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Author Topic: Lucius Verus Antiochia ad Menandrum  (Read 855 times)

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Offline AlfaOmega

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Lucius Verus Antiochia ad Menandrum
« on: October 25, 2018, 01:02:38 pm »
Hi, I took this ae 28 of grams 14.30, emperor Lucius Verus city Antiochia at Meandrum. The collector who sold it to me on the reverse identifies Athena Promacos with a shield and a spear. His cardinal references are: NC 1938 and S 255.2, which I do not know what the references are. I found something similar or maybe the same on the net, but I see this figure I see winged? Or will it be a concretion? the obverse has a countermark from my research with Howgego I found the number 80 "head of Caracalla graduated", possible that Caracalla has impressed this countermark about 60 years later? I kindly ask if it is possible to help me with a certain classification it is for an identification of the Contromarca. the photos I hope are good if you ask me to do other ones. I thank you kindly is Greeting. Roberto

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Re: Lucius Verus Antiochia ad Menandrum
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2018, 01:16:24 pm »
RPC IV (temp) 832:

http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/832/

(This is the referenced coin 255.2)

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Re: Lucius Verus Antiochia ad Menandrum
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2018, 04:14:36 am »
Grazie.
contromarca?

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Re: Lucius Verus Antiochia ad Menandrum
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2018, 04:33:17 am »

C/M = Howgego 22.

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Re: Lucius Verus Antiochia ad Menandrum
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2018, 12:45:03 pm »
Grazie

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Re: Lucius Verus Antiochia ad Menandrum
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2018, 06:25:18 pm »
Awesome Caracalla-countermark (it's my favourite part of the coin)

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=> congrats on a super cool addition

 

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