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MAT (monogram of?)
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THRACE. Topirus. Antoninus Pius. Æ 23. A.D. 138-161. Obv: AVTKAITAIΛA)ΔPIANO(CANTΩNEINOC). Bare head right; countermark on neck. Rev: EΠIΦABAΓ(PIΠΠEINOVTOΠ)EIPEITΩN. Naked Herakles seated left on rock, right hand extended, holding club. Ref: BMC 2-3. Axis: 180°. Weight: 4.74 g. Magistrate: Faustinius Agrippa. CM: Monogram of MAT (?) in circular punch, 6 mm. Howgego 621 (25 pcs). Note: The monogram may read Marcus Antoninus or Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, and may have been applied at the time of Caracalla, since some his coins of Topirus have a countermark-like feature engraved on the die. Collection Automan.
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