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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2394361, member: 42773&quot;]I hope it never happens, but if someone ever held a gun to my head and told me I could only collect in ONE genre, I would have to choose Roman Provincial, where the best of Greek themes meet the best of Roman.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mikey already posted this type from Zeugma, but I&#039;ll add an example that I happen to have at the moment. These types are distinctive for their primitive use of perspective, which occurs only <i>very</i> rarely on ancient coins...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]492253[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="3">Philip I “The Arab” AD 244-249</font></b></p><p><font size="3">AE30, 13.7g, 6h; Zeugma in Commagene.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΑΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CΕΒ; Laureate draped bust right, from behind.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ΖΕΥΓΜ-ΑΤΕΩΝ; Tetrastyle temple with peribolos enclosing the sacred grove of trees, statue of seated Zeus within temple, capricorn left in exergue.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reference: BMC 29</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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