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Offline solon

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Greek ae with shell reverse?
« on: January 09, 2019, 01:39:54 pm »

AE 10,   1.10g.

Head of (?) left / Sea shell(!) or pine cone(!),  :Greek_Lambda: on left.

Help is appreciated.

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Offline Altamura

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Re: Greek ae with shell reverse?
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2019, 02:53:11 pm »
Probably the coin is from Iasos in Caria:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8522680k.r=iasos?rk=772536;0
https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=208&pid=14637#top_display_media

This type is mentioned in Richard H.J. Ashton, "The pre-Imperial Coinage of Iasos", NC 167 (2007), pp. 47-78, there it is the number 6 and 7 on page 54,

and in François Delrieux, "Iasos à la fin du IVe siècle A.C. Les monnaies aux fruits de mer, des fils de Théodotos au versement de l'ekklesiastikon", Revue des Études Grecques 114, 2001. pp. 160-189. There it is shown as numbers 3.a and 3.b on page 162:
https://www.persee.fr/doc/reg_0035-2039_2001_num_114_1_4440

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Altamura
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