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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4143225, member: 85693&quot;]Noodling around with some low grade stuff tonight, and so reviving this thread because, well, I&#039;d never heard of Cyrrhestica until yesterday.&nbsp; That&#039;s when I got this in the mail from an undescribed eBay lot (of 2) - had to do some digging to figure it out.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1071227[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 21</b></p><p><b>(c. 138-161 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Cyrrhestica, Hieropolis, Syria</b></p><p>[ΑΥΤο ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤWΝƐΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐΥϹƐΒ] laureate bust wearing cuirass</p><p>and paludamentum right / ΘƐΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙƐΡΟΠΟ, Ɛ below, within laurel wreath.</p><p>RPC 6977; cf. Butcher 15. </p><p>(10.05 grams / 21 x 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Kind of interesting, these Provincials, to a newbie like me.&nbsp; Although Cyrrhestica sounds exotic and obscure (at least it did to me), the coinage seems to be fairly abundant. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for this Antoninus Pius wreath/legend reverse type, there are several types with different letters below - almost like Officiana marks.&nbsp; Many of them seem to be missing the obverse legend as well - hard wear, but also from smallish flans, it seems. </p><p><br /></p><p>Although a bit crude, the portrait is recognizably Antoninus Pius - just as the OP is a recognizable Lucius Verus.&nbsp; My enthusiasm for Provincials continues to grow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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