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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4531297, member: 85693&quot;]This is a great post that deserves to live on in perpetuity! </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I finally got a weird snake that might be Glycon.&nbsp; It came in a crummy eBay lot that I pursued because of a countermark (to be posted later, probably). </p><p><br /></p><p>Such a relief to post a coin and not a postage stamp (see above)! </p><p><br /></p><p>This was kind of tough to track down, but I am 62% sure of my attribution.&nbsp; The radiate bust and letters in the reverse field connected me to an acsearch auction and the Wildwinds listing that both seemed authoritative - none that I found had an obverse legend that was worth a hoot. </p><p><br /></p><p>But here is a much better snake head (and obverse die match to mine?):&nbsp; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=356791" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=356791" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=356791</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mine: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122270[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus Æ 26</b></p><p><b>(c. 218-222 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Moesia Inf. Nicopolis ad Istrum</b></p><p><b>Novius Rufus, consular legate. </b></p><p>[AVT...?] ANT[ΩN...?], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV] NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠΡOCI [C]T-P/O/N, coiled nimbate serpent (Glykon?).</p><p>AMNG I 1996; Varb. 4063 var.</p><p>(12.19 grams / 26 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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