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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2824475, member: 42773&quot;]Since we&#039;re on M, I&#039;ll play nice and post a coin of <b>Mopsuestia</b> (go to Tarsus and take a right). It was evidently founded by a magician by the name of Mopsus, who incidentally gets some play in the Harry Potter universe.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a very interesting altar type that I sold to jwt last year, but he doesn&#039;t seem to be playing in this thread, so I&#039;ll post it for him...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://s14.postimg.org/5p08pf0mp/mopsos_6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Cilicia, Mopsuestia</font></p><p><font size="3">AE20, 7.8g, 12h; 2nd century BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: MOΨEATΩN; Lighted circular altar on tripod base with lion&#039;s legs, M − Π flanking.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reference: SNG BnF 1958; BMC Lycaonia p. 103, 2 ff. var (flanking symbols).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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