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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 26439018, member: 128351&quot;]My two heads coins...</p><p>According to the initial post, it&#039;s one head on each face. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1686762[/ATTACH]</p><p>Septimius Severus, AE 19 mm of Edessa (Sanliurfa, Turkey, oops Turkiye <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>Obv.: CЄYH[...] ; bust of Septimius Severus right</p><p>Rev.: ABΓAPOC BACI[ΛEVC] , bust of Abgar VIII right, wearing the royal tiara ornamented with a star in a crescent, sceptre to the right.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1686764[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gallienus, AE tetradrachm, Alexandria 263-264. AE 22 mm, 10.36 g&nbsp; </p><p>Obv.: AVT. K. Π. ΛIK. ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEB. , draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right</p><p>Rev. : Bust of Helios wearing chlamys of charioteers, L I/A : &quot;year 11&quot;</p><p>. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1686763[/ATTACH]</p><p>Byzantine anonymous AE follis (class G), attributed to Romanus IV, 1068-1071 (contemporaneous with the Bayeux Tapestry). </p><p>Obv.: I¯C X¯C (<i>I(esou)s Ch(risto)s</i>), bust of Jesus nimbate facing, holding scroll.</p><p>Rev.: M¯P / Θ¯V (&quot;Mother of God&quot;), the virgin Mary veiled, nimbate, facing, praying. </p><p>Both sides are icons, this coin could be used as well as a religious medal, a double sided icon. It was acquired in Damascus and may have been found in north-western Syria, a region retaken by the Byzantines, in particular Romanus IV, in the 11th c.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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