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Offline Canaan

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Maybe Carthage Hair in bun/Horse to ID
« on: October 22, 2019, 12:34:07 pm »
Dear board,
Please help me identifying this coin, Female bust with hair in a bun at the obverse with a C/M with also a female, on the reverse is a horse, it is about 25mm
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Re: Maybe Carthage Hair in bun/Horse to ID
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2019, 01:04:38 pm »
Are you sure about the 25mm. My first thought was Kyme, but 25mm is too big.


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Re: Maybe Carthage Hair in bun/Horse to ID
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2019, 01:30:28 pm »
It should be from Kyme, the magistrate is Laonikos:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1928957

Following Isegrim there are coins of this magistrate with this countermark as well.

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Re: Maybe Carthage Hair in bun/Horse to ID
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2019, 01:34:12 pm »
Thanks alot Shanxi and Altamura, no i am not sure about the size because it is not in hand yet but it is the same size of antiochian tetradrachm which is usually about 25mm, anyways i think you punnwd it down thanks again
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Re: Maybe Carthage Hair in bun/Horse to ID
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2019, 01:43:08 pm »
Here is one with this magistrate and the countermark: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8512798b

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Re: Maybe Carthage Hair in bun/Horse to ID
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2019, 02:02:00 pm »
Thanks alot Altamura much appreciated
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