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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2068138, member: 42634&quot;]picked up a couple of budget ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>here&#039;s a rough provincial i couldn&#039;t say no to for the price.&nbsp; provincial, has serapis and good legends...sold.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_5753_zps75a5a332.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_5753_zps75a5a332.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_5753_zps75a5a332.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>philip ii</p><p>mesembria, thrace</p><p>pentassaria(?)</p><p>244-246 ad</p><p>26mm</p><p>12.7g</p><p>o: busts of philip and serapis; M AR IOYLIOC PHILIPPOC/KAICA, R below</p><p>r: athena; MECAMB RIANWN</p><p>Moushmov 4032</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and some recent post here of elymais coin forced me to get this example.&nbsp; yes, all you folks who have posted these lately.&nbsp; IR.&nbsp; DS.&nbsp; i&#039;m lookin&#039; at you.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5700_zps83c311c3.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5700_zps83c311c3.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/102_5700_zps83c311c3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>i&#039;m not sure on the attribution...could use some help.&nbsp; seller has this as ordes iii, but THINK it is ordes ii.&nbsp; anyone know?</p><p><br /></p><p>here&#039;s my story...</p><p><br /></p><p>Elymais</p><p>Orodes II</p><p>2nd century AD</p><p>AE Drachm</p><p>17mm</p><p>4.2g</p><p>O:Bearded facing bust; crescent and anchor to r.</p><p>R:Aramaic legend around bust of Belos.</p><p>Van’t Haaff Type 13.1.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and who is this belos cat?&nbsp; a babylonian god is all i come up with.&nbsp; but check out that bust?&nbsp; he looks like a worm with&nbsp; horns.</p><p><br /></p><p>close up with&nbsp; different light...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5707_zps4603fb31.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5707_zps4603fb31.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/102_5707_zps4603fb31.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>anyway, i didn&#039;t get this coin fro cheap..but reasonable.&nbsp; i thought the bust looked pretty darn good and it was well centered, despite missing a bit of anchor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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