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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2830231, member: 56859&quot;]Today we&#039;re doing <b>R</b> and <b>S</b> together because there aren&#039;t many R cities.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Sardes</span></b> (or at least that&#039;s where most sources place this type&#039;s origin)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lydia-sardes-germanicusdrusus-1stexample-jpg.415004/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lydia-sardes-germanicusdrusus-2nd-jpg.415005/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>LYDIA, Sardes</b> (... or maybe not)</p><p>Germanicus and Drusus</p><p>Struck CE 23-26?</p><p>restruck by Asinius Pollio, proconsul of Asia under Caligula, CE 37-38?</p><p>Æ26, 13.78 gm</p><p>Obv: ΔPOYΣOΣ KAI ΓEPMANIKOΣ NEIOI ΘEOI ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOI; Germanicus and Drusus seated left on curule chairs, one holding lituus.</p><p>Rev: ΓAIΩ AΣINNIΩ ΠΩΛΛIΩNI ANΘYΠATΩ; KOINOY/ AΣIAΣ within wreath</p><p>Ref: RPC 2995, Sear 365</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-puzzling-provincial-of-germanicus-and-drusus.264079/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-puzzling-provincial-of-germanicus-and-drusus.264079/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-puzzling-provincial-of-germanicus-and-drusus.264079/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b> <span style="color: #0000ff">Seleucia ad Calycadnum</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordianiii-gigantomachy-rt-jpg.532065/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Gordian III</b></p><p>238-244 CE</p><p>Æ 27 mm, 11 gm</p><p>Obv: ...ΓOPΔIANO radiate and draped bust right; C/M dot within triangle (Howgego 670?)</p><p>Rev: CEΛEVKEΩN; Athena advancing right, holding her shield with her extended left arm &amp; preparing to hurl a spear at an anguipede giant (Enceladus?) who is throwing stones at her.</p><p>Ref: c.f. SNG Levante 763</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-gigantomachy.283117/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-gigantomachy.283117/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-gigantomachy.283117/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Backtracking to add a new pickup of a city not already shown in this thread, courtesy of the last JA auction (to whichever CT member I Clio&#039;d... sorry <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, but you or someone had topped my earlier bid).&nbsp; JA picture; the coin is winging its way to me now. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Lysias</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]666961[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>PHRYGIA, Lysias. time of Gordian III</b></p><p>CE 238-244.</p><p>Æ23, 5.3 gm</p><p>Obv: BOVΛЄ; Veiled and draped bust of Boule right.</p><p>Rev: ΛVCIAΔЄΩN; Dionysus standing left, holding thyrsus and pouring cantharus.</p><p>Reference: RPC VII 727; von Aulock, Phrygien II 609-24 &amp; 627-8.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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