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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7462523, member: 57495"]Large provincials are always neat. I often have alot of fun with Provincial group lots, and remember picking up a few from Roma in the past. </p><p><br /></p><p>This thread reminds of a fun quiz that [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] came up with some years ago called: </p><p><a href="https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mji0odg1na28g1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mji0odg1na28g1" rel="nofollow">Know Your Ruler-- Roman Provincial Edition Quiz 2</a>. For the benefit of those who want to take the quiz, I won't link to the original thread to avoid spoilers. </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite provincial of Gallienus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292948[/ATTACH]<b>GALLIENUS</b></p><p>AE28. 8.09g, 27.6mm. IONIA, Ephesus, circa AD 253-268. Karwiese 1136 (this coin cited). O: VT · K · ΠO · ΛIKIN · ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: EΦ-ECIΩN · Γ · NEO, KOPON in exergue, Androklos facing right, chlamys blowin’ in the wind, wielding spear at boar standing left; hound at his side.</p><p><i>Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 25 October 2000, lot 636); ex G. Hirsch 171 (25 September 1991), lot 1273 </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7462523, member: 57495"]Large provincials are always neat. I often have alot of fun with Provincial group lots, and remember picking up a few from Roma in the past. This thread reminds of a fun quiz that [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] came up with some years ago called: [URL='https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mji0odg1na28g1']Know Your Ruler-- Roman Provincial Edition Quiz 2[/URL]. For the benefit of those who want to take the quiz, I won't link to the original thread to avoid spoilers. My favorite provincial of Gallienus: [ATTACH=full]1292948[/ATTACH][B]GALLIENUS[/B] AE28. 8.09g, 27.6mm. IONIA, Ephesus, circa AD 253-268. Karwiese 1136 (this coin cited). O: VT · K · ΠO · ΛIKIN · ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: EΦ-ECIΩN · Γ · NEO, KOPON in exergue, Androklos facing right, chlamys blowin’ in the wind, wielding spear at boar standing left; hound at his side. [I]Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 25 October 2000, lot 636); ex G. Hirsch 171 (25 September 1991), lot 1273 [/I][/QUOTE]
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