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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3178230, member: 56859&quot;]Wow, [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER]!&nbsp; I haven&#039;t seen the type before and it is super cool.&nbsp; Want!!</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller&#039;s attribution is wrong, as you suspected.&nbsp; Here&#039;s an example from ACsearch, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=284523" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=284523" rel="nofollow">Gorny &amp; Mosch auction 147 lot 1826, 7 Feb 2006</a>.&nbsp; It&#039;s from Nikomedia.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]818344[/ATTACH]</p><p>BITHYNIEN</p><p>NIKOMEDIA</p><p>Objekt-Nr.: 1826</p><p>Domitian, 81 - 96 n. Chr.</p><p>AE (8,06 g.), Vs.: AUT DOMITANOS KAISAR SEB GERM, Kopf mit Strahlenkranz n. r. Rs.: H MHTROPOLIS KAI PROTH BEIQUNIAS, Schlange auf einem Schiffsbug n. l. Darüber Stadtmonogramme. RPC 660. Dunkelgrüne Patina, ss</p><p>Das Reversbild bezieht sich auf die Ankunft des Asklepioskultes in der Stadt. Der Gott &quot;reiste&quot; in Form einer großen Schlange, die am auserwählten Ort an Land kroch. Ähnlich ist die Ankunft des Gottes in Rom auf antoninischen Medaillons dargestellt.</p><p>Estimation: € 120,00&nbsp; (didn&#039;t sell... but only because I wasn&#039;t collecting ancient coins that long ago <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the only one in ACsearch but there is a similar coin for Antoninus Pius found on <a href="http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=search&amp;cat=0&amp;pid=4518#top_display_media" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=search&amp;cat=0&amp;pid=4518#top_display_media" rel="nofollow">asiaminorcoins.com</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]818346[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You might be able to find entries in old public domain reference books.&nbsp; Verifying the obverse for your coin might be challenging.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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