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Offline Canaan

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Double struck greek AE22 to identify
« on: November 30, 2019, 01:50:38 am »
Dear board any help would be appreciated identifying this 22mm coin, i think it is double struck on the reverse,
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Re: Double struck greek AE22 to identify
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2019, 04:24:55 am »
Hi canaan,

On the reverse, at the 7:00 position, I think I see the fore-legs of an animal.

On the reverse, the object that spans from the 2:00 position to the 7:00 position looks like an eagle standing, facing left.

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Re: Double struck greek AE22 to identify
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2019, 01:11:13 pm »
Hi Meepzorp, Thanks for the try but it is a Capricorn for sure!!!
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Re: Double struck greek AE22 to identify
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2019, 01:20:57 pm »
I think it is an overstruck coin. One of the types involved is from Amphipolis in Macedonia:
http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.10275
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4127183
If you turn the reverse of the coin by 180 degree you see it.

But there is also a type with Zeus on the obverse which is a bit larger:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=642562

Hard to decide which on it is. And I have no idea which one the other type involved could be  :-\.

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Re: Double struck greek AE22 to identify
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2019, 01:32:19 pm »
So Altamura you are saying that it is not a capricorn and there are two confronted goats!!!
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Re: Double struck greek AE22 to identify
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2019, 01:45:27 pm »
Yes, I am saying that  :).
On the left of the goats you can see the ΜΦ and on the right the ΙΠ from the legend. So in my opinion there is not much room for doubt  ;).

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Re: Double struck greek AE22 to identify
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2019, 02:08:37 pm »
The other type is nearly impossible. There are only the legend fragments ..AMI.. and ΓA....

Searching for this brings another coin from Macedon, which might be it or not.  ???

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2304958


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Re: Double struck greek AE22 to identify
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2019, 02:27:32 pm »
Which explains the capricorn i have seen, Thanks alot Altamura i think the mystery have been solved, very sharp eyes to details much appreciated
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Re: Double struck greek AE22 to identify
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2019, 02:38:03 am »
Quote from: shanxi on November 30, 2019, 02:08:37 pm
…  There are only the legend fragments ..AMI.. and ΓA....
Searching for this brings another coin from Macedon, which might be it or not.  ??? ...
This is the other type  +++.

The parts TAMI and ΓAI are pointing to the Roman quaestor Gaius Publilius, and the type with Dionysos and a goat is the only one where these parts of the legend are positioned one beneath the other as on the coin here. See e.g. in AMNG III-1: https://archive.org/details/dieantikenmunzen03deut/page/n77

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Re: Double struck greek AE22 to identify
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2019, 03:30:51 am »
Thanks Altamura you are a star
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