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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7778593, member: 75937&quot;]Fun write-up, as always, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! </p><p><br /></p><p>I got nymphs! </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucius-verus-augusta-traiana-three-nymphs-jpg.1272636/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Lucius Verus, AD 161-169.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ assarion, 4.23 g, 18 mm.</p><p>Thrace, Augusta Trajana, AD 161-169.</p><p>Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑV-ΡΗ ΟVΗΡΟϹ, bare head, right.</p><p>Rev: ΑV-Γ-ΟV-ϹΤΗϹ | ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ, three nymphs, stolate, standing facing, arms draped on each other&#039;s shoulders and holding thymiateria at sides. </p><p>Refs: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10343" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10343" rel="nofollow">RPC IV 10343 (temporary)</a>; Schonert-Geiss 89; Varbanov II 909; Moushmov (1912) --; Moushmov Online 2987A; Staal, pl. 2, fig. 12.[1]</p><p><br /></p><p>I got gorgons!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/amisos-gorgon-jpg.1066313/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Pontus, Amisos, c. 85-65 BC?</p><p>AE 21.1 mm, 6.24 g, 12 h.</p><p>Obv: Aegis, with Gorgon&#039;s head at center.</p><p>Rev: Nike advancing right, carrying palm brance with filet, ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ across field, Monograms to left and right.</p><p>Refs: Sear 3642, BMC 13.20, 77-78 (?).</p><p><br /></p><p>I got coins of Neapolis (hey, you didn&#039;t say WHICH Neapolis)! Faustina II, too!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-neapolis-tyche-jpg.1156309/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 26.85 mm, 13.64 g, 12 h.</p><p>Samaria, Neapolis, AD 159/160.</p><p>Obv: ΦΑVCΤЄΙΝΑ CЄΒ ЄVCЄ CЄΒΑ ΘVΓ, diademed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΦΛ ΝЄΑCΠΟΛЄѠ CVΡΙΑC ΠΑΛΑΙCΤΙ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; year ЄΤ ΠΗ.</p><p>Refs: RPC IV.3, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6340" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6340" rel="nofollow">6340</a> (temporary); Lindgren A2431B; SNG ANS 973; Hendin 880; Rosenberger 20.</p><p>Notes: The obverse titulature, ΦΑVCΤЄΙΝΑ CЄΒ ЄVCЄ CЄΒΑ ΘVΓ, is translated as &quot;Faustina Augusta, daughter of Pius Augustus&quot; and corresponds to the Latin FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL found on imperial issues for her. Ex George Fisher Collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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