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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4741550, member: 99456"]It's always entertaining to search CT and find out whether anyone has posted on topic "X" - invariably, I find more than one thread. I searched today for "Nisibis" and "Otacilia" thinking it unlikely that this coin would be found - but the hits were plentiful, there were threads from [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] (<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-roman-mesopotamian.304026/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-roman-mesopotamian.304026/">here</a>), [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] (<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/otacilia-severa-from-nisibis.351837/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/otacilia-severa-from-nisibis.351837/">here</a>), [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] (<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-roman-provincial-from-nisibis-in-mesopotamia.344276/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-roman-provincial-from-nisibis-in-mesopotamia.344276/">here</a>)...and a search for "Nisibis" even more overwhelming in its contents - including this recent thread on RPC VIII (Thanks, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]) . Here is a late addition to the thread, this coin is <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2575" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2575" rel="nofollow">RPC VIII ID 2575</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159079[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Provincial, <b>Mesopotamia, Nisibis, Otacilia Severa</b>, AD 244-249, Bronze Æ</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obv: </b>MAP ΩTAKIΛ CЄOVHPAN CЄB, draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Rev: </b>IOV CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, tetrastyle temple containing statue of city goddess seated facing; above her head, ram (Aries) leaping right; below, river god Mygdonius swimming right.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone interested in reading more on pickling, silver plating and ancient coins - I recommend this article (summary notes and additional reference <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/amalgam-versus-wash-in-debasement.352031/#post-3954019" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/amalgam-versus-wash-in-debasement.352031/#post-3954019">shared in this thread</a>):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500070335" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500070335" rel="nofollow">Susan La Niece</a> (1990) Silver Plating on Copper, Bronze and Brass. <i>The Antiquaries Journal,</i> <i>70</i>(1), 102-114. doi:10.1017/S0003581500070335. </p><p><br /></p><p>My understanding is that the leading candidate for all silver washed coins of the late Roman period including this one is the "pickling" process described by [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] - also called "depletion silvering". <i>"This pickling, followed by working, results in an almost continuous and consolidated thin skin of silver."</i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159080[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3"><b>Probus</b>, Æ Radiate, Lugdunum, AD 278-279</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obv:</b> IMP C PROBVS PF AVG, Buste radié et cuirassé de Probus à droite vu de 3/4 en avant. (Code buste Bastien : B) </font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Rev: </b>VIRTVS AVG , Em. 6, 4e off., Roma debout à gauche, habillée en amazone, tenant une victoire de la main droite, une lance et un bouclier de la main gauche, in exergue IIII (Type B)</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Rareté</b> : C, FAC, Bastien: 24 ex.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Ref: </b>RIC V Probus <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.pro.112" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.pro.112" rel="nofollow">112</a> Bastien <a href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/search?bastien=299" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/search?bastien=299" rel="nofollow">299</a></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4741550, member: 99456"]It's always entertaining to search CT and find out whether anyone has posted on topic "X" - invariably, I find more than one thread. I searched today for "Nisibis" and "Otacilia" thinking it unlikely that this coin would be found - but the hits were plentiful, there were threads from [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] ([URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-roman-mesopotamian.304026/']here[/URL]), [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] ([URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/otacilia-severa-from-nisibis.351837/']here[/URL]), [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] ([URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-roman-provincial-from-nisibis-in-mesopotamia.344276/']here[/URL])...and a search for "Nisibis" even more overwhelming in its contents - including this recent thread on RPC VIII (Thanks, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]) . Here is a late addition to the thread, this coin is [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2575']RPC VIII ID 2575[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1159079[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Provincial, [B]Mesopotamia, Nisibis, Otacilia Severa[/B], AD 244-249, Bronze Æ [B]Obv: [/B]MAP ΩTAKIΛ CЄOVHPAN CЄB, draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent [B]Rev: [/B]IOV CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, tetrastyle temple containing statue of city goddess seated facing; above her head, ram (Aries) leaping right; below, river god Mygdonius swimming right.[/SIZE] Anyone interested in reading more on pickling, silver plating and ancient coins - I recommend this article (summary notes and additional reference [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/amalgam-versus-wash-in-debasement.352031/#post-3954019']shared in this thread[/URL]): [URL='https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500070335']Susan La Niece[/URL] (1990) Silver Plating on Copper, Bronze and Brass. [I]The Antiquaries Journal,[/I] [I]70[/I](1), 102-114. doi:10.1017/S0003581500070335. My understanding is that the leading candidate for all silver washed coins of the late Roman period including this one is the "pickling" process described by [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] - also called "depletion silvering". [I]"This pickling, followed by working, results in an almost continuous and consolidated thin skin of silver."[/I] [ATTACH=full]1159080[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3][B]Probus[/B], Æ Radiate, Lugdunum, AD 278-279 [B]Obv:[/B] IMP C PROBVS PF AVG, Buste radié et cuirassé de Probus à droite vu de 3/4 en avant. (Code buste Bastien : B) [B]Rev: [/B]VIRTVS AVG , Em. 6, 4e off., Roma debout à gauche, habillée en amazone, tenant une victoire de la main droite, une lance et un bouclier de la main gauche, in exergue IIII (Type B) [B]Rareté[/B] : C, FAC, Bastien: 24 ex. [B]Ref: [/B]RIC V Probus [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.pro.112']112[/URL] Bastien [URL='https://www.probuscoins.fr/search?bastien=299']299[/URL][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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