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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Topcat7, post: 2512888, member: 73372&quot;]Since getting into &#039;ancients&#039; my buying &#039;regime&#039; has mostly been comprised of &quot;I don&#039;t have one of those - I will buy it&quot;, or, &quot;That is a better example than the one I have&quot;.</p><p>As a result I have many coins but few that i am &#039;endeared&#039; to.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I saw this one. It &#039;spoke&#039; to me. I don&#039;t know what it said, but I had to get it, so I did.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is <u><b>Julia Domna</b></u>, wife of Septimus Severus, mother of Caracalla.</p><p>AE24, 9.98gm, of Gabala, Syria, 195-217 A.D. .</p><p><u>Obv.</u> IOVΛI ΔOMNA CEB, Julia Domna draped bust right, with countermark.</p><p><u>Rev.</u> (from lower left, anti-clockwise), ΓABAΛEΩN and date, .. IKΓ, Astarte, (goddess of fertility, motherhood and war), veiled, standing front between two sphinxes. </p><p>Mionnet V, 645. (Seller&#039;s pics.)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Uxb5TqqAWWyQTkcvJWNsSCdU5xEPVql-G36sJG6rqbzRIBeyjBXisD0IhPGQLqjyMVlrmzexovVK5MLkMnGyqEjM-9g6lDIFmXT0NHwEPX2k0TwtMKEuiQldLFQknPHO=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Auction/APUserImages/U18550F1GDLAJBCD.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/x93gSMTjEGNZd0yLcR8M7e_Ppz-rm89m8YMqAp-RxuixkhuEjrfZFhGxPeh0StIPyPcQYBWt-7t8IzSEQKqVN7HOIYPtOvut3DhTDjasZEck0tVilPyy0M8flZaY_J-N=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Auction/APUserImages/U18550F2OUAEEOLD.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have not come across this reverse, before, and, (in fact) I cannot find an example of this coin in CNG, or Acsearch, or anywhere else, except for &#039;Wildwinds&#039; (one example).</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone can give me any more information about this coin, I would appreciate it.</p><p>If anyone can tell me about this &#039;countermark&#039; (what is it of?) I would also appreciate it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your examples of this coin, too. I would love to see them especially to see the detail that is &#039;worn&#039; on mine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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