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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2594450, member: 75937&quot;]The identities of the rulers portrayed on this little coin from Claudia Leucas (Balanea) in Sryia have been a puzzle to numismatists for a long time. Whoever they are, the coin portrays the emperor and empress as the sun and the moon.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]565230[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Provincial AE 15</p><p>Syria: Coele-Syria, Claudia Leucas (Balanea)</p><p>3.06 g; 15.2 mm</p><p>Obv: ΛΕVΚΑΔΙ <font size="6">ω</font>Ν, radiate head of emperor, r.</p><p>Rev: Τ<font size="6">ω</font>ΝΚΑI ΚΛΑVΔΙΑΙ<font size="6">ω</font>Ν, head of empress, r., wearing crescent.</p><p>Refs: SGI 508; BMC 20, p. 296, no. 1, pl. XXXVII, 1; Lindgren I 2180; RPC I 4465</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear and the British Museum attribute it to Claudius and Agrippina II. I think Lindgren follows suit, but since I don&#039;t have Lindgren I, I&#039;m not sure. (Would somebody with Lindgren I be so kind as to look it up for me? Thanks!)</p><p><br /></p><p>However, as noted by Imhoof-Blumer, and reiterated by RPC, the obverse bust has Trajan&#039;s features, with a similarity to other coins of Trajan from Claudia Leucas (Balanea). In addition, the reverse has the facial features and hairstyle of Plotina.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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