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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2824728, member: 57495&quot;]<span style="color: #ff0000"><b>NYSA-SCYTHOPOLIS</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/10300667.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>Aulus Gabinius, <i>Legatus Syriae</i></p><p>AE20. 7.29g, 20mm. SYRIA, Nysa-Scythopolis mint, 57-55 BC. Barkay 1; RPC I 4826; HGC 10, 384. O: Wreathed head of Gabinius right; [GA to left]. R: ΓABINIC OIEN NYΣH (<i>of the People of Gabinian Nysa</i>), Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm.</p><p><i>Ex Korwin Collection; Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 307 (24 July 2013), lot 205</i></p><p>Notes:</p><p>Aulus Gabinius, the proconsular governor of Syria, who given 10,000 silver talents by Ptolemy XII to invade Egypt and restore him to the throne. Gabinius would later be brought to trial in Rome for this act. The reverse legend of the coin - ΓABINIC OIEN NYΣH (<i>of the People of Gabinian Nysa</i>) - speaks to his patronage of the city of Nysa-Scythopolis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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