Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2821039, member: 82322&quot;]I have no Ls but I did neglect a K.&nbsp; <b>Koropissos</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]662367[/ATTACH] </p><p>CILICIA. <b>Koropissos</b> / Coropissus. Maximinus Thrax (235-238). Ae 31 mm. 12.62g</p><p>Obv: AVT K Γ I OVH MAΣIMЄINOC [...]; Laureate and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: KOPOΠICCЄΩN THC KHTΩN MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC; Perseus standing left, holding harpa and severed head of Medusa, and clasping hands with Andromeda standing right; head of Ketos below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cf. SNG France 770; cf. SNG Levante 590; cf. SNG Levante Supp. 157.</p><p><br /></p><p>A much nicer example was sold as CNG <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=80863" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=80863" rel="nofollow">e-134 #180</a>.&nbsp; On that specimen the ketos (sea monster) looks like the head of a wolf.&nbsp; Here it looks like a fish carcass!</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia tells that Dağpazarı is a village in the Mut district of Mersin Province, Turkey.&nbsp; During Byzantine era its name was Coropissus.&nbsp; Situated in the Taurus Mountains, northeast of Mut, it was on the road connecting Mut to Central Anatolia.&nbsp; The population of the village was 287 as of 2012.&nbsp; There are ruins of a church as well as rock tombs around the village.&nbsp;&nbsp; Struck Roman Provincial coins from Hadrian to Valerian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in