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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TTerrier, post: 3008577, member: 76835&quot;]I picked this one up from Naumann auction #62 - a totally random purchase but what appealed to me was the reverse.&nbsp; A nice seated Zeus with a little owl as a companion and an absolutely tiny legend (which is pretty much complete) crammed onto a 17mm coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have any provincial coin references so I have to go with the seller&#039;s attribution on this one.&nbsp; Assuming we can believe the internet, this coin was issued by the priestess Julia Severa and her son L. Servenius Capito (whose names appear in the reverse legend) as part of the dedication of buildings they donated to the city, even though the coin makes no mention of the event.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]745762[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[seller&#039;s image] 17mm&nbsp; 4.67g</p><p>laureate head of Nero right; NEPΩN KAICAP CEB[ACTOC]</p><p>Zeus seated left on throne holding patera and sceptre; two monograms to upper left; owl in front of throne;&nbsp; legend starts at 5 o&#039;clock counterclockwise CEPOYHNIOY KAΠITΩNOC KAI IOYΛIAΣ CEOYHPAC;&nbsp; AKMONEΩN up back of throne</p><p>RPC I&nbsp; 3174</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know how common coins of Acmonea are but let&#039;s try for Acmonea or failing that provincials of Nero![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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