Author Topic: Greek? Provincial? (Read 2433 times)

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **on:** October 03, 2007, 07:43:08 pm »

Very dark for me, but i think interesting coin

obv
head with curl hair and beard... looks like Commodus or M.Aurelius

rev man standing

16 mm

is it provincial? or greek?

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #1 on:** October 07, 2007, 10:57:37 am »

any idea?
the head's style reminds me something phoenician, but maybe i'm on the wrong way

Salem Alshdaifat · « **Reply #2 on:** October 07, 2007, 11:21:44 pm »

the obv is Jugate heads of Dioskouroi, the obv style is simmiler to the Akko (Ptolemias coinage) but it was used on other city coinage, I am not realy familiar with this rev???
I will make search on it.
regards
Salem

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #3 on:** October 08, 2007, 02:58:28 am »

Dear Salem,
ok i'll make some researches too, on the way you said to me. If you find something tell me.
Thank you very very much!

Emanuele

Salem Alshdaifat · « **Reply #4 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:09:48 am »

can you have better photo for the rev???
it seems to be Cornucopia??? if so it is Akko mint.
regards
Salem

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #5 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:14:21 am »

it's a male figure standing

areich · « **Reply #6 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:15:23 am »

I was just wondering about that.

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #7 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:16:23 am »

some light more

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #8 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:19:50 am »

another picture

excuse me, why do you say Dioskouroi if the head in my picture is only one? And it has a curled beard!

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #9 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:24:05 am »

another obv picture

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #10 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:25:15 am »

what are thatr strange thinks in front of the obv's head?

areich · « **Reply #11 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:32:04 am »

That's the reason Salem suggested the Dioskuri.
Here's an example that's actually very similar to your coin but I just post it
to show the Dioskuri not because I think it's a match.

'Griechen - Italien - Rhegion in Bruttium (heute: Reggio di Calabria)
260/215 v. Chr.
Tetras (Bronze)
Gewicht: 2,98 g
Durchmesser: 17 mm
Erhaltung: sehr schön, prachtvolle braune Patina
Vs: Dioskurenköpfe rechts
Rs: Hermes links stehend mit Petasus und Kerykeion, im Feld RHEGION und Wertzahl
SNG Cop -. Hill -. Attianese 1551. BMC -. Rutter, Historia Numorum 2558. Selten. '

Andreas

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #12 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:35:09 am »

i'm not so sure there are two heads. The thing i'm sure is that the had has a beard

Salem Alshdaifat · « **Reply #13 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:45:04 am »

Andreas got it I think
it is probably not a match but I believe it is from the same coinage type.
their are two heads for sure

and it is clear now their is a figure standing in your new photo, so it is not Akko, loo around what Andreas posted, you will find it their, even though it might be hard due to your poor coin.
best regards
Salem

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #14 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:46:33 am »

but the field to research is Ptolemaic?

Salem Alshdaifat · « **Reply #15 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:48:19 am »

NAAAAH
I dont beleive at all that it is Ptolemic.
Search around Andreas information.

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #16 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:50:06 am »

Bruttium? Italy?

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #17 on:** October 08, 2007, 04:01:26 am »

The rev is very similar...

Rhegion, Bruttium, Æ Quadrantes. Roman Times, 203-89 BC. Jugate heads of the Dioskoroi right, in laureate pilei / Asklepios standing left with branch, bird & scepter, IIII before.

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #18 on:** October 08, 2007, 04:08:26 am »

a little clue that shows we can be on the right way: i bought this coin in Italy

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #19 on:** October 08, 2007, 08:10:38 am »

a new better picture

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #20 on:** October 08, 2007, 08:12:30 am »

rev...
on the right up in the rev i seem to read an "P" of regio... is it?

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #21 on:** October 08, 2007, 08:15:08 am »

a zoom of the right part of the revnone? is my ID correct?

Emanuele Giulianelli · « **Reply #22 on:** October 09, 2007, 05:39:18 am »

I think your coin is a perfect match of SNG ANS 778 you already found yourself.

Luigi

tacrolimus · « **Reply #23 on:** October 09, 2007, 06:02:14 pm »

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