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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 4400877, member: 87404&quot;]Here was my first ancient coin, bought just about 3 years ago this next month... A Maximian Genio Populi Romani follis:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106079[/ATTACH]</p><p><i><font size="3">(original photo from when I got it)</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>I had no idea these existed at that point and stumbled upon this one while searching ebay for old modern US. I wasn&#039;t even a huge collector, just dabbling in coins... Boy did that change when I got hooked on ancients!</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I think that is like a Pi, П. Maybe stands for a certain mint or magistrate?&nbsp; Simply a control mark?&nbsp; Some similar on <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=alexander+bow+club+%CE%A0&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=4&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=alexander+bow+club+%CE%A0&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=4&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">ACsearch</a>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a similar one to your&#039;s, but it has a K below:</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/collagemaker_20190611_213005528.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>Macedonian Kingdom</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Alexander III (the Great)</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE17, Circa 336-323 BC, Lifetime Issue</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: Head of Herakles wearing lion’s skin, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, bow and quiver above, club below, K control mark in exergue.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: Price 301</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 17mm, 5.3g</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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