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<p>[QUOTE="Spaniard, post: 5184366, member: 90248"][USER=56976]@Bob L.[/USER].....Thanks Bob.....That gave me some links to follow up...Looks like the smallest denomination was the Assarion-1 As , Diassarion-2 Asses, Triassarion-3 Asses, Tetrasarrion-4 Asses and Pentassarion-5 asses. There also seems to be a letter which was used to denote which Assarion it was. A, B, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon.</p><p>Here's one of the coins I'm interested in...Where's the letter reference?</p><p><b>Cappadocia. Tyana. Antoninus Pius (as Augustus, AD 138-161). Æ Diassarion (8.93g, 23mm), RY 19 = AD 156/7.</b> Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚ ΑΝΤⲰΝƐΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒΑϹΤ - Laureate head right. Reverse: ΤΥΑΝƐⲰΝ Τ Π Τ ΙƐΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤΟΝ - City-goddess, turreted and veiled, seated to left, holding grain ears in her right hand and leaning left on rock; below, river-god Euphrates swimming left; ЄΤ - ΘI between.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1213125[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Spaniard, post: 5184366, member: 90248"][USER=56976]@Bob L.[/USER].....Thanks Bob.....That gave me some links to follow up...Looks like the smallest denomination was the Assarion-1 As , Diassarion-2 Asses, Triassarion-3 Asses, Tetrasarrion-4 Asses and Pentassarion-5 asses. There also seems to be a letter which was used to denote which Assarion it was. A, B, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon. Here's one of the coins I'm interested in...Where's the letter reference? [B]Cappadocia. Tyana. Antoninus Pius (as Augustus, AD 138-161). Æ Diassarion (8.93g, 23mm), RY 19 = AD 156/7.[/B] Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚ ΑΝΤⲰΝƐΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒΑϹΤ - Laureate head right. Reverse: ΤΥΑΝƐⲰΝ Τ Π Τ ΙƐΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤΟΝ - City-goddess, turreted and veiled, seated to left, holding grain ears in her right hand and leaning left on rock; below, river-god Euphrates swimming left; ЄΤ - ΘI between. [ATTACH=full]1213125[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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