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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3117260, member: 85693&quot;]Nice coin.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think that looks like Hadrian, however, although Provincial portraits can be misleading. </p><p><br /></p><p>I found this interesting page from FORVM with a bunch of examples:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ayiyoryitika/ProlegomenaEros/ProlegomenaEros.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ayiyoryitika/ProlegomenaEros/ProlegomenaEros.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ayiyoryitika/ProlegomenaEros/ProlegomenaEros.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Down a ways on this site there is one that looks like yours and the legend seems to match:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Æ 16, 12 h, 3.05 g. <i>Obv</i>. Μ ΟΠΕΛ[ΛΙΟC ΑΝΤΩΝ]ΕΙΝΟC. Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian Caesar r. <i>Rev</i>. ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟ-ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ. ‘Pensive’ Eros standing l. with legs crossed, leaning with both arms on a burning torch placed downwards on an altar and resting his head on his r. hand. Pick (AMNG) 796&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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