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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5591393, member: 75937"]Very interesting reverse type, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]! Now I want one, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a coin of Tomis with a mark of value and Nemesis in my collection. I <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/everything-you-never-wanted-to-know-about-a-4-1-2-assaria-provincial-from-tomis.298925/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/everything-you-never-wanted-to-know-about-a-4-1-2-assaria-provincial-from-tomis.298925/">wrote about it earlier</a>, if you're interested. And if you're interested, I also <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mesomedes-hymn-to-nemesis-numismatically-illustrated.311787/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mesomedes-hymn-to-nemesis-numismatically-illustrated.311787/">translated Mesomedes' "Hymn to Nemesis"</a> from Greek to English. Mesomedes' work not only illustrates what ancient people thought about Nemesis, but it's one of only a handful of songs from the ancient world for which we know the music in addition to the lyrics.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-and-tranquillina-tomis-nemesis-jpg.644083/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian III, with Tranquillina. A.D. 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial AE 4.5 assaria; 28.92 mm, 15.89 g, 7:00</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Tomis, A.D. 241-244; Magistrate Pontianus</p><p>Obv: AVT K M ANTΩNIOC ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC // [C]ABINIA (TP)AN / KVΛΛINA, confronted laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian right and diademed, draped bust of Tranquillina left</p><p>Rev: MHTPO ΠONTOV TOMEΩC, Nemesis standing facing, head left, holding arshin (rod) and sling, wheel at feet; Δ - < (denomination) in fields</p><p>Refs: AMNG I 3537; Varbanov 5701; Moushmov 2279; Cf. SNG Cop 305.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a more distantly related note, here's a triassarion from Tomis with a retrograde Γ as a mark of value.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241823[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman provincial AE triassarion, 8.75 gm, 24.4 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Tomis, AD 193-211.</p><p>Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CE, bare-headed and draped bust, r.</p><p>Rev: ΜΗΤ ΠΟΝ ΤΟΜΕΩC, Nike advancing l., holding wreath and palm, retrograde Γ (=3) to left.</p><p>Refs: Varbanov 4857; AMNG 2811.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5591393, member: 75937"]Very interesting reverse type, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]! Now I want one, too. Here's a coin of Tomis with a mark of value and Nemesis in my collection. I [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/everything-you-never-wanted-to-know-about-a-4-1-2-assaria-provincial-from-tomis.298925/']wrote about it earlier[/URL], if you're interested. And if you're interested, I also [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mesomedes-hymn-to-nemesis-numismatically-illustrated.311787/']translated Mesomedes' "Hymn to Nemesis"[/URL] from Greek to English. Mesomedes' work not only illustrates what ancient people thought about Nemesis, but it's one of only a handful of songs from the ancient world for which we know the music in addition to the lyrics. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-and-tranquillina-tomis-nemesis-jpg.644083/[/IMG] Gordian III, with Tranquillina. A.D. 238-244. Roman provincial AE 4.5 assaria; 28.92 mm, 15.89 g, 7:00 Moesia Inferior, Tomis, A.D. 241-244; Magistrate Pontianus Obv: AVT K M ANTΩNIOC ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC // [C]ABINIA (TP)AN / KVΛΛINA, confronted laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian right and diademed, draped bust of Tranquillina left Rev: MHTPO ΠONTOV TOMEΩC, Nemesis standing facing, head left, holding arshin (rod) and sling, wheel at feet; Δ - < (denomination) in fields Refs: AMNG I 3537; Varbanov 5701; Moushmov 2279; Cf. SNG Cop 305. On a more distantly related note, here's a triassarion from Tomis with a retrograde Γ as a mark of value. [ATTACH=full]1241823[/ATTACH] Julia Domna AD 193-217. Roman provincial AE triassarion, 8.75 gm, 24.4 mm, 6 h. Moesia Inferior, Tomis, AD 193-211. Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CE, bare-headed and draped bust, r. Rev: ΜΗΤ ΠΟΝ ΤΟΜΕΩC, Nike advancing l., holding wreath and palm, retrograde Γ (=3) to left. Refs: Varbanov 4857; AMNG 2811.[/QUOTE]
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