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Classical Numismatics Books and References Discussion Forum / Re: Klaus Vondrovec Coins of the Iranian Huns and their Successors

« Last post by Virgil H on April 20, 2024, 06:32:43 pm »

Thank you, Dominic, I will contact him. That is indeed the way to go. I have seen many people like him that are very nice and open to inquiries from non-academics like me and have had some wonderful exchanges with folks like him.

Virgil

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Classical Numismatics Books and References Discussion Forum / Re: Klaus Vondrovec Coins of the Iranian Huns and their Successors

« Last post by Dominic T on April 20, 2024, 06:19:58 pm »

I believe Dr. Klaus Vondrovec is still the curator of the Vienna Münzkabinet.You could directly contact him there to have more details on the book. I e-mailed him in the past for a question about the museum, and he is a real gentleman who will be happy to help you.
DT

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Forum numizmatyki antycznej po polsku / Re: Piękne zdobycze: od Dioklecjana do Anastazjusza I

« Last post by Lech Stępniewski on April 20, 2024, 06:02:55 pm »

Zgodnie z opisami katalogowymi powinno być „D N MARCIANVS P F AVC”, ale ja widzę tam „(D N) MARCIIANVS P F (AVC)” z podwójną literą „I”.

Nie jestem znawcą mennictwa V stulecia, ale widzę tam MARCIANVS albo najwyżej MACCIANVS. Choć pierwsze "C" to raczej zdefektowane "R". Ale na pewno nie MARCIIANVS. Tyle liter żadnym sposobem nie mogę upchnąć.

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Medieval, Islamic and Crusader Coins Discussion Forum / Re: Pre-Islamic goddess? Help needed

« Last post by Britannicus on April 20, 2024, 06:00:10 pm »

I think we might be getting closer...

Ishtar's famous title was "the Queen of Heaven". Her cult survived into Chjristian times, buit she also morphed into other goddesses like Astarte and Aphrodite ("Ourania", the "Heavenly One").

According to Wikipedia: "Worship of Venus deities possibly connected to Inanna/Ishtar was known in Pre-Islamic Arabia right up until the Islamic period. Isaac of Antioch (d. 406 AD) says that the Arabs worshipped 'the Star' (kawkabta), also known as Al-Uzza, which many identify with Venus. Isaac also mentions an Arabian deity named Baltis, which according to Jan Retsö most likely was another designation for Ishtar. In pre-Islamic Arabian inscriptions themselves, it appears that the deity known as Allat was also a Venusian deity."

So at the moment I'm guessing that this little object was connected with a pre-Islamic Arabian sky-goddess cult. But it would be good to know whether anyone has ever seen anything similar?

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Greek Coins Discussion Forum / Re: First Meris. Tetradrachm - Thoughts on unmounting from bezel.

« Last post by PtolemAE on April 20, 2024, 05:56:18 pm »

It is very well done. I would keep it in the bezel and if I wanted one without a bezel, sell it and get another coin.

It looks reasonably done but there are some cues that the 'bezel' could be a standard jewelry finding (mount) and not custom-made. If that's the case then destructive (to the mount) removal of the coin, e.g. by clipping the prongs, is no great loss thought it's hard to know in advance if the coin has been marked by the prongs. Nevertheless I'd also prefer to keep and wear this one and buy an unmounted coin for the collection.

PtolemAE

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Forum numizmatyki antycznej po polsku / Re: Piękne zdobycze: od Dioklecjana do Anastazjusza I

« Last post by Dariusz M on April 20, 2024, 04:34:43 pm »

I jeszcze nummus Marcjana w dwóch ujęciach: w zestawieniu z innymi monetami (to ten najmniejszy) oraz detal monety.

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Forum numizmatyki antycznej po polsku / Re: Piękne zdobycze: od Dioklecjana do Anastazjusza I

« Last post by Dariusz M on April 20, 2024, 04:33:36 pm »

Dziś moneta z kategorii „ogryzek piękny w swojej klasie” – nummus (minimus) Marcjana.

Opis:
Follis (minimus, nummus), Kyzikos (dziś w Turcji)
Av.: Portret cesarza w diademie perełkowym, napis w otoku: (D N) MARCIANVS P F (A)
Rv.: Monogram cesarza w wieńcu laurowym. Napis w odcinku CY(Z) (oznaczenie mennicy w Kyzikos)
Kampmann 170.9; RIC X 565
10,5-11,5 mm; 1,16 g

Przy okazji podzielę się pewną wątpliwością. Czy przypadkiem nie mamy tu błędnego napisu otokowego na awersie? Zgodnie z opisami katalogowymi powinno być „D N MARCIANVS P F AVC”, ale ja widzę tam „(D N) MARCIIANVS P F (AVC)” z podwójną literą „I”. Mam w związku z tym pytanie do znawców siedzących w temacie mennictwa V stulecia. Czy rzeczywiście właściwie zinterpretowałem napis (z podwójnym „I”)? I czy błędy takie zdarzały się na tyle często, że nie jest to odnotowywane w katalogach?

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Medieval, Islamic and Crusader Coins Discussion Forum / Re: Pre-Islamic goddess? Help needed

« Last post by Jan P on April 20, 2024, 04:23:38 pm »

Hey Britannicus,
Re-reading your start message, I now saw your friends' translation as "Asman" and I think he is 100% right.
That pellet after the "s" must be an arabic "m".
So, forget Ashera, I was wrong. But I am glad I found Ishtar .

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Medieval, Islamic and Crusader Coins Discussion Forum / Re: Pre-Islamic goddess? Help needed

« Last post by Jan P on April 20, 2024, 04:13:15 pm »

Well . . . this is more than odd!
I saw your coin or token and thought I could read "Asherah".
I look on the www and fall on the image of this site . . .
https://godswarplan.com/bible-battles-ehud-against-the-moabites-ehud-slays-king-eglon-israel-against-moabites-ammonites-and-amalekites-judges-3/02-asherah-pt
. . . were they wrongly present Ishtar or Lilith as Asherah.
So, with my "Asherah" we came here by surprise to Ishtar, whoes image resembles that of your token in all its attributes.
Meanwhile I checked what you wrote here above and the "godswarplan-guys" are clearly mistaken, Asherah has nothing to do with Ishtar.
If this is not serendipity . . . what Is ?!

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Coin Photography, Conservation and Storage / Re: How to Break Open NGC Slab

« Last post by Joe Sermarini on April 20, 2024, 03:40:29 pm »

Placed my order for the book. Sounds fascinating.