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Offline Joe Sermarini

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Who is on this lead seal?
« on: June 29, 2020, 03:48:35 pm »
4.367g, 17.7mm

The bust looks very familiar but I am having a brain block.  Who is this....

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Re: Who is on this lead seal?
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2020, 05:33:35 am »
Havind a brain block too, Joe. Looks like a clothed bearded figure. Aesculapius? Serpent staff in front? Can't make out if he's holding something or if that's the condition of the seal.
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Re: Who is on this lead seal?
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2020, 05:41:59 am »
It looks like Zeus.

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Re: Who is on this lead seal?
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2020, 10:11:52 am »
Still not sure...
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Re: Who is on this lead seal?
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2020, 11:47:07 am »
Serapis ?   
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Re: Who is on this lead seal?
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2020, 12:39:59 pm »
Yes, Serapis is a good choice, but there should be a kalathos on his head...
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Re: Who is on this lead seal?
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2020, 12:56:05 pm »
Precisely Gert, the first one jump to my mind was Saturn , ruler of the titans and Mars , but it looks a lot like Serapis 😊
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Re: Who is on this lead seal?
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2020, 01:04:53 pm »
Dear Joe and Board,

I would like to propose a helmeted Ares with a spear behind his left shoulder.  For comparison:

http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=1653

And for the records, this HNO attribution is incorrect.  I just recently acquired a specimen that clearly reads "[...]ΣΙΕΩΝ," so perhaps it is an unrecognized issue of Aphrodisias or (less likely) Hydisus or Orthosia (in Caria).

Hope this helps.


Best regards,

Mark Fox
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Re: Who is on this lead seal?
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2020, 02:16:15 pm »
 +++ Good 1 Mark  +++
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Re: Who is on this lead seal?
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