Evening all. I am
still stumped on this one and it bugged me enough to move it here after it made it to page 2 twice on the ID
forum with only one response (which I am most grateful for).
Let me recap:
What I have here is a 3/4 facing female (who I believe may be Kybele).
The
reverse is some sort of banner...or maybe a
fish skeleton(!) lol
per Jaimelai. The
legend was suggested to probably be
, which would probably make it from Plakia,
Mysia.
Now, I have looked everywhere I know to look, and can find no facing turreted females from Plakia (or anywhere for that matter).
BMC Mysia only has five total coins from there, but one of them has the
reverse legend of
which lends credense to Jaimelai's suggestion of Plakia. The obverses found on coins minted there also mostly feature Kybele (
Cybele) and on all of the examples I can find there are four turrets on her headgear, same as mine, and her hair is described as "rolled", sort of like mine in the front.
So...here I sit. I really figured this one to be easy-ish to ID since there was a legible
legend and designs, but I was wrong. Any id
help or suggestions for where I might look (reference books on
asia minor or
Mysia proper) would be fantastic!
Chris