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Jakub K

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I need ID of greek coin
« on: February 15, 2016, 02:09:07 pm »
24,7 mm
7,3 g.
any idea?
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Re: I need ID of greek coin
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2016, 02:39:22 pm »
hi
quasi-automous coin of Acrasus, Lydia
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Re: I need ID of greek coin
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2016, 02:49:32 pm »
thank you .....
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Re: I need ID of greek coin
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2016, 07:16:15 pm »
Do you have a link to compare? While it is clear that this is a coin struck under Roman rule, I can't quite see how you could identify it so precisely.
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Re: I need ID of greek coin
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2016, 02:10:41 am »
Hi,

unfortunately I do not have a link, but I could read the obverse - it did not help in this case:IEPA CVN-KL(greek lambda)HTOC,
and the exergue on the revers: AKPACIO(omega)T/O(omega)N
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Re: I need ID of greek coin
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2016, 04:25:39 am »
Quote from: stultus on February 16, 2016, 02:10:41 am
Hi,

unfortunately I do not have a link, but I could read the obverse - it did not help in this case:IEPA CVN-KL(greek lambda)HTOC,
and the exergue on the revers: AKPACIO(omega)T/O(omega)N
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Re: I need ID of greek coin
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2016, 02:37:05 am »
Hi folks,

As soon as I looked at the reverse photo, I thought to myself that the figure on the right looks like Telesphorus.

Then, I looked at the Wildwinds page for the city that stultus mentioned. Sure enough, that city minted many coins with Telesphorus on the reverse.

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Re: I need ID of greek coin
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2016, 03:22:56 am »
Hi,
the figure on the right might also be Asklepios.

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Re: I need ID of greek coin
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2016, 05:11:38 am »
Quote from: stultus on February 17, 2016, 03:22:56 am
Hi,
the figure on the right might also be Asklepios.

S.

Hi stultus,

I thought of that too. We seem to be thinking alike here. :)

I have several Thrace/Moesia coins with Telesphorus and/or Asklepios on the reverse. That's what made me think this way. I'll be posting them in my website when I get to my Roman Provincial coins.

The figure(s) on the reverse of JK's coin reminded me of those coins.

If the figure on the right is Asklepios, then he should be holding a serpent-entwined staff, as your photo indicates.

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Re: I need ID of greek coin
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2016, 05:36:40 am »
Hi Meepzorp,

Yes and the S shaped thing between the two figure just above the ground-line might be the serpent, the staff is not visible. The left figure might be Telesphoros or Hygeia feeding serpent from a patera hold in her hand, but it is not clear.
The legend on the left can be EP(greek Pi)I CTPA and the name of the strategos on the right.
Two more photos from wildwinds:

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