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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24651826, member: 26430&quot;]Very cool coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my busts of Senate from Phrygia, Sebaste and Grimenothyrae:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1570138[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Phrygia, Sebaste AE</b> (27mm, 8.07g), <i>temp</i>. Elagabalus or Severus Alexander. <b>Obv</b>: Senate. <b>Rev</b>: Zeus. <b>Ref</b>: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/5681" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/5681" rel="nofollow">RPC VI 5681</a>. <b>Prov</b>: Ex Pierre Strauss (1922-1995), R.C. Lockett (1873-1950), Cornelius Vermeule (1925-2008).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1570139[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Phrygia, Grimenothyrae AE</b> (23.5mm, 7.36g), Magistrate Tullius, <i>temp.</i> Trajan. <b>Obv</b>: Senate. <b>Rev</b>: Men holding pinecone. <b>Ref</b>: Von Aulock, <i>Phrygiens </i>II 340&nbsp; = Lindgren &amp; Kovacs 955 = <a href="https://asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=364&amp;pid=3158" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=364&amp;pid=3158" rel="nofollow">AsiaMinorCoins 3158</a> = <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2482" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2482" rel="nofollow">RPC III 2482 Ex. 17</a> = this coin. <b>Prov</b>: Ex G. Drewry (1928- ), M.B. Burstein, H.C. Lindgren (1914-2005).</p><p><br /></p><p>I do like collecting coins that were in the collections of numismatic authors, but I don&#039;t have any Clive Foss&#039;s yet. (I&#039;ve noticed some at CNG recently.) Or his books. I was aware of his Arab-Byzantine book(s), but not Roman Historical Coins, suggested by Victor C above. That one looks like a good start.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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