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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7484757, member: 75937&quot;]So, I saw this little eagle snack and bought it on impulse ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294902[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>No, not that kind of eagle snack! This kind!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294903[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Severus Alexander, AD 222-235.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman provincial Æ 17.0 mm, 2.64 g, 6 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Pisidia, Antioch, AD 222-235.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: IMP ΛL-EXΛN, radiate head of Severus Alexander, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: ANTIOCH COLONIA, eagle facing, looking left, spreading wings.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RPC VI, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6593" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6593" rel="nofollow">6593</a> (temporary); BMC 19.187, 65 var.; SNG France 1190; SNG von Aulock 4950; Sear <i>GIC</i> 3346 var.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a fun little coin. The portrait looks nothing like Severus Alexander and the eagle on the back looks more like a crow, lending it a naive charm. While it&#039;s not the tiniest coin I have from this city -- that honor belongs to my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/funky-chicken.374530/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/funky-chicken.374530/">funky chicken</a> coin -- I&#039;m struck by how small it is compared to my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-big-old-fat-bronze.377813/#post-7309591" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-big-old-fat-bronze.377813/#post-7309591">big Gordian III coin</a> from <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pisidian-antioch.363614/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pisidian-antioch.363614/">Pisidian Antioch</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294918[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So now I&#039;m wondering what sort of denomination system they had in the colony of Antioch in Pisidia. I have four coins from the city. And while they were not minted simultaneously, I think there&#039;s some value in comparing their weights to see if any ratio is apparent. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/funky-chicken.374530/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/funky-chicken.374530/">Funky chicken</a> -- average weight of specimens at RPC: 1.31 g</p><p>Severus Alexander -- average weight of specimens at RPC: 2.53 g</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-book-explores-the-relationships-between-mints-in-southern-asia-minor.370643/#post-5151644" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-book-explores-the-relationships-between-mints-in-southern-asia-minor.370643/#post-5151644">Domna</a> -- weight of my specimen: 5.76 g</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pisidian-antioch.363614/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pisidian-antioch.363614/">Big Gordy</a> -- average weight of specimens at RPC: 25.90 g</p><p><br /></p><p>Using the funky chicken as a unit of 1, we see ratios of 1, 1.93, 4.40, and 19.77. So, we&#039;re possibly seeing denominations of 1 assarion, 2 assaria, 4 assaria, and 20 assaria. Has anybody studied this in detail with coins produced contemporaneously? </p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Let&#039;s see your recent &quot;snacks,&quot; tiny coins with eagles, coins of Pisidian Antioch, Severus Alexander provincials, or whatever you feel is relevant! </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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