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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2454418, member: 56859&quot;]I agree with Topcat <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Babelon&#039;s <i>Numismatique d&#039;Edesse en Mésopotamie</i> (Paris, 1904) is viewable online at <a href="http://www.inumis.com/ressources/greece/books/babelon_edesse/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.inumis.com/ressources/greece/books/babelon_edesse/" rel="nofollow">http://www.inumis.com/ressources/greece/books/babelon_edesse/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin would likely be considered type 46, varying from Babelon&#039;s entry in the following ways (from <a href="http://www.inumis.com/ressources/greece/books/babelon_edesse/p59.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.inumis.com/ressources/greece/books/babelon_edesse/p59.html" rel="nofollow">page 59</a>):</p><p>-&nbsp; emperor&#039;s bust right rather than left</p><p>-&nbsp; Tyche&#039;s bust right rather than left</p><p>-&nbsp; reverse legend variation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the full reverse legend is presumably off flan, the OP coin shows AVANEΔ while the full legend as recorded by Babelon is M AV AN<b>T</b> EΔECCA.</p><p><br /></p><p>While to other catalogers these might be considered major variations warranting a separate catalog number, apparently Babelon considered them minor, assuming this translation is correct.&nbsp; From <a href="http://www.inumis.com/ressources/greece/books/babelon_edesse/p62.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.inumis.com/ressources/greece/books/babelon_edesse/p62.html" rel="nofollow">page 62</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;There are many other varieties produced from Septimius Severus onwards, barbarizations of the legend, but these are uninteresting</p><p>and not worth mentioning.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Collectors of modern coins (and some Roman Imperial collectors!) might have a stroke upon reading that dismissal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mionnet&#039;s reference is also available for free online viewing but I haven&#039;t searched it for the OP coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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