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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3386711, member: 56859&quot;]I wonder if it is the ancient equivalent of a practical joke, assuming it is in fact ancient.&nbsp; The letters on the reverse look odd in their position and style.&nbsp; The obverse lettering also looks rather modern to my eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>Discarding the two dogs theory <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, perhaps the top animal is a lion and its kill is beneath it?&nbsp; Bulls are ubiquitous in that context, but the bottom figure looks more like a bear.&nbsp; Hard to say though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Browsing ACsearch for &quot;septimius column&quot;, with &quot;-julia&quot; to elimate the extraneous Julia Domna hits, I see nothing remotely like this coin in style or devices.&nbsp; I really want it to be real though <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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