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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 3270091, member: 103829&quot;]Philip I &amp; Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249</p><p>AE 27, 12.83g, 26.79mm, 225°</p><p>struck under governor Prastina Messallinus</p><p>obv. AVT M IOVL FILIPPOC AVG M WTAK / CEBHRAC (AVG and WT ligate)</p><p>confronted busts of Philip I, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, r., and Otacilia Severa, draped and wearing stephane, l.</p><p>rev. VP PRACT MECCALL - EIN - OV MARKIANOPO</p><p>in r. field one below the other L / I / T / WN (PR, WN ligate)</p><p>Tyche, in long garment, wearing kalathos, stg. frontal, head l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm and rudder in re hand</p><p>in upper l. field E (for pentassarion)</p><p>ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1205 var. (has different breaks and in l. field one below the other O/L/I/TW/N)</p><p>b) Varbanov (engl.) 2086 var. (cites AMNG 1205 but is from same dies as the coin in Hristova/Jekov!)</p><p>c) Hristova/Jekov (2014) No.6.41.38.2 (plate coin)</p><p>very rare, EF, minor pitting, flan crack at 11 o&#039;clock</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]862369[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The depiction of obv. and rev. is so beautiful that the detractions can be neglected![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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