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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 6928873, member: 74834&quot;]Here&#039;s a strange Roman Provincial coin with a Vespasian-like head on the obverse and a grotesque mask? on the reverse. Lettering is unclear. You may find it in RPC as <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/903" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/903" rel="nofollow">Vol. II nr. 903</a>. There it says &quot;These coins are usually attributed to Vespasian, but Titus cannot be ruled out&quot;. The mint is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scepsis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scepsis" rel="nofollow">Skepsis in Troas</a>, the north-western corner of nowadays Turkey. And the reverse is identified as a Dionysus head, but don&#039;t you agree it is much like a theatrical mask? </p><p>A few more coin types of Skepsis (or Scepsis in Latin) exist with Dionysus heads. This one measures 16 mm and weighs 2.59 gr. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273233[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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