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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7315683, member: 85693&quot;]This has me stumped - I have looked at a lot of small Roman Provincial AEs with clusters of grapes and there are a lot more of them than I thought!&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing it is from Thrace or Moesia, but I am not coming up with even a semi-close match <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or is this thing on the back a cluster of grapes?&nbsp; The little pigtail stem is not like anything I&#039;ve seen.&nbsp; And it seems to be flattened at the bottom, perhaps resting on a base.&nbsp; A beehive?&nbsp; A Cappadocian pinecone?&nbsp; A baetyl with a hanging hook?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It 3.13 grams and 17 mm.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278617[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse legend is the usual AVK-something, with a beardless (?) portrait (Severus Alexander?&nbsp; Caracalla?&nbsp; Elagabalus?).&nbsp; Here is what I can make out of the reverse legend <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278618[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Any help greatly appreciated.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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