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Message:: [QUOTE="cmezner, post: 25409417, member: 87809"]Thank you [USER=96413]@Factor[/USER], however BMC 16-18 doesn't have the same animal in exergue. I asked Dane at wildwinds for her help; this is her information which I'm sharing with CT members:"The Damascus coin: there seems to be a large variety ofthese, some with part of the legend below, others witha -o-o- pattern under the temple base (BMC Galatia16-17 calls them "two wreaths"), some with diagonallines, and some - like yours - with an animal. Saulcyalso mentions several varieties of patterns and legendsbut doesn't mention the ram, nor does Mionnet. The animal on your coin is definitely a ram leapingright. When I lighten the reverse I can see the curvedram's horn. (On coins of other emperors/empresses, theram is in the pediment of the temple). Above the ram onyours I can see traces of the -o-o- pattern, i.e.between the floor of the temple and the ram.I found one, also worn but visible, in the Ahli Bankcollection in Jordan, under Damascus 3. (No properinventory number is given)The obv. legend on that one begins AYT KAI A.., rest isworn and has the usual reverse of DAMACTOY MHTROPOLEOC,as on yours. That one also has the -o-o- pattern at thebase of the temple above the ram.So I'd say this is Ahli Bank Damascus 3."[/QUOTE]