Any idea? Any reference?

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  1. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Curious about a coin for sale... Any ideas about attribution? A form of winged thunderbolt?
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  3. Victor_Clark

    Victor_Clark all my best friends are dead Romans Dealer

    the thunderbolt isn't winged, it's just the way it is represented. It is a fairly typical portrayal. Below is a later depiction on a coin of Diocletian.


    Ticinum 220.jpg


    Diocletian
    A.D. 285
    23mm 4.5gm
    IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
    IOVI CONSERVAT; Jupiter standing left holding thunderbolt, small figure at left.
    In ex. QXXIT
    RIC V Ticinum 220


    there are winged thunderbolts though.

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  4. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    So thunderbolts and lightning, a star, and what are the letters? Theta and E? D and E?

    And is it Hercules?
     
  5. Ken Dorney

    Ken Dorney Yea, I'm Cool That Way...

    Looks distinctly Kushan to me, so look that direction (though I am far from competent in that series).
     
  6. Ajax

    Ajax Well-Known Member

    Pisidia, Selge, c. 2nd-1st century BC. Æ Head of Herakles r. R/ Thunderbolt, star and bow. SNG BnF 1993; SNG Copenhagen 265
     
  7. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Wow! Thanks! So much knowledge here!
     
  8. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    ... VERY, VERY FRIGHTENING ME!

     
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  9. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    galileo, GALILEO, galileo, GALILEO, FIGARO, magnificoh, Oh, oh, oh.
     
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  10. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    i have one of these!

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    pisida, selge; 2nd-1st century BC

    o:hercules, club over shoulder; r: winged thunderbolt, bow right, Σ-E below;SNG 263; 12 mm x 1.7 g

    my hercules is better, but my thunderbolt is worse.
     
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  11. Smojo

    Smojo dreamliner

    Mystery is already solved eh.
    This for many reasons is my favorite winged thunderbolt coin.
    Yeah I need to get it out and re take photo.
    Lydia, Apollonis-wingedthunderbolt.jpg
    Lydia, Apollonis
    2nd-1st Cent. BC
    Head if Herakles
     
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