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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3557579, member: 97383&quot;]That&#039;s an interesting bronze coin from Damascus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, &amp; I&#039;m surprised the legends are not Greek <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Most of the bronze provincials I&#039;ve seen of Caracalla from Damascus have Greek legends, like the example below, BMC 14, photo courtesy of <b>wildwinds.com</b>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]945723[/ATTACH]</p><p>Prieur writes: &quot;The Main deity of the city seems to have been linked with the Hellenic god Hermes, &amp; his symbol was a ram&quot;, hence the ram as a mintmark. Keven Butcher writes in: <b>Coinage in Roman Syria: Northern Syria, 64 BC - AD 253</b> &quot;Hadrian promotes the city of Damascus to <b>Metropolis of Coele-Syria</b>, circa AD 125. I have very few bronze provincials because it&#039;s so hard to find choice well struck examples that haven&#039;t been worn smooth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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