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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Agricantus, post: 2885824, member: 83465&quot;]This is a coin from a recent [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] auction. It has a wonderful patina and very good 3D feel, including thickness; better than a picture can convey (reusing John&#039;s picture, my phone camera doesn&#039;t do the coin any justice). I like the detail and sharpness around Commodus&#039; eye, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]692663[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Æ23, 9.6g, Syria, Cyrrhestica</p><p>&nbsp;Obv: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΣ ΣΕΒ</p><p>&nbsp;Rev: ΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΤΕΒΑΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΡΗΣΤΩΝ</p><p><br /></p><p>There is something else interesting related to this coin: Aristophanes &amp; the &#039;scatological pun&#039; (see this <a href="http://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2007/07/scatological-puns-involving-zeus.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2007/07/scatological-puns-involving-zeus.html" rel="nofollow">link</a> for a good summary). I imagine the ancient folks pronouncing ΔΙΟ ΣΚΑΤΕΒΑΤΟΥ and getting a good laughter. Oh, btw, is that a pile of poop on the reverse?</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post if you have coins with katebatou/kataibatou legend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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