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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3178604, member: 75937&quot;]I&#039;ve long wanted one of these Roman provincials from Amphipolis with the Artemis Tauropolos reverse types and I had the opportunity to pick up one at a reasonable price. They come in a variety of sizes and with different obverse inscriptions, so attributing worn specimens (and few are high grade) can prove tricky. I can solidly attribute this one as BMC 5, p. 52, 73:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]818600[/ATTACH] </p><p>Augustus, 27 BC - AD 14.</p><p>Roman provincial AE 23.</p><p>Macedon, Amphipolis, 10.25 g, 23.3 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Obv: ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ, bare-head, right.</p><p>Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΙΕΙΤΩΝ, Artemis Tauropolos with inflated veil, riding on bull galloping right.</p><p>Refs: BMC 5, p. 52, 73; Sear Greek Imperial 29.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the listing in BMC:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]818603[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But I&#039;m going to propose something radical -- that the coin is a die-match to the BMC specimen, on the basis of the line-drawing! The British Museum has, unfortunately, not yet photographed the Roman provincials in their collection and I am unfortunately unable to compare my coin to their specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note how the ΥΥΙΟΣ in the obverse inscription, particularly the close proximity of the iota and omicron, matches the example in the line drawing. Note also how the IΣAP at the end of ΚΑΙΣΑΡ behind the bust matches my coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]818608[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Am I crazy? Tell me what you think -- I&#039;d also love to see any of your Artemis Tauropolis coins! Post anything you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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