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<p>[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 3547310, member: 92212"]Mine is not great quality, and seems to have been both repatinated and smoothed. But it does have an interesting legend variety from the regular RPC 4277 issue. Note on this coin that the "L" in the name Claudius is like a "[", having both the top horizontal stroke of a 'gamma' and the same horizontal stroke again at the bottom. Per Richard McAlee this variation of "L" is described as a squared-off Greek 'sigma', which coupled with the presence of a Greek 'pi' in place of the 'P' (in IMP) suggests that the celators who prepared the dies were Greek-speaking and rendered the unfamiliar Latin letters as Greek letters.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]942794[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From a Christian interest, this coin, having been struck <i>ca.</i> 41-47 A.D., may very well have been in circulation in the area when Paul kicked off his 1st Missionary Journey from this city's port (Acts 13:4), and still circulating there when just a few years he and Barnabas took up a prolonged residence in the city (Acts 14:26-28).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 3547310, member: 92212"]Mine is not great quality, and seems to have been both repatinated and smoothed. But it does have an interesting legend variety from the regular RPC 4277 issue. Note on this coin that the "L" in the name Claudius is like a "[", having both the top horizontal stroke of a 'gamma' and the same horizontal stroke again at the bottom. Per Richard McAlee this variation of "L" is described as a squared-off Greek 'sigma', which coupled with the presence of a Greek 'pi' in place of the 'P' (in IMP) suggests that the celators who prepared the dies were Greek-speaking and rendered the unfamiliar Latin letters as Greek letters. [ATTACH=full]942794[/ATTACH] From a Christian interest, this coin, having been struck [I]ca.[/I] 41-47 A.D., may very well have been in circulation in the area when Paul kicked off his 1st Missionary Journey from this city's port (Acts 13:4), and still circulating there when just a few years he and Barnabas took up a prolonged residence in the city (Acts 14:26-28).[/QUOTE]
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