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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3156994, member: 82322&quot;]Here are two more poppy types:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]809623[/ATTACH] </p><p>Moesia Inferior, Tomi. Nerva (96-98 AD), AE16 (2.91g).</p><p>Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΝΕΡΟΥΑ; laureate head of Nerva, r.</p><p>Rev: ΤΟ/Μ//ƐΙΤ/ωΝ; bunch of 3 ears of corn and 2 poppy heads</p><p>Ref: RPC vol. 3 #778 </p><p><br /></p><p>Purchased from Pegasi Numismatics, October 2005 as a coin of Elaeia in Aeolis.&nbsp; <b>Took 10 years for me to identify!</b>&nbsp; Much wasted research on Elaeia coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]809625[/ATTACH] </p><p>Cilicia, Tarsos, 164-27 BC, AE26, 13.54g</p><p>Obv: ΤΑΡΣΕΩΝ / ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΝΙΚΟ-ΛΑΟΝ; Zeus seated left, holding Nike with wreath and staff.</p><p>Rev: ΟΡΤΥΓΟΘΗ ΡΑ; Tyche seated right on stool, holding poppy and corn-ears, river-god Kyndos swimming right below.</p><p>Ref: SNG Levante 984, SNG Paris 1387 </p><p>ex-Stacks/Coin Galleries April 2005, lot 135</p><p><br /></p><p>Purchased because I thought it was awesome to find a bronze coin the same size and design as an Alexander tetradrachm.&nbsp; Also liked the theme of the city goddess offering poppies.&nbsp; The reverse looks like a &quot;say no to drugs&quot; poster with the river god looking like a nodding junkie on the floor appealing to his opium dealer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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