Tripolis (Phoenicia) Roman Provincial

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Sap Moderator Australia 16834 Posts	Posted 03/13/2007 09:42 am Picked up this neat Roman Provincial from a dealer today. Bought as unidentified, after a few hours of searching and Googling I narrowed it down to the city of issue: Tripolis, Phoenicia (now known as Tripoli, Lebanon). The coin features an ancient temple in the city; sources claim it to be the temple of Astarte. Can't be certain who the emperor on the obverse is (there's not much left of his name and titles), but it's probably Elagabalus, circa 220 AD. The coin originally bore a date, in the lower left corner of the obverse, but it's worn away or off the flan of mine. Pity. Still, it's another coin issuer for my "ancient OFEC list". Here's what a much nicer one would look like, from CoinArchives: Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/13/2007 5:58 pm Very nice. Report this Post to the Staff
scoutjim99 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 03/13/2007 8:34 pm Very nice SAP Report this Post to the Staff
Spider5689 Pillar of the Community United States 2269 Posts	Posted 03/13/2007 11:19 pm Great Coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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