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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 8317763, member: 103829&quot;]Desr friends of ancitént coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>In my collection I have a nice coin from Maionia, which shows Dionysus in a centaur biga. Unfortunately, it is not perfectly preserved.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472857[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have found a second specimen from Yale University. With it I have succeeded in completing the legend.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472858[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Composed of this 2 copies, the legend on the reverse reads:</p><p>[EΠI IOVΛIAN - OV] - T..A. - A.B.APX[ONTOV]</p><p>i.e. &quot;[this coin was struck] under the archon Julianus&quot;. The abbreviations T.A.A.B. cause difficulties.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other coinages show that there was a 1st and a 2nd archon in Maionia.&nbsp; EΠI KYEINTOY B AΡX A could then mean &quot;under Quintus, who is 1st archon for the second time&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is more difficult with EΠI KYINTOY B AΡX A T B e.g. means &quot;under Quintus, who was 1st archon (APX A) for the second time (T B)&quot;. Here, however, the B before APX remains unexplained. 2nd archon would then be double!</p><p><br /></p><p>To my coin: T.A. could then mean &quot;for the first time&quot;, although the counting usually starts with the second time. Could A.B. then mean 2nd archon? But then the written APX[ONTOV] behind it would actually be double.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone help me out of this dilemma?</p><p><br /></p><p>And an additional question: Who is the female figur at the end of the biga?</p><p><br /></p><p>With thanks in advance</p><p>Jochen[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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