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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 3273441, member: 103829&quot;]I have found this thread and think that my coin could have a place here. It is one of my loveliest:</p><p><br /></p><p>Cilicia, Seleukia ad Calycadnum, Gordian III,&nbsp; AD 238-244</p><p>AE 35, 21.23g, 34.68mm, 180°</p><p>Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, struck after AD 241</p><p>obv. ΜAP ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC / CЄB (in r. field)</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; c/m (Δ containing central dot, in triangular punch)</p><p>rev. CЄΛЄYKЄΩN TΩN ΠPOC TΩ</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; across field KA - Λ / YK - AΔ / N - Ω</p><p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b>Aphrodite standing frontal, head right, looking at mirror in her raised l. hand; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2 Erotes standing facing on either side, each holding marriage torch.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; in ex. ЄΛЄYΘЄ / PAC</p><p>ref. SNG Levante 774 var.; SNG Paris 1029 var.; Howgego 670 (c/m)</p><p>Choice good VF</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]863786[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin belongs to a series of marriage issues celebrating the marriage between Gordian and Tranquillina.</p><p><br /></p><p>ЄΛЄYΘЄPAC: &quot;Applied to those cities which have received the Rights and Privilegs of Libertas by means of Senatus Consultum&quot; (SGI p.XX) </p><p><br /></p><p>Jochen</p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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