Cithara

[Arminius]

So far no results in RPC I for this cithara or lyra.
My guess: Domitian and a mint somewhere in provincia Asia or Syria.

Æ (15-16 mm / 3,64 g), Obv.: ..IOΛΔ..- ..OAΔI.. , laureate head of (Claudius-Domitianus) right. Rev.:  , lyra / cithara.

Maybe RPC II shows the result.

Thanks and regards

[tacrolimus]

Maybe RPC II shows the result.

I'm having hard time in finding an exact match for a lyre with such a shape in RPC II or in Butcher (for Northern Syria); if it's there i'm not able to fix it up.

Luigi

[Arminius]

Thanks for your efforts so far!
So maybe it´s a contemporary imitation?

[Steve Minnoch]

I think it is from Sestos.... CHCT is a reasonable reading of the letters on the left hand side of the lyre, and the vertically aligned legend is certainly reminiscent of the reverses shown in RPC II, although there is certainly no match there, like Luigi said.

Steve

[Arminius]

Found a similar cithara for Sestos (Trajan):

http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=89882&AucID=96&Lot=197
d=16 mm
Traianus, 98 - 117. Kleinbronze. Kopf mit L. n. r. Rv. CHC - TIWN Fünfsaitige Kithara. 2,79 g. Lischine 134, 1199. Winterthur 118, 1266 - 1267. Selten.

But i think the portrait and the few visible letters are for a different emperor (Domitian?).