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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3231459, member: 56859"]Hmm, that is a stumper!</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that the reverse looks like ...ΠΛΡΓ... but that seems to be gibberish or not any standard city abbreviation. Perhaps it is part of a magistrate's name?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thinking the letters may not be what they seem, I also tried TI instead of Π and N instead of ΛΡ (pretending the loop of the P was not intentional) and a few other variations produced by squinting <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. No luck so far searching in all the places you're already looked.</p><p><br /></p><p>It does have the correct iconography but the OP coin does not have the same legend as found on those Gaza coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyche, and I'm assuming it is Tyche, really does look like Faustina Sr. Faustina's hairdo often had a crown-like arrangement of braids atop her head. Maybe the reverse really is Faustina Sr or a purposeful attempt to render Faustina as Tyche.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3231459, member: 56859"]Hmm, that is a stumper! I agree that the reverse looks like ...ΠΛΡΓ... but that seems to be gibberish or not any standard city abbreviation. Perhaps it is part of a magistrate's name? Thinking the letters may not be what they seem, I also tried TI instead of Π and N instead of ΛΡ (pretending the loop of the P was not intentional) and a few other variations produced by squinting :D. No luck so far searching in all the places you're already looked. It does have the correct iconography but the OP coin does not have the same legend as found on those Gaza coins. ... Tyche, and I'm assuming it is Tyche, really does look like Faustina Sr. Faustina's hairdo often had a crown-like arrangement of braids atop her head. Maybe the reverse really is Faustina Sr or a purposeful attempt to render Faustina as Tyche.[/QUOTE]
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