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Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Aegeae, Cilicia mintSilver tetradrachm, (Prieur 720), (SNG Paris 2331), Aegeae mint, weight 13.48g, max. diameter 26.6mm, 132 - 133 A.D.; Obv. AΥTOKΡ KAIΣ TΡAIA AΔΡIANO ΣEB Π Π (mostly off flan), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Rev. ETOΥΣ •ΘOΡ(year 179=132/3 A.D)• (AIΓEAIΩN mostly off flan), eagle standing facing on harpe, wings spread, head turned right, recumbent goat r. in ex.

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Aegeae issued tetradrachms only during the reigns of Hadrian and Caracalla. The issues were probably related to visits of these emperors to the town or to its famous sanctuary of Asclepius. -- The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 253 by Michel and Karin Prieur

The recumbent goat was the symbol for the city of Aegeae. It was a pun on AIGEAIWN (of the city of Aegeae) and AIGEIWN (of the goats). -- The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 253 by Michel and Karin Prieur

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Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial EgyptBronze drachm, (Geissen 1001); (Dattari 1808); (Milne 1276); (SNG Cop 350); (BMC Alexandria p. 92, 785); (Kampmann-Ganschow 32.470); (Emmett 1014), weight 27.286g, max. diameter 35.5mm, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 128 - 28 Aug 129; obverse AVT KAIC TPAI ADPIA CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis, from behind; reverse Nilus reclining left on a crocodile right, himation around waist and legs, cornucopia in right from which an infant genius emerges, reed in left, Greek #16 above, L TPICKAI (year 13) in ex.Thin olive green patina.

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The Greek numeral sixteen (Ις) above Nilus refers to what was considered the ideal height of the annual Nile flood, sixteen cubits. Less could mean drought or famine. Even in modern times grand celebrations were held when the flood reached 16 cubits. In years when the flood failed to reach 16 cubits, the celebrations were canceled, and prayers and fasting were held instead. The peak flood occured at the end of August, which explains why the Egyptian year began on 29 August.

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Septimius Severus, 9 Apr.193 - 4 Feb.211 A.D., Nikopolis ad Istrum, Moesia InferiorBronze AE 27, Hristova/Jekov 8.14.9.9; p. 73 , VF, 10.667g, 27.1mm, 45deg.,Nikopolis ad Istrum mint, Obv. AYT Λ CEΠT CEYHPOC Π, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; Rev. Y ΦΛ OYΛΠIAN NIKOΠOΛIT / ΠPOC I, Nike advancing left, wreath in right, palm frond in left; Extremely Rare. Smooth olive patina.

Statement with regards to rarity by Curtis Clay; from this discussion thread: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=71328.msg447039#msg447039

"In this case, they [ Hristova/Jekov] can only show two specimens, from the same die pair (Steve's example too is from the same dies), and no varieties; the type was not known to AMNG in 1898; more generally, coins of Septimius at Nicopolis under Ulpianus as governor are rather rare, suggesting that Septimius may have died and so been dropped from the coinage fairly early in the issue. So all in all, apparently a rare type in a scarce issue, perhaps struck from only one reverse die." brackets added

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Vespasian, 1 July 69 - 24 June 79 A.D., Antioch, Syria mintSilver tetradrachm, ANS Journel 7-8(1995-96) McAlee group 6, #20var.( reg. year 2 instead of 1), Butcher p.73 fig.17 #3, Sear GIC 736var.(no crescent), Tripolis mint?, 14.45g, 26.82mm. max.diameter, (regnal year 2) 69 - 70 A.D.; obverse AYTOKPA OYεCΠACIANOC KAICAP CεBACTOC, laureate bust right; reverse ETOYC NEOY IEPOY B, eagle standing left on club, wreath in beak, palm left.

Notice the obv. has the letters epsilon in the Greek form ε , however the rev. has the Roman E form.

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Struck to pay Titus' legions during the First Jewish Revolt. RPC notes c. 320 different dies indicate 6,500,000 Syrian tetradrachms might have been minted. This was the quantity Titus would have needed to pay his four legions. Hoard evidence finds many of these types in Judaea confirming they were used to pay the legions.
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Vespasian, Jul. 69 - 24 June 79 A.D., Syrian Provincial Coinage, Struck at RomeOrichalcum as, ANS Journel 7-8(1995-96) McAlee 63, Butcher 4 p.406-407,plate 20; (RPC 1984); (BMC Galatia p. 177, 219); (SNG Cop 172), VF, 5.571g, 22.0mm, 180deg., Rome mint, 74 A.D.(undated); Obv. IMP CAESAR VESP AVG, laureate head of Vespasian left; Rev. S C within laurel wreath; Scarce. Mottled olive patina.

Background info courtesy Richard G. McAlee, ANS Journel 7-8(1995-96).

"During Vespasian's reign orichalcum coins were struck (probably in Rome) for circulation in Syria... They were produced in four denominations... dupondius, as, semis, quadrans... Each denomination was struck bearing the portraits of Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian. Some of the coins of Vespasian and Titus are not dated, but all of those which are, as well as all of the coins of Domitian, can be dated to 74. There are reverse die links between the orichalcum asses of all three emperors, indicating that the entire group was struck in 74."

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