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Unknown mint, please help
« on: June 11, 2020, 03:53:55 pm »
Dear Friends of provincial coins!

Todax I got these pictures of a provincial coin depicting the triad of Telesphoros, Asklepias and Hygieia on its reverse. Anyone who can identify the ethnic? I think it starts with ANK.

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Re: Unknown mint, please help
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2020, 11:10:58 pm »
Jochen: It may not be Telesphoros, Asklepias and Hygieia.
I do not recall seeing Telephoros in any position except between Asklepios and Hygieia. I "think" the coin has a small figure to the left, reaching upward and to the right(?)...unlike Telesphoros. Further, the tall figure in the center seems to be holding a long staff/scepter to his left...unlike Asklepios.
Just a wild guess: ANK may stand for Ankyra. Acsearch has nothing like it, using Asklepios, Hygieia and Telesphoros as search terms. Nor does Ankyra yield results. The child may be the key. Could he be winged..Eros?
Could the obverse depict Septimius Severus?
See this link for SS and a different city depicting only Eros reaching upward and to the right and Hygieia:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=295526
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Re: Unknown mint, please help
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2020, 02:15:55 pm »
Dear Pete

Thank you so much. I have taken the description from the owner. But I think your reasoning is more convincing. Maybe Ares and Aphrodite with Eros?

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Re: Unknown mint, please help
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2020, 02:52:13 pm »
Probably Ancyra and the same obv. die like this coin from BnF, Paris
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85033201

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Re: Unknown mint, please help
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2020, 03:28:10 pm »
Good work, Vladimir P.
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Re: Unknown mint, please help
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2020, 05:19:16 pm »
Thank you very much, my friends. I knew I could count on you. I appreciate it.

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