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Offline v-drome

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Lead Token with Hind
« on: July 22, 2014, 04:30:33 pm »
Hi, all.  Here is a lead coin or token from Caesarea Maritima, thicker and larger than the usual tesserae I have seen from there.  Any ideas on the identity or mythology of the symbols would be most welcome.  
Thanks, Jimi.

Obv: Figure standing left, right hand
extended, left hand on hip, cape? flowing
behind.
Rev: Animal (horse or hind?) facing altar or fountain.
Semi-circular flower design with five tear-drop shaped
petals, above.
Diameter: 14mm.  Thickness: 3.0mm
Weight: 3.30gm. Axis: 0
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Re: Lead Token with Hind
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2018, 01:02:19 am »
Hi.  I am working again on the collection of tesserae, and I thought I would give this topic a bump.

Thanks!
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    • A Handbook of Late Roman Bronze Coin Types 324-395.
Re: Lead Token with Hind
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2018, 11:26:43 am »
No real clue.  But Jupiter / Baal on one side.  Donkey ? on the other?

I wonder if any cult sacrificed donkeys?

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Re: Lead Token with Hind
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2018, 03:51:42 pm »
Thank you, Shawn.  I will look in the files of eastern gemstones for any parallels.  It reminds me of some rustic scenes with deer or something similar.

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Re: Lead Token with Hind
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2018, 06:08:08 pm »
I don't see a deer.  I see small upright ears like a donkey or horse and a star behind the head.

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