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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 7928587, member: 82322"]This coin took me 10 years to attribute:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1370519[/ATTACH] </p><p>Moesia Inferior, Tomi. Nerva (96-98 AD), AE16 (2.91g).</p><p>Obv: [ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ Ν]ΕΡΟΥΑ; laureate head of Nerva, r.</p><p>Rev: [ΤΟ/Μ//ƐΙΤ]/ωΝ; bunch of 3 ears of corn and 2 poppy heads <a href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/778/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/778/" rel="nofollow">RPC vol. 3 #778</a></p><p>Pegasi Numismatics, October 2005 at WESPNEX coin show (as a coin of Elaeia in Aeolis.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Pegasi's guess was a good one, in the days before RPC. The coins of Elaeia do feature poppies as well:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1370522[/ATTACH] </p><p>Aiolis, Elaia / Elaea, Hadrian (117-138 AD), AE15 2.78g</p><p>Obv: [ΑΥ ΤΡ]ΑΙΑ [ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС]; Bust</p><p>Rev: ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ; Kalathos containing poppy heads and grain ears</p><p>Lindgren and Kovacs 407, RPC vol. III <a href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1886/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1886/" rel="nofollow">1886</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 7928587, member: 82322"]This coin took me 10 years to attribute: [ATTACH=full]1370519[/ATTACH] Moesia Inferior, Tomi. Nerva (96-98 AD), AE16 (2.91g). Obv: [ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ Ν]ΕΡΟΥΑ; laureate head of Nerva, r. Rev: [ΤΟ/Μ//ƐΙΤ]/ωΝ; bunch of 3 ears of corn and 2 poppy heads [URL='http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/778/']RPC vol. 3 #778[/URL] Pegasi Numismatics, October 2005 at WESPNEX coin show (as a coin of Elaeia in Aeolis.) Pegasi's guess was a good one, in the days before RPC. The coins of Elaeia do feature poppies as well: [ATTACH=full]1370522[/ATTACH] Aiolis, Elaia / Elaea, Hadrian (117-138 AD), AE15 2.78g Obv: [ΑΥ ΤΡ]ΑΙΑ [ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС]; Bust Rev: ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ; Kalathos containing poppy heads and grain ears Lindgren and Kovacs 407, RPC vol. III [URL='http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1886/']1886[/URL][/QUOTE]
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