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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2669925, member: 57495&quot;]Wow, that&#039;s a great coin, [USER=71599]@ancientone[/USER].&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a <i>demos </i>bust coin, but here&#039;s one with the <i>demos </i>of Pergamum crowning the Roman proconsul, M. Plautius Silvanus. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]594270[/ATTACH] <b>AUGUSTUS</b></p><p>AE. 5.69g, 21.5mm. MYSIA, Pergamum, AD 4-5. RPC 2364; BMC 242-245.&nbsp; O: SEBASTON DHMOFWN, Tetrastyle temple, with statue of Augustus standing facing within, in military dress, holding spear in right hand. R: SILBANON PERGAMHNOI, <i>Demos</i> in short chiton, standing left, crowning with a wreath the Proconsul M. Plautius Silvanus who is standing, wearing toga and holding patera.</p><p>Notes: <i>Marcus Plautius Silvanus was the son of Urgulania, an intimate of the empress Livia.&nbsp; He was co-consul with Augustus in 2 BC, and was proconsul of Asia in AD 4-5.&nbsp; He had a son, also named Marcus Plautius Silvanus, who was best known for having been brought on trial before Tiberius for throwing his wife out of a window, killing her.&nbsp; </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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