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The reading of the legends on both obv. and rev. is not very certain. Grant, FITA 373 and pl. XI.55, regarded Imhoof-Blumer's description, which is followed here, as 'completely misread and misinterpreted'. He offered 'ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΕ[WΝ] ΕΠ. Τ. ΟΚΤ. ΚΛΕ. head of Cleopatra to right/ΑΜ(?)Ν(?)ΗΣΣ[ΟΣ ΕΠΑΦ?]ΡΟΔΙΤΟΥ head of Amnessus (?) to right', interpreting it as a coin minted by a T. Octavius, an otherwise unknown governor of Asia in 32–31 BC, depicting Cleopatra, and a private citizen called Amnessos. Grant's interpretation may perhaps be thought fanciful (and TOKTKLE can definitely be rejected as a reading: ΤΟΥΤΗΛΕ seems more certain), though it must be accepted that Imhoof-Blumer's is unsatisfactory. It seems futile, however, to do more than wait for another, clearer specimen to turn up.
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