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Offline Ardatirion

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Greek or Provincial ID
« on: October 11, 2008, 05:18:43 pm »
obv - head of Zeus? r.
rev - eagle standing on perch r.
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Re: Greek or Provincial ID
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2008, 09:40:25 pm »
There is a coin of Marcus Aurelius on RPC with a very similar reverse. Eagle standing rt. spreading wings. It is from Galatia. Here is a link to it. It might be place to start.  I looked under:
City; Province; Region Antioch (Colonia Caesarea Antiochia); Galatia; Pisidia    Marcus Aurelius

Hopefully this link will work.
http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7338/?search&stype=ident&c=&rd_b=or&ri=&m=&d=18&od_id-0=729&rd_id-0=138&ri_ns=&od=&od_b=or&od_ft=&rd=&rd_ft=&rno=5
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Re: Greek or Provincial ID
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2008, 02:00:09 am »
The obverse shows Zeus, not a Roman emperor. I believe your coin is from Tyndaris in Sicily, struck under Roman rule. You can see ...NΔA... from TYNΔAPITAN to the right of the eagle.

Compare to: [DEAD LINK REMOVED BY ADMIN] (the star behind Zeus' head is also visible on your coin).

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