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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3499221, member: 85693"]Very interesting chain-of-discovery account, Doug. I suspect your "trade" box is better than my actual collection... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I often pick up things on eBay not really knowing what they are just so I can see if I can figure them out. One of my favorite "surprises" was also a Julia Domna provincial. It took me a couple of days hunting to come up with an attribution, but ugly as it is, it turned out to be kind of interesting:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]927174[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Domna / Macrinus Æ 34</b></p><p><b>(c. 194; C/M c. 218 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Roman Prov. - Cilicia, Aegeae </b></p><p>[IOYΛIAN Δ]OMNAN [CEB], draped bust of Julia rt. / [AΔΡIANΩN AIΓEAIΩNETOYC Mς,] draped bust of Hygieia, serpent across shoulder.</p><p>Ziegler Kilikien 1382; SNG Levante 1737; SNG France II, 2340; Paris 82</p><p>(18.96 grams / 34 x 31 mm)</p><p><b>Macrinus Countermarks:</b></p><p>Nike advancing left, holding wreath, in oval (6 x 7.5 mm) (1) obverse. left edge; (1) reverse on bust.</p><p>Howgego 258.</p><p>"Nike appeared as a type on coins of Macrinus and both type and countermark may be taken to refer to his <i>Victoria Parthica" </i>(Howgego)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3499221, member: 85693"]Very interesting chain-of-discovery account, Doug. I suspect your "trade" box is better than my actual collection... :) I often pick up things on eBay not really knowing what they are just so I can see if I can figure them out. One of my favorite "surprises" was also a Julia Domna provincial. It took me a couple of days hunting to come up with an attribution, but ugly as it is, it turned out to be kind of interesting: [ATTACH=full]927174[/ATTACH] [B]Julia Domna / Macrinus Æ 34 (c. 194; C/M c. 218 A.D.) Roman Prov. - Cilicia, Aegeae [/B] [IOYΛIAN Δ]OMNAN [CEB], draped bust of Julia rt. / [AΔΡIANΩN AIΓEAIΩNETOYC Mς,] draped bust of Hygieia, serpent across shoulder. Ziegler Kilikien 1382; SNG Levante 1737; SNG France II, 2340; Paris 82 (18.96 grams / 34 x 31 mm) [B]Macrinus Countermarks:[/B] Nike advancing left, holding wreath, in oval (6 x 7.5 mm) (1) obverse. left edge; (1) reverse on bust. Howgego 258. "Nike appeared as a type on coins of Macrinus and both type and countermark may be taken to refer to his [I]Victoria Parthica" [/I](Howgego)[/QUOTE]
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