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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2068401, member: 42773"]Nice coins, both of them! Whenever you can get a provincial with that much detail and clear legends, it's a no-brainer. I have Philip I and Otacilia Severa with confronting busts, from Markianopolis, Serapis on reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>One interesting facet of these provincials is how the legends wind around. Your coin and Steve's have legends that run counterclockwise and continue in exergue from left to right. This coin has an obverse legend that does the same, but with two lines in exergue. The reverse runs counterclockwise and when it runs out of room, it continues in the right field from top to bottom...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]382396[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2068401, member: 42773"]Nice coins, both of them! Whenever you can get a provincial with that much detail and clear legends, it's a no-brainer. I have Philip I and Otacilia Severa with confronting busts, from Markianopolis, Serapis on reverse. One interesting facet of these provincials is how the legends wind around. Your coin and Steve's have legends that run counterclockwise and continue in exergue from left to right. This coin has an obverse legend that does the same, but with two lines in exergue. The reverse runs counterclockwise and when it runs out of room, it continues in the right field from top to bottom... [ATTACH=full]382396[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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