member: 75937"]Fascinating series of coins, which seem to have been produced by many mints in Moesia Inferior and Thrace in the 2nd and 3rd centuries! And to think the snake-god depicted on this coin may have been from a cult started by a charlatan during the Antonine period!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been wanting a reasonably-priced example of one of these (I will undoubtedly try to find more, such as the bearded one or the one with a lion's mane and fish tail). I finally acquired one for my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053593[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 27.1 mm, 12.33 g, 9 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Sabinius Modestus, <i>legatus consularis</i>, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΥΠ CΑΒ ΜΟΔЄCΤΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛЄΙΤ | ΩN ΠPOC ICTP, Nimbate figure of snake-god Glycon, coiled in two coils, rising up, head right.</p><p>Refs: Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) 8.36.22.4 (same dies); Varbanov 4146; Moushmov 1488; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 708; AMNG --; BMC --; Lindgren --; Sear --.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3995640, member: 75937"]Fascinating series of coins, which seem to have been produced by many mints in Moesia Inferior and Thrace in the 2nd and 3rd centuries! And to think the snake-god depicted on this coin may have been from a cult started by a charlatan during the Antonine period!! I have been wanting a reasonably-priced example of one of these (I will undoubtedly try to find more, such as the bearded one or the one with a lion's mane and fish tail). I finally acquired one for my collection: [ATTACH=full]1053593[/ATTACH] Gordian III, AD 238-244. Roman provincial Æ 27.1 mm, 12.33 g, 9 h. Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Sabinius Modestus, [I]legatus consularis[/I], AD 241-244. Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: ΥΠ CΑΒ ΜΟΔЄCΤΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛЄΙΤ | ΩN ΠPOC ICTP, Nimbate figure of snake-god Glycon, coiled in two coils, rising up, head right. Refs: Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) 8.36.22.4 (same dies); Varbanov 4146; Moushmov 1488; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 708; AMNG --; BMC --; Lindgren --; Sear --.[/QUOTE]
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