This Provincial of Plotina turns out to be a plate coin for the VCRC

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  1. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Does anyone here have a coin on display at Austin College's Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins?

    While browsing the site, I saw a familiar one:

    Plotina Tabae VCRC.jpg
    See: http://artemis.austincollege.edu/ac...Issuer+LIKE+'%plotina%')ORD:ABS:1KEY:1863PAR:

    I bought this coin from e-bay about 8 years ago and I believe it is the exact same coin. It is apparently ex-CNG, because they contributed the image to the Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins but I can't find it using the "research" function at CNG's web page. This is my photograph of the coin:

    Plotina Tabae.jpg

    Plotina, wife of Trajan, Augusta c. AD 105-122.
    Roman provincial AE 20
    Caria, Tabae
    5.43 g; 20.0 mm
    Obv: ΠΛΩΤΕΙΝ CΕΒΑCΤΗ, diademed and draped bust, r., hair in plait behind.
    Rev: ΤΑΒΗΝΩΝ, stag standing r.
    Refs: BMC Caria p. 170, no. 79; SNG von Aulock 2720.

    Post your plate coins, Plotinas, stags, or whatever seems related to this post! I'd love to see what you have!
     
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  3. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    here's a saturnalia gift i received in one of our previous exchanges...

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  4. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    I like the reverse on that. Temple of Artemis?
     
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