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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4570141, member: 51347&quot;]<b>AUGUSTUS AE</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1131568[/ATTACH]</p><p>RI</p><p>Augustus, 27 BC - AD 14</p><p>Æ20, 5.5g, 12h;</p><p>Apameia, Phrygia. Magistrate Attalos, son of Diotrephos, c. 15 BC.</p><p>Obv.: AΠAMEΩN; bare head of Augustus right.</p><p>Rev.: ATTAΛOΣ ΔIOTPEΦOY; Two corn-ears above maeander pattern.</p><p>Reference: RPC I, 3125</p><p>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]</p><p>I was sold at <span style="color: #b30000"><b>&quot;Maeander Pattern&quot;</b></span>!</p><p><br /></p><p>Seller Comments:&nbsp; This is a very rare provincial bronze of Augustus minted in Apameia, with an interesting reverse type: two ears of corn over the meander pattern found on earlier Greek issues. This pattern originally signified the Meander River of Phrygia, and is now used as a generic term for any sinuous waterway, or even metaphorically as a winding, seemingly aimless course. This coin has excellent detail, and I doubt anyone at CT has one. It’s the first I’ve seen of the type. None at CNG or vcoins, just a couple at acsearch[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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