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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 3354952, member: 103829&quot;]Today I have found this thread. And because I have a certain addiction to the Greek cities at the Northern Black Sea coast I want to share some coins which are seldom seen:</p><p><br /></p><p>(1)</p><p>Sarmatia, Olbia, Severus Alexander, AD 222-235</p><p>AE 23, 7.24g</p><p>obv. AVT K M AVP CEOVAΛEZAN - ΔPOC (AV and VA ligate)</p><p>laureate head r.</p><p>rev. OΛ[BIOΠOΛ]ITΩN</p><p>Eagle with spread wings, stg. facing on thunderbolt, head l., wreath in beak.</p><p>I between legs, Δ r. beside head</p><p>ref. SNG Copenhagen 114; SNG Stancomb 949-50; Zograph pl.34, 19</p><p>Rare, VF+, excentric struck on rev.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]888238[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note:</p><p>(1) M&amp;M calls the I between legs an altar!</p><p>(2) The rev. depiction is one of the reasons that the so-called Koson-Stater has been struck in Olbia.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of te last coins of Olbia! After the death of Severus Alexander the coinage ended, and the final decline of Olbia began. The 2nd Gothic Storm in AD 269/70 finally sealed the fate of the city. This was the end of Olbia, the Happy, after nearly thousand years of history at the border of ancient civilization.</p><p><br /></p><p>(2)</p><p>Sarmatia, Tyras, Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161</p><p>AE 16, 2.54g</p><p>obv. AVT ANTONINON [CEB]</p><p>laureate head r.</p><p>rev. [T]YPA - N - ΩN</p><p>Herakles, nude, stg. frontal, head r, resting with r. hand on club, holding lion&#039;s skin over outstretched l. arm and apples of the Hesperids in l. hand.</p><p>ref. SNG Copenhagen 117; AMNG I/1, pl.XII, 25; RPC IV Online 3672 (temp.)</p><p>rare, about VF, dark green patina</p><p>[ATTACH=full]888244[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note:</p><p>ANTONINON in rare accusative case!</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyras was a Milesian colony at the mouth of the river Tyras today river Dnister/Ukraina, russ. Dnjestr) at the Northern Black Sea coast.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best regards[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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