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Coin ID #8542

Baris (AD 249-251) AE 21 - Time of Trajan Decius

Time of Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE21 (4.44g). BOVLH; Veiled head of Boule right / BAPHNΩN; Hermes seated left on rock, holding caduceus and purse.

The referenced coin in Von Aulock is another ‘pseudo-autonomous’ coin with a Boule obverse. The reverse die, Artemis standing facing, is shared with a coin of Hostilian (Von Aulock, Pisidiens II, 343). The seated Hermes is known on several coins of Baris.

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Filename:7393.jpg
City/Mint name:Baris
Keywords:bronze / roman
References:Unpublished; Cf. Von Aulock, Pisidiens II 216 (same obv. die)
Photo courtesy of:Gert Boersema - www.vcoins.com/ancient/gertboersema
Filesize:421 KiB
Date added:Jan 02, 2012
Dimensions:1044 x 519 pixels
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