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Butcher comments (NC 2011, 77) that the coin appears to be a new type, a smaller denomination accompanying RPC I 4087. He points out that the reverse legend on the new type is much clearer, however, and must read something like ϹΙϹΤΡΙΠΙƐⲰΝ (or just possibly ƐΙϹΤΡΙΠΙƐⲰΝ; see enlargement at Plate 6, 10). No ethnic remotely like this can be identified in the ancient sources (including Stephanus of Byzantium), even allowing for differences in spelling. Butcher notes that the reverse type is difficult to identify with certainty, and the identification of two altars may be disproved by the discovery of a better specimen.
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