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Provincial: Metropolis in Ionia
unknown
Æ28		CAΛΩN XPV COPNH CEBAEΠ CT OVA NEIKIA MHTPOΠOΛEITΩN
Diademed draped bust right on crescentCybele seated on throne left, drum under left elbow.
Provincial: Smyrna in Ionia
SNG Copenhagen 1413
Æ24		AVT K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOCCMYPNAIΩN NEΩK M AYP CEΞCTOY
Laureate draped bust rightKybele, turreted, seated left on throne, holding patera in right hand, left elbow resting on tympanum. Lion at feet left.
Provincial: Aezanis in Phrygia
SNG von Aulock 3339,
Lindgren & Kovacs 869
(quasi-autonomous coin of the period)
Æ24		IEPA BOVΛHAIZANE_ITΩN
Diademed draped bust of Boule rightKybele, turreted, seated left on throne, holding patera in right hand, left elbow resting on tympanum. Lion at feet left.
Provincial: Cotiaeum in Phrygia
SNG Copenhagen 337
Æ25		AVT K Π ΛIK OVAΛEPIANONEΠI Π AIΛ ΔH·MH TPIANOVC IΠΠ / KOTIAEΩN
Radiate draped bust rightKybele seated left in cart pulled by two lions. APX in upper field, KOTIAEΩN in exergue.
Lindgren III, 576
Æ25		AVT K Π ΛIK OVAΛEPIANONEΠI Π AIΛ ΔH·MH TPIANOVC IΠΠ / KOTIAEΩN
Radiate draped bust rightKybele riding lion right. AP / X in upper fields.
SNG Copenhagen 342,
SNG von Aulock 3794
Æ23		AVT K Π Λ ΓAΛΛIHNOEΠI ΔIOΓE_NOYC ΔIONY / KOTIAEΩN
Radiate draped bust rightKybele riding lion right. A_P / X in fields.
SNG von Aulock 3773
(quasi-autonomous coin of the period)
Æ20		ΔH_MOCEΠI Π AIΛ ΔH·MH TPIANOY APX
Diademed head of Demos rightKybele seated left on throne, a lion to either side.KOTIAEΩ / N in exergue.
SNG von Aulock 3775,
Lindgren III, 574a
(quasi-autonomous coin of the period)
Æ23		ΔHM_OC KOTIAEΩ_NEΠI ΔIOΓE_NOY ΔIONYCIOY APX
Diademed head of Demos rightHerakles standing facing, holding club right and Kybele left. KOT / I / AEΩ / N scattered around fields.
Provincial: Irenopolis in Cilicia
SNG von Aulock 5600,
SNG Levante 1629 (this coin)
Æ28		ΠOV ΛIK ΓAΛIHNOCIPHNO[ΠOΛE]
Bare-headed draped and cuirassed bust rightCybele seated left on rock, resting hand on drum right, two lions at feet. Large Z in left field, Σ in right field.
Provincial: Tarsus in Cilicia
Lindgren & Kovacs 1649,
SNG von Aulock 6082
Æ28		KOPNHΛIAN C_AΛΩNINATAPCOV M_HTPOΠOΛE / ΩC
Diademed draped bust right, crescent behind shouldersKybele seated right, drum beneath her elbow, lions beneath and before the throne. A / M / K in left field, Γ / Γ in right.


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Imperial attributions are based on Göbl Moneta Imperii Romani 36, 43, 44 Die Münzprägung der Kaiser Valerianus I, / Gallienus / Saloninus, Regalianus und Macrianus / Quietus.
Alexandrian attributions are based on Emmett Alexandrian Coins and Milne Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins.
Other provincial attributions from:
SNG Copenhagen,
SNG von Aulock,
SNG France 2 Cilicie,
SNG France 3 Pamphylie / Pisidie / Lycaonie / Galatie,
SNG France 5 Mysie,
Catalog of Greek Coins in the British Museum Collection,
David R. Sear Greek Imperial Coins and their Values,
Lindgren & Kovacs Ancient Bronze Coins of Asia Minor and the Levant from the Lindgren Collection,
Lindgren Ancient Greek Bronze Coins: European Mints from the Lindgren Collection,
Lindgren Lindgren III Ancient Greek Bronze Coins from the Lindgren Collection,
Ivan Varbanov Greek Imperial Coins (2002, in Bulgarian),
Ivan Varbanov Greek Imperial Coins (2005, in English),
W.H. Waddington, E. Babelon, Th. Reinach Recueil Général des Monnaies Grecques d'Asia Mineure,
Alfred R. Bellinger Troy the Coins,
David MacDonald The Coinage of Aphrodisias,
David MacDonald An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus,
David Yonge The So-Called Interregnum Coinage, 1979 Numismatic Chronicle,
the Moushmov translation at Wildwinds,
Ed Snible's Digital Historia Numorum,
or cribbed from the seller's info.

Information on the legions is from Graham Webster The Roman Imperial Army of the First and Second Centuries A.D.