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Author Topic: Any Idea Who These Two Gentlemen Are?  (Read 581 times)

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Bottleguy

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Any Idea Who These Two Gentlemen Are?
« on: February 11, 2010, 07:44:52 pm »
In a lot of uncleaned Greeks, mostly Peloponnese. 21mm.

Thanks,

Rick


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Re: Any Idea Who These Two Gentlemen Are?
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2010, 10:18:07 am »
Rick,
   It looks like a provincial to me.  It looks like you have the obverse on the right and the reverse on the left.  The obverse appears to be laureate, but you could convince me it's radiate.  There seems to be some legend there, but I can't read it. Can you?  The reverse looks like Zeus or a bearded Herakles.  Maybe that can give you a start.

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Re: Any Idea Who These Two Gentlemen Are?
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2010, 10:26:23 am »
Looks like Hadrian to me.
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Re: Any Idea Who These Two Gentlemen Are?
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2010, 04:22:59 pm »
I believe it is a provincial from Corinth under Hadrian. BCD Korinth, 604 or 607. Obv: bust with laurel wreath, rev: head of Zeus with tainia. I am curious to read the opinion of my friend roek, who is an authority in Peloponnesian coinage.
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Re: Any Idea Who These Two Gentlemen Are?
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2010, 04:48:36 pm »

It is hard to access a comparison-image, but your coin also might be a Trajan / Jupiter Ammon issue like Varbanov (Eng.) 3335 (an AE22) from Cassandreia, Macedon. Ammon's horns are not always distinct on these.
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Re: Any Idea Who These Two Gentlemen Are?
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2010, 06:17:31 pm »

Hello,

Costas  is absolutely right: This is BCD 604 (or 607), SNG Cop. 286 var. Obv: head of Hadrian and reverse: head of Zeus. Inscription on the reverse should be something like COL. L. IVL. COR (Colonia Laus Julia Corinthus).

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