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Offline AlfaOmega

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« on: January 25, 2023, 06:41:58 am »
Hello,
I'm curious about the reverse of this ae 25 gr.9.4, Tyche with an appendix on his shoulder, I have no hypothesis about it.

Thanks for your opinions.

Offline Thilo

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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2023, 09:22:40 am »
I'd say Gallienus from Coela, Thrace, please compare: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7138317; https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9786691

Sorry, I don't have my Varbanov on me for a better attribution but that should put you in the right direction.

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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2023, 10:47:54 am »
It is actually not in Varbanov. Still, the style is typically for Gallienus's Coela coins. The reverse seems to show the bust of the city goddess as it's clearly wearing a mural crown. I cannot make  out what's behind her back.

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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2023, 10:59:56 am »
Similar coins also exist for Alexandreia Troas

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8742430

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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2023, 11:08:49 am »
Thanks to you.
 For Coela I only found tyche on the left.
 For Alexandria I would say she looks more like the object behind her.

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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2023, 11:30:20 am »
Well, I obviously relied too much on acsearch and the Coela portrait style. Shanxi is obviously right. So thank you for the new knowledge that Alexandria Troas Gallieni may look like Coela.

 

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