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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 5585440, member: 57495&quot;]That&#039;s another handsome griffin for your collection, Donna.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have one with a wheel to show, but here&#039;s another Tomis with a Δ.&nbsp; These are apparently marks of value, with Δ indicating a 4-assaria value.&nbsp; There is a page on Doug&#039;s website that discusses these marks (from about 1/3 down the page): <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/thrace2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/thrace2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/thrace2.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241786[/ATTACH]<b>MAXIMUS</b></p><p>AE Tetrassarion. 9.54g, 29.1mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Tomis, circa AD 235-238. Varbanov 5513 (R4). O: Γ IOYΛ OYHP MAΞIMOC KAIC ΓEP, barehead, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: MHTPO ΠONTOY TOMEΩC, Dioscuri reclining left, side by side, heads facing, right one holding patera, left one resting on rock; each with star above forehead; ∆ in left field.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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