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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3470714, member: 87200"]I picked up this coin in [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] 's auction of last week, thought I'd snap a photo once it arrived. I posted it on a Facebook ancient coin group and it received 37 likes in a couple of hours, one poster commenting that this coin type got him involved in collecting ancients many years ago. The city was actually destroyed in 256 A.D. by the forces of Shapur, not long after the minting of this coin. So, without further adieu:</p><p><br /></p><p>COMMAGENE, Zeugma.</p><p>Philip II and II.247-249 AD.</p><p>Æ31, 19.2g; 6h (a nice chunky coin, how about that?)</p><p>Obv.: AYTOK K M IOYΛI ФIΛIΠΠOC CЄB; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev.: ZЄYGM-ATЄΩN; Peribolos containing grove of trees, seen in perspective; tetrastyle temple in distance, draped figure within (Zeus?); in exergue, capricorn to right.</p><p>Reference: Butcher 31c; BMC 35.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]923146[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]923147[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3470714, member: 87200"]I picked up this coin in [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] 's auction of last week, thought I'd snap a photo once it arrived. I posted it on a Facebook ancient coin group and it received 37 likes in a couple of hours, one poster commenting that this coin type got him involved in collecting ancients many years ago. The city was actually destroyed in 256 A.D. by the forces of Shapur, not long after the minting of this coin. So, without further adieu: COMMAGENE, Zeugma. Philip II and II.247-249 AD. Æ31, 19.2g; 6h (a nice chunky coin, how about that?) Obv.: AYTOK K M IOYΛI ФIΛIΠΠOC CЄB; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: ZЄYGM-ATЄΩN; Peribolos containing grove of trees, seen in perspective; tetrastyle temple in distance, draped figure within (Zeus?); in exergue, capricorn to right. Reference: Butcher 31c; BMC 35. [ATTACH=full]923146[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]923147[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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