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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8069826, member: 85693&quot;]This one is an anonymous issue for Tyre from the Antonine era, or from Septimius Severus&#039; reign (the online sources were confusing to me).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It came in a lot; it actually looks better than I was expecting, which is not saying much (yes, that is a temple on the reverse): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399544[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Phoenicia, Tyre&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 23</b></p><p><b>Autonomous, time of Antonine emperors / Septimius Severus</b></p><p><b>CY 321 (195-196 A.D.)?</b></p><p>[TYP]OY MHT[POPOLEωC], laureate head of Meqart-Herakles right / [ΚΟΙΝΟΥ ΦΟΙΝ]ΙΚΗϹ, octastyle temple, [Α]Κ[Τ(Ι)] in exergue.</p><p>RPC IV online 5662 (see notes).&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>(10.47 grams / 23 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2021&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><b>Notes:</b>&nbsp; Most sources date this to 2nd century, the Adoptive or Antonine emperors, but AKT may indicate Septimius Severus reign (See CNG Auction #25; Lot 62025 (via Wildwinds)). </p><p><b>Other references:</b></p><p>RPC IV online 5662;</p><p>BMC Phoenicia 361-366;</p><p>Lindgren I 2367; Sear GIC 5213;</p><p>Rouvier 2246; AUB 201-2;</p><p>GM 767, no. 795.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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