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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3427297, member: 57495&quot;]Wow, both of those provincials are incredible, Jochen.&nbsp; I especially love the composition of the Philippopolis&#039;s reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have to say, though, that one of my favorite river god reverses appears, not on a provincial, but a LRB struck at Constantinople. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]909949[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>HANNIBALLIANUS</b></p><p>AE4. 1.48g, 16mm. Constantinople mint, AD 336-337. RIC VII 147; LRBC 1034, Cohen 2. O: FL HANNIBALLIANO REGI, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right.&nbsp; R: SE-CVRITAS PVBLICA, river god Euphrates seated right on ground, holding sceptre, overturned urn at his side, from which waters flow, reed in background; CONSS in exergue.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Rome’s Oceanus:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2016-7-2_13-51-51-png.515119/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>HADRIAN</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 2.98g, 19.1mm. Rome mint, AD 119-125. RIC 75a. O: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right. R: P M TR P COS III, Oceanus reclining left on a dolphin, crab claw horns on his head, holding an anchor in his right hand.</p><p><i>Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s my obligatory MFB since Acheloos was mentioned...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]909951[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CAMPANIA, Neapolis</b></p><p>AR Didrachm. 6.87g, 19.7mm. CAMPANIA, Neapolis, circa 290-270 BC. cf. SNG France 917; cf. Sambon 490. O: Head of nymph Parthenope left, hair bound with band, wearing earring and necklace; uncertain symbol behind (Helle on a ram, trophy, shield?). R: Man-faced bull standing right, head facing; above, Nike flying right, crowing bull; NEOΠOΛITΩN in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Cardinal Joachim Meisner Collection, acquired from Friedrich Redder, Leipzig</i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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