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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2566111, member: 56859&quot;]This one is notable because the emperor is portrayed so much smaller than the deity.&nbsp; This seems like a case for the provinces having fairly free rein over the designs, as if this province is saying &quot;Yeah, okay, Trajan is emperor but Astarte is more important to us&quot;.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think any Imperial issues feature deity and emperor on one side with the deity rating more space than emperor.</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_4d8ffd4c7692454fbdaae532a808a53a.jpg/v1/fill/w_850,h_434,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_4d8ffd4c7692454fbdaae532a808a53a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Arados</b></p><p>Trajan. CE 98-117</p><p>CY 375 (CE 116/7)</p><p>Æ22, 9.65 g</p><p>Obv: draped bust of Astarte-Europa right; before, small laureate and draped bust of Trajan</p><p>Rev: bull charging left</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG Copenhagen 81; BMC 374</p><p><br /></p><p>The next coin is a very popular type.&nbsp; Nemausus was a retirement community of sorts, founded as a settlement for veteran troops who had served in the armies of Octavian and Agrippa. The crocodile on the reverse is a reference to the conquest of Egypt.</p><p>Back-to-back busts:</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_84ba315213834d088710ee1ad671feb8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_84ba315213834d088710ee1ad671feb8~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Augustus &amp; Agrippa</b></p><p>struck c. 10 BCE - CE 10, Nemausus</p><p>AE dupondius</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; IMP/DIVI F, back-to-back heads of Agrippa, in combined rostral crown &amp; laurel wreath, and Augustus, laureate</p><p>Rev:&nbsp;&nbsp; COL - NEM; palm tree, top bent top right with a wreath above; crocodile chained to palm tree</p><p>Ref:&nbsp;&nbsp; RIC 158; AMC 425; Cohen 10; RPC 524</p><p><i>From the collection of a Man of the Cloth, now giving up the pursuit; acquired in the 1990s</i></p><p><br /></p><p><strike>&quot;Conjoined&quot;</strike> oops, I meant &quot;jugate&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> portraiture:</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_eae8cc5a30674dbca28c8fd8b19d9ad8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_512,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_eae8cc5a30674dbca28c8fd8b19d9ad8~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SYRIA, Laodicea ad Mare.&nbsp; Septimius Severus &amp; Julia Domna</b></p><p>CE 193-211</p><p>Æ, 31 mm 18.8 gm</p><p>Obv: jugate draped busts right of Septimius Severus, radiate and cuirassed and Julia Domna, set on crescent; countermarks: 1) C(AΓ) within rectangular incuse; 2) COL within rectangular incuse</p><p>Rev: Marsyas standing left, right hand raised, holding wineskin over his left shoulder</p><p>Ref: SNG Righetti 2114; Howgego 581 and 586</p><p><i>Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Confronted&quot; portaiture:</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_cd30bbb6686144988766a6ee9342de46.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_500,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_cd30bbb6686144988766a6ee9342de46.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHRYGIA, Kibyra.&nbsp; Domitian &amp; Domitia</b></p><p>81-96 AD</p><p>AE 24 mm, 6.9 gm</p><p>Obv: ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP ΔOMITIA CEBACTE, laureate head of Domitian and Domitia facing one another</p><p>Rev: EΠI APXIEPEΩC KΛAV BAINTOC KI BY; Zeus seated left, holding out hand and sceptre</p><p>Ref: RPC 1262; Sear-896, SNG Aulock-3731</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_e0df52a2dbdb4ba3acc59ed4f153eedf.jpg/v1/fill/w_960,h_482,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_e0df52a2dbdb4ba3acc59ed4f153eedf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis.&nbsp; Macrinus and Diadumenian</b></p><p>CE 217-218</p><p>AE pentassarion, 27 mm, 12.3 gm</p><p>Obv: AYT K M OΠEΛ CEV MAKPEINOC K M OΠE ANTΩNINOC; Laureate head of Macrinus left and bare head of Diadumenian right, confronted</p><p>Rev: VΠ ΠONTIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN;&nbsp; Artemis advancing right, reaching for an arrow in quiver at shoulder and holding bow, hound at foot, E in left field</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 1159 var. (obverse legend); Megaw MAR5.12d; Hristova/Jekov 6.24.13.1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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