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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Helvetica, post: 7924131, member: 75944&quot;]It isn&#039;t from Palmyra. By pure coincidence I was looking at dozens of images in various books and pdfs of coins of Palmyra all day yesterday. </p><p>As for Leo - there are many variations of Leo&#039;s name on coins, one as short as LEON VG. However, there are new variations cropping up all the time, although no Leo/lion coins have a legend on the reverse, which your coin appears to have.</p><p>The lion is very peculiar - the tail is coming out of it&#039;s side but it does seem to be looking back and there is what could be a large cross above. (as RIC 671, Brit. Mus. 1995,0201.105 but no image online and with longer obv. legend).</p><p>Having written that, yours also appears to have a legend around it, with MS (or other letter with a rounded top) at the lower right. And RIC gives no Leo / lion coins at all with a mintmark ending in MS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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