Hi All,
I am getting an interesting
Antioch "
head of
Zeus, seated
Zeus" bronze for my
collection. This one is
AE16mm 7.16 grams with (presumably) the ANTIOXEWN METROPOLEWS AYTONOMY
inscription. This should place it in the
style of the coins from Year10 (40BC) to Year 41 (7BC).
By interesting I note that, where the date is usually shown in the
exergue, there appears to be a straight line - no date. To make things more interesting the Greek letter for "L" (30) is shown in the left hand
field. Not being over-knowledgeable in this
area I am wondering if this character is denoting the date of the coin (20/19BC) or simply one of the many
symbols often found in the left
field.
I would appreciate any
help with more information on the coin.
All the best
Col