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<p>[QUOTE="Brian Bucklan, post: 2867977, member: 76544"]I purchased this bronze a while back and assumed it was a scarcer type from Irenopolis Cilicia with a club on the obverse and a winged caduceus on the reverse. The size at 15mm fit well with this issue but when I got it home and looked more closely the obverse inscription was all wrong. It's a quiet Sunday and my football team is awful so I was hoping some Greek experts (or those who won't admit they are experts) will help on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not in the best of shape but here's the bad pic:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]684641[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse inscription of an Irenopolis should just read the town name: This one (starting from lower left) reads <b>KAI()AP€ - (monogram) AW()</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>The reverse is <b><b>€TOYC - (date)</b></b></p><p><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p>Any help would be appreciated. And BTW, my team is the ... Browns.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Brian Bucklan, post: 2867977, member: 76544"]I purchased this bronze a while back and assumed it was a scarcer type from Irenopolis Cilicia with a club on the obverse and a winged caduceus on the reverse. The size at 15mm fit well with this issue but when I got it home and looked more closely the obverse inscription was all wrong. It's a quiet Sunday and my football team is awful so I was hoping some Greek experts (or those who won't admit they are experts) will help on this one. Not in the best of shape but here's the bad pic: [ATTACH=full]684641[/ATTACH] The obverse inscription of an Irenopolis should just read the town name: This one (starting from lower left) reads [B]KAI()AP€ - (monogram) AW() [/B] The reverse is [B][B]€TOYC - (date) [/B][/B] Any help would be appreciated. And BTW, my team is the ... Browns.[/QUOTE]
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