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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2994321, member: 19463&quot;]I did not bid on this coin the first time around but when it showed up on the &#039;going cheaply&#039; list, I sent a bid.&nbsp; I always wanted one of these after seeing a couple X6 examples but figured someone would go higher for his one which has relatively smooth surfaces compered to many.&nbsp; This AE36 is quasi-autonomous from Rhodes roughly from the time of Augustus through Nero. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]739607[/ATTACH]</p><p>There are many variations of the general type and I know nothing about them.&nbsp; The obverse is a radiate head of Dionysos right while the reverse is Nike advancing right.&nbsp; The reverse legend is POΔIΩN TAMIA TEIMOCTPATOY.&nbsp; I am missing a few letters from the name of the treasurer due to the coin being weakly struck.&nbsp; This fault, however, added some interest to me since it emphasizes the concave reverse centered on the broad, flat flan.&nbsp; Of course, now I need one that was boldly struck for comparison.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have many Provincial coins without portraits of the Imperial family.&nbsp; However the coin that really made my want list as a result of this coin is the version that has Nero&#039;s portrait in place of Dionysos.&nbsp; CNG sold one much too good for the likes of me.</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=333528" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=333528" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=333528</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Who has big Rhodian bronzes to pile onto this thread?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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