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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2937716, member: 42773&quot;]Hey friends, what do y&#039;all think about this little mystery, a bronze I found in a mixed lot of provincials...</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]714813[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>I attribute it to Olba under Marcus Aurelius, which would make the coin the second known example of the type (possibly). The other example was Levante&#039;s plate coin, which CNG sold in 2011, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1152452" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1152452" rel="nofollow">Auction 269 Lot 263</a>...</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]714816[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Despite the fact that the busts on these coins look very different, I believe they are struck from the same dies. My coin got a weaker strike which didn&#039;t allow the beard detail to show, or any of the reverse lettering, but the rest of the details in both coins evince many point-to-point similarities.</p><p><br /></p><p>My full attribution is as follows...</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180</p><p>AE28, 11.5g, 12h. CILICIA, Olba.</p><p>Obv.: AYT KAI M AYPH ANTONINOC; Draped bust right.</p><p>Rev.: OLBEΩN; Dionysus standing left, holding thrysos and kantharos over panther.</p><p>Reference: Staffieri, Olba 49 = SNG Levante 654. Extremely rare - the only example known to Staffieri was the Levante plate coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some side-by-side images. What say you? Die match or John Anthony is seeing things again?</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]714819[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]714820[/ATTACH] </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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