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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 3009192, member: 87404&quot;]I&#039;ve finally gotten to documenting the IDs for the last 3 of the 6 coins that were delivered to me about a week and a half ago now.&nbsp; Here they are:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]746013[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus. AE22, Tripolis, Phoenicia</b></p><p><b>Dated local year 532, AD 220-221</b></p><p>Obverse: (AYT K M AVR ANTWNINOC), laureate head right.</p><p>Reverse: (TRIPOLITWN), Temple of Astarte, consisting of central arch and two wings with four columns; statue of Astarte under arch.</p><p>Exergue: [date]</p><p>References: BMC 120, Rouvier 1764; Babelon 1964; Mionnet V 456</p><p><i>*Thanks to [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER] for pointing me in the right direction for IDing this worn coin!</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]746014[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Honorius, AE3 Centenionalis,</b></p><p><b>Antioch Mint, Struck 395-401 AD</b></p><p>Obverse: D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Reverse: VIRTVS EXERCITI, Emperor standing left, head right, holding spear in right hand and resting left on shield. Victory holding palm-branch in left hand, crowns him.</p><p>Exergue: ANTA</p><p>Reference: RIC X 72, LRBC II 2793</p><p>*Thanks to [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] for distinguishing this as Honorius instead of his more eastern brown, Arcadius.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]746015[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Octavius Augustus, Ruled 27 BC - 14 AD,</b></p><p><b>AE As, Turiaso Mint</b></p><p>Obverse: IMP AVGVSTVS PATER PATRIEA, laureate bust right, legionary Eagle Head countermark.</p><p>Reverse: L MARIO L NOVIO MVN TVRIASO, II VIR within wreath.</p><p>Reference: RPC 411 mit Gegenstempel 92? &lt;-- anyone want to help?</p><p>*Thanks to [USER=84566]@RAGNAROK[/USER] for the pointing out of the countermark!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is where Turiaso is:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]746012[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>While digging in online to ID that last Augustus coin, I found the information that I was reading SUPER interesting. But I can&#039;t remember the specifics and can&#039;t seem to find it in my browser history...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>So if you have any more of the Augustus-coinage-in-ancient-Hispania story to tell</b>, or the Celt-Iberian area, or the Eagle Head countermark, or the Western Roman empire in general—or any coins having to do with any of the 3 coins within this post—please share it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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