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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 7755592, member: 84744&quot;]All three are great coins, I especially like the Termessus and the Maximian tet.&nbsp; (Cool countermark on the Side too.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I won a few provincials in that auction too.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think the prices on these have been affected by the COVID bump as much as Greek and Roman Imperials:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328658[/ATTACH]</p><p>Hadrian drachm - &quot;canopic&quot; jar of Osiris, regnal year 19 = 134/5, Emmett 932.19.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328659[/ATTACH]</p><p>PISIDIA, Antioch: Marcus Aurelius / bust of Mên, RPC 7356</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328660[/ATTACH]</p><p>PISIDIA, Conana: c. 2nd century, trophy / bull, RPC 7753</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a similar wreath issue for Aurelian:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328662[/ATTACH]</p><p>The most popular years for these wreath designs seem to be 5, 9, and 10 - seems to me they must be VOTA issues?&nbsp; There are a few 8&#039;s like yours, which (like the 9&#039;s) could be anticipating the decennalia.&nbsp; (Yours could also be in Diocletian&#039;s year 9, and so anticipating his decennalia rather than Max&#039;s.)&nbsp; Maybe [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] has some thoughts about this...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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