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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 7954013, member: 57495&quot;]Those Cilician provincials sure are fun, [USER=90981]@Shea19[/USER]!&nbsp;&nbsp; I especially like the Decius, which seems like it was struck on an oversized flan, larger than the dies required.&nbsp; My Maximinus Thrax hexassarion from Anazarbus was struck on a similarly plus sized 38mm flan with lots of space outside the dotted borders. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378546[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MAXIMINUS THRAX</b></p><p>AE Hexassarion. 20.44g, 38mm. CILICIA Anazarbus, circa AD 235-238. Ziegler 663 (Vs2/Rs4), SNG Levante 1480 (same obv. Die); RPC VI temp 7446/2 (this coin). O: AY K G IOY OYH MAZIMEINOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: ANAZ END MHTRO B/G, female figure (Synthysia), holding bipennis over shoulder, standing left before bull standing left, CYNQYCIA OI/KOYMENHC, (ME and NH ligate).</p><p><i>Ex Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection; ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 Mar 2000), lot 1130</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Another 38mm monster, from Stratonicaea:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378549[/ATTACH]<b>CARACALLA [with GETA]</b></p><p>Medallic AE. 28.75g, 38mm. CARIA, STRATONICAEA, circa AD 209-211. Epitynchanontos, prytanis. SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; SNG Tübingen –; cf. CNG 100, lot 1728; for c/m: Howgego 84. O: [AV K M AVP] ANTΩ[NINOC C Λ CЄ ΓЄTA]C K, Confronted busts of [Geta – erased as result of damnatio memoriae] right and Caracalla left, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: Bust of Caracalla right within incuse circle. R: ЄΠI ΠPV ЄΠITVNKANONTOC Γ ΦΙΛΩNOC CTPAT[ONIKЄΩN], Hecate standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera [over altar] and holding torch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Near 37mm, from Tarsus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378550[/ATTACH]<b>GORDIAN III</b></p><p>AE37. 21.38g, 36.7mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, circa AD 238-244. SNG France 1677. O: AVT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC CEB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; Π-Π in fields. R: TAPCOV MHTPO ΠOΛEΩC / AM KΓ (or similar), Two Ciliarch crowns, the outer decorated with nine busts, the inner with six.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandrian drachms are regularly in the 34-35mm range.&nbsp; My largest is this one at 36mm:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378551[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 28.01g, 36.4mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 8 (AD 144/5). Menelaites Nome. RPC Online Temp 13971/78 (<i>this coin</i>). O: AVT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right. R: MЄNЄΛAЄITHC, Harpokrates of Canopus (part human, part crocodile) left, holding finger on right hand before mouth, cornucopia on left arm; altar before, L H (date) in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Phil Peck (“Morris”) Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Honorable mention, this egg-shaped 36x30mm Sep Sev from Decapolis:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378552[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</b></p><p>Medallic AE. 22.95g, 36.4mm x 30.5mm. SYRIA, Decapolis, Gadara, CY 262 (AD 198/9). Spijkerman 69; Rosenberger 69; Sofaer 70. O: AYT K Λ CEΠΤ CEB, Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery. R: Galley sailing left, with nine rowers, navigator at stern and a lookout on prow; above, ΠΟΜΠ / HIEWN ΓΑ / ∆ΑΡEWN / ET ΒΞC (of the Pompiean Gadarenes, year 262).</p><p><i>Ex Shlomo Moussaieff Collection (1925-2015)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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