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Drager p. 133 interpretedthe design as a reference to the German victory of 83. The P coin wasdescribed and discussed by E. Babelon, RN1917-IS, pp. 25-44. He correctlydeduced that the rev. legend was a translation of Germania capta, referred thedesign to the campaign of 85 (he was not aware of 686) and commented onthe 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, healso attributed the coin to Prusias ad Hypium; it was found with a group ofBithynian coins, including others of Prusias, with which it had an 'aspectidentique par la fabrique, les caracteres epigraphiques, l'epaisseur du flan, lapatine verdiitre et rugueuse'. The countermark on 3 confirms this view.
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