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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4193776, member: 75937&quot;]I have been working through these pseudo-autonomous issues of Alexandria Troas. Its colonial bronze coinage extends from the period of Commodus to Gallienus. Reverse types principally deal with the cult of Apollo Smintheus, but also include the <i>Lupa Romana</i>, the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/this-coin-depicts-a-long-lost-but-infamous-statue-in-the-forum.299130" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/this-coin-depicts-a-long-lost-but-infamous-statue-in-the-forum.299130">statue of Marsyas in the Roman Forum</a>, an eagle standing on the head and neck of a bull, and a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-horse-of-erichthonius-on-coins-of-alexandria-troas.351717/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-horse-of-erichthonius-on-coins-of-alexandria-troas.351717/">horse feeding</a>. Each issue comes in a whole slew of variations in legends on both the obverse and reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076444[/ATTACH] </p><p>Time of Valerian I to Gallienus, AD 253-268.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 22 mm, 5.93 g, 12 h.</p><p>Troas, Alexandria Troas, AD 253-268.</p><p>Obv: AL EX TRO, turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right, with vexillium inscribed AV/CO over shoulder.</p><p>Rev: COL AVG TRO, Eagle right, holding bull&#039;s head in talons.</p><p>Refs: cf. BMC 17.15, 53; cf. SNG Cop 114-117; cf. Bellinger pl. 25, A490; cf. RPC IX 497.</p><p>Notes: This particular combination of legends is not in the standard references. Double die match to Münzen &amp; Medaillen GmbH (DE) Auction 44, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3485726" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3485726" rel="nofollow">lot 242</a>, Nov 25, 2016.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076445[/ATTACH] </p><p>Time of Valerian I to Gallienus, AD 253-268.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 23 mm, 5.60 g, 6 h.</p><p>Troas, Alexandria Troas, AD 253-268.</p><p>Obv: CO AL[EX TRO?], turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right, with vexillium inscribed AV/CO over shoulder.</p><p>Rev: COL AVG TROAD, Apollo Smintheus, in himation, with quiver at shoulder, standing right, holding in right hand a patera over flaming tripod; in left, bow.</p><p>Refs: BMC 17.13, 38; cf. Bellinger A470-71; cf. RPC IX 523.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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