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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2567109, member: 42634&quot;]another nice write up and another nice silequa MM!</p><p><br /></p><p>here are a couple of related coins, this one from lydia (which was in the senate controlled colony of asia at the time) shows the personification of the senate...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_1943_zpsocbw4zg7.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_1943_zpsocbw4zg7.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/100_1943_zpsocbw4zg7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">HERMOCAPELIA, LYDIA: TIME OF HADRIAN 117-138 AD</font></p><p>O: Bust of Senate. R: Turreted head of Roma. SNG Cop 165. 17 mm, 2.5 g </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and here&#039;s my second most recent arcadius pick up....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/1023_zps8ao96kop.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/1023_zps8ao96kop.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/1023_zps8ao96kop.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">ARCADIUS, 401-403 AD.</font></p><p>O: DN ARCADIVS PF AVG,Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield. / Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head right, foot on prow, holding scepter and Victory on globe. (CONSA in ex) Constantinople mint. RIC X:85, 17 mm, 3.0 g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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