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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4260620, member: 99456&quot;]I&#039;m in the fourré camp - and I like your coin too much to think you should do&nbsp; many experiments on it - does it have a reverse?.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a Lycian drachm of Trajan with a scar on his cheek; his lips, and perhaps eyes too, lost to de-lamination.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1085911[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Provincial, Lycia,<b>Trajan</b> (98-117), drachm (although I really want to call this a denarius), struck 89-90</p><p><b>Obv:</b> AYT KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM, laureate head right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΔHMЄΞ-YΠATB, two lyres; above, owl standing right, head facing.</p><p><b>Size: </b>3.13g, 18mm</p><p><b>Note: </b>Butcher &amp; Ponting in their 2015 book on &quot;<a href="https://www.ebooks.com/cambridge-add.asp?I=1873489&amp;f=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebooks.com/cambridge-add.asp?I=1873489&amp;f=3" rel="nofollow">Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage</a>&quot;, found compositional similarities between these coin and contemporary denarii minted in Rome, along with stylistic similarities, suggesting that this provincial coinage could have been minted in Rome, although compositional similarity could also be explained by common silver source i.e. recycled coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Detail view:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1085922[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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