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<p>[QUOTE="ancientone, post: 7855076, member: 71599"]This hole has always confused me. Looks like it was compressed from either side leaving a thin layer of metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353385[/ATTACH]</p><p>Galatia, Tavion. Æ27 Zeus/bull</p><p>GALATIA, Tavion. Circa Mid-1st Century AD. Æ 27mm (13.20 gm). TPO-KMWN, Zeus seated facing, holding sceptre in right hand / [SEBASTH]NWN (retrograde), bull standing left. RPC I 3568 (corr.); SNG France 2646; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Galatia pg. 24, 3-4; SNG von Aulock - Laffaille -. Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tavion was the capital of the Trokmoi (the principal tribe of eastern Galatia), named as the issuers of this coinage in the obverse legend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancientone, post: 7855076, member: 71599"]This hole has always confused me. Looks like it was compressed from either side leaving a thin layer of metal. [ATTACH=full]1353385[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6][B] [/B][/SIZE]Galatia, Tavion. Æ27 Zeus/bull GALATIA, Tavion. Circa Mid-1st Century AD. Æ 27mm (13.20 gm). TPO-KMWN, Zeus seated facing, holding sceptre in right hand / [SEBASTH]NWN (retrograde), bull standing left. RPC I 3568 (corr.); SNG France 2646; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Galatia pg. 24, 3-4; SNG von Aulock - Laffaille -. Rare. Tavion was the capital of the Trokmoi (the principal tribe of eastern Galatia), named as the issuers of this coinage in the obverse legend.[/QUOTE]
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