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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 7666919, member: 41219&quot;]<img src="https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/spongebob-squarepants-squidward-1553021595.png?crop=1.00xw:0.667xh;0,0.311xh&amp;resize=640:*" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Ok, I know these are not ancient cephalopod god-creatures...But dang it if they don&#039;t look like octomen. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been wanting one of these cool Sri-Lankan coins since I first saw them. They have been hard for me to find in my price range though. I love the super stylized imagery. </p><p>I got lucky with my new (and [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER] &#039;s old) favorite ebay seller with awful descriptions and just as bad photos.</p><p>These were described as &quot;Roman&quot;, which clearly they are not...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Queen Lilavati</p><p>One Massa</p><p>1197-1211 AD</p><p>Obverse: king, standing upon a lotus stalk, holding a lamp in his left hand and a flower in his right, a large lotus flower in field to right, all heavily stylized</p><p>Reverse: seated king facing right, left arm raised upward, holding a shell, all heavily stylized. Nagari legend (‘Sri Ra ja Li la va ti’) to right</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317589[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1317587[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1317588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1317585[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1317586[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;But what is that random Roman provincial you mentioned?&quot;</p><p>I&#039;m glad you asked...</p><p>This coin was also in the same lot and since the pictures were so bad, I just assumed it was a lower grade coin of the same type. When it came today though, I was mildly surprised to see that the &quot;tentacles&quot; were in fact grain ears.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did some searching and believe that it is a provincial coin of Lydia, Philadelphia. I&#039;m guessing pretty hard here but I think it may be Claudius on the obverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317596[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>All-in-all, this was a fun set of coins for ~$6 a piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see some of your very stylized coins or other provincial Roman coins with grain ears. Who knows, maybe someone has a better version of mine.</p><p>Thanks for looking <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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