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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4342564, member: 57495&quot;][ATTACH=full]1099957[/ATTACH]<b>PHRYGIA, Trajanopolis.</b> Pseudo-autonomous issue.</p><p>AE15. 2.22g, 14.7mm. PHRYGIA, Trajanopolis, Pseudo-autonomous, time of Hadrian, circa AD 117-138. BMC 14, SNG von Aulock 8458. O: Laureate bust of young Herakles right. R: TPAIANOΠOΛITΩN, Nike advancing right with palm and wreath.</p><p>Notes from AMCC 2: &quot;<i>A lovely little coin, and rare (cf. Naumann 15, 06.04.2014, lot 487: 70 EUR/95 USD). It was minted not long after the city&#039;s founding, which occurred not under Trajan as many suppose, but rather under Hadrian. Allegedly the founders, from Troas, asked Hadrian’s permission to name the town after his predecessor.</i>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099958[/ATTACH]<b>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</b></p><p>AE Tetrassarion. 10.86g, 28.3mm. PONTUS, Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis, dated CY 208 (AD 205/6). Amandry &amp; Remy 17b; Voegtli type 4o. O: AY KAI Λ CЄ-ΠTI [...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: CEBACTΟΠO H[PAKΛE]-O-ΠO, The Seventh Labour of Heracles: Heracles wrestling the Cretan Bull, in field, ЄT HC (date). </p><p>Note: <i>Originally called Carana, the city was renamed Sebastopolis after Emperor Augustus (&quot;sebastos&quot; being Greek for Augustus), with the secondary name Heracleopolis added later in recognition of the city&#039;s chief deity, Heracles.&nbsp; </i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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