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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 5218923, member: 83956&quot;]The reverse depicts the&nbsp; god of healing, Asclepius, standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined caduceus (medical symbol) staff. The issuing city of this Roman provincial coin was probably Marcianopolis, in Moesia. The reverse legend is typically is MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, but your legend is a little different. Maybe that city is wrong, or maybe it&#039;s a Greek variant. I don&#039;t know enough about Roman provincials to tell.</p><p><br /></p><p>So a couple of emperors struck that reverse. Caracalla is one. Geta is another. Phillip II is one. Diadumenian is another. It looks to me like Caracalla. I haven&#039;t been able to find an exact match, but I pieced together a Marcianopolis obverse and reverse FROM TWO DIFFERENT COINS to show the style. The obverse comes from <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/romae_aeternae_numismatics/136/product/caracalla_ae26_fortuna_double_cornucopiae_infant_markianopolis_very_rare_vf/784882/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/romae_aeternae_numismatics/136/product/caracalla_ae26_fortuna_double_cornucopiae_infant_markianopolis_very_rare_vf/784882/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/romae_aeternae_numismatics/136/product/caracalla_ae26_fortuna_double_cornucopiae_infant_markianopolis_very_rare_vf/784882/Default.aspx</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is this coin: <a href="http://numismaclub.com/unt/181299-moesia_marcianopolis_phillip_ii_provenanced_ae_pentassarion_with_asclepius.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismaclub.com/unt/181299-moesia_marcianopolis_phillip_ii_provenanced_ae_pentassarion_with_asclepius.html" rel="nofollow">http://numismaclub.com/unt/181299-moesia_marcianopolis_phillip_ii_provenanced_ae_pentassarion_with_asclepius.html</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Start researching coins from Marcianopolis featuring Asclepius/Asklepios, with particular focus on the provincial issues of Caracalla.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1216018[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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