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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 8186575, member: 83845&quot;]Nice addition [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] .&nbsp; Ancyra struck some really nice coins. One of these days I would like to add an example that has an anchor on the reverse as a homonym for the city name.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example that shows the Temple of Augustus. It was this building that allowed us to read the full version of the Res Gestae.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1432281[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Galatia, Ancyra</font></p><p><font size="3">Caracalla (AD 198-217)</font></p><p><font size="3">AE Tetrassarion, Ancyra mint, struck after AD 212</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 28 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 16.59 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTO-C; Laureate head of Caracalla right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: MHTPOΠOΛEΩC ANKYPAC •; Octastyle temple with shield in pediment</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: BMC 33 var </font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Lanz 163, 7 December 2016, 378</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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