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Drager p. 133 interpreted the design as a reference to the German victory of 83. The P coin was described and discussed by E. Babelon, RN 1917-IS, pp. 25-44. He correctly deduced that the rev. legend was a translation of Germania capta, referred the design to the campaign of 85 (he was not aware of 686) and commented on the incorrect form of the participle (p. 26, note 1), for which the curiousspelling ΠΡΟΤΗ on coins of Nicomedia provides a sort of parallel. Babelon alsocompared the design with that found on a Julio-Claudian relief in Trieste,originally found at Koula, near Philadelphia in Lydia. Most interestingly, he also attributed the coin to Prusias ad Hypium; it was found with a group of Bithynian coins, including others of Prusias, with which it had an 'aspect identique par la fabrique, les caractères épigraphiques, l'épaisseur du flan, la patine verdâtre et rugueuse'. The countermark on 3 confirms this view.
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