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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3640994, member: 44316"]It took me a while to decipher this coin. The flan is small, with some legend off the flan. The legend begins c. 11:00 and goes clockwise (with QVIN<span style="color: #ff0000">C</span>TILVS) [the CT is clear at 2:30] and VRVS is off the flan at 7:30-9:30. There are two eagles on thin undecorated shafts and just outside them two standards with vertical OOO decorations. The RPC number is 4535. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Varus from Antioch:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]977363[/ATTACH] </p><p>OVAPOV is clear at 1:30 - 4:00.</p><p>21-20 mm. 6.11 grams.</p><p>Zeus head right</p><p>ANTIOXEΩN ЄΠI OVAPOV, <symbol for 6>K in field. Year 26 (Actian era) = 6/5 BC.</p><p>Tyche seated right, river god Orontes swimming below.</p><p><br /></p><p>RPC 4245. McAlee 86.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3640994, member: 44316"]It took me a while to decipher this coin. The flan is small, with some legend off the flan. The legend begins c. 11:00 and goes clockwise (with QVIN[COLOR=#ff0000]C[/COLOR]TILVS) [the CT is clear at 2:30] and VRVS is off the flan at 7:30-9:30. There are two eagles on thin undecorated shafts and just outside them two standards with vertical OOO decorations. The RPC number is 4535. Here is a Varus from Antioch: [ATTACH=full]977363[/ATTACH] OVAPOV is clear at 1:30 - 4:00. 21-20 mm. 6.11 grams. Zeus head right ANTIOXEΩN ЄΠI OVAPOV, <symbol for 6>K in field. Year 26 (Actian era) = 6/5 BC. Tyche seated right, river god Orontes swimming below. RPC 4245. McAlee 86.[/QUOTE]
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