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Offline Connect4

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Identification help please - Double headed axe?
« on: August 08, 2022, 12:27:22 pm »
I have assumed that this coin is Thracian.  However, it doesn’t match other examples.
Obv. Double headed axe with S symbol is each quadrant.  Rev. Horse standing right. 
Have I misidentified the obv. as an axe?
4.6gr  16.6-17.4mm axis 12hr
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Re: Identification help please - Double headed axe?
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2022, 08:57:41 pm »
Hi C4,

I don't think it is a double-headed axe. I think it is a trident.

There are AE coins form Mylasa that fit that description, but they are much smaller (about 11-13 mm). Also, the horizontal bar on your example is very thick. Perhaps yours is a barbarous imitation?

Here is a link:

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=trident+horse+ae+mylasa&category=1-2&lot=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&currency=usd&order=0

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Re: Identification help please - Double headed axe?
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2022, 02:35:12 am »
Thanks Meepzorp, very wide horizontal bar.  Great match. 

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Re: Identification help please - Double headed axe?
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2022, 03:03:17 am »
The coin is in fact from Mylasa in Caria: http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=319

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Re: Identification help please - Double headed axe?
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2022, 05:22:54 am »
Exact, thanks to Altamura and Meepzorp for help

 

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