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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 24620641, member: 85693&quot;]Lovely coin [USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER] .&nbsp; I have a similar one that I attributed to Volusian, although the legends say Trebonianus Gallus - I did this one a few years ago, when I was greener than I am now.&nbsp; But it looks from my notes that Trebonianus Gallus/Volusian types from Neapolis are easily confused.&nbsp; I&#039;m confused, that&#039;s for sure.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the green, I&#039;ve been soaking this in distilled water for a year, and though some came off (especially in that obverse pit!), the rest of it seems stable.&nbsp; For now.&nbsp; This is a pre-soak photo.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1565641[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Volusian&nbsp; Æ 22</b></p><p><b>(251-253 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Samaria, Neapolis </b></p><p>AVT KAI Γ [OVI TPEBOVOΛOV]CIAN Radiate, cuirassed bust right / ΦΛ NEACΠOΛEWC Eagle standing left, supporting Mt. Gerizim with temple, altar, stairway, colonnade below; star </p><p>&amp; crescent left &amp; right above. </p><p>(11.65 grams / 22 mm) eBay Oct. 2019&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Attribution / Die Match (?)</b></p><p>Gemini, LLC Auction VI Lot 742 appears to be a reverse die match: &quot;Harl, Museum Notes 29, 1984, pl. 14, 146 (same obv. die A33, new rev. die same type). SNG ANS 1031 (same obverse die, misattributed to Treb. Gallus). Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collect.&quot; </p><p>RPC 2161 uses this specimen for&nbsp; this type.&nbsp; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2161" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2161" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2161</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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