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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 8188366, member: 103829&quot;]Here I have a nice ex. from my collection of the so-called Homonoia Coinage which was issued in Asia Minor for two joint cities as expression for their entente cordiale. This one was struck in Ephesos joint with Alexandria in Egypt. For more information for these interesting issues look at Franke/Nolle, Die Homonoia-Münzen Kleinasiens und der thrakischen Randgebiete. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ionia, Ephesos, Gordian III, AD 238-244</p><p>AE 29, 8.47g</p><p>obv. AVT K.M.AN - T.GORDIANOC. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.</p><p>rev. EΦECIΩN / TYXH / KAI A - ΛEΞ - ANΔPEΩN</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; City goddess (Tyche), wearing high kalathos, leaning l., holding cornucopiae in </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; l. arm and cult-statue of Artemis Ephesia in outstretched r. hand</p><p>Ref.: BMC 245, Nolle Homonoia 450 (only 1 ex.!)</p><p>very rare (possibly 2nd known!), VF, blue-green patina </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1432996[/ATTACH] </p><p>Jochen[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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