Hi friends A fellow collector has presented the following on a french frorum where noone has been able to ID it so far 20 mm 4,27 gr In an attempt to read the legend someone found NIKH MAMATOIOXEMIT which I wouldn't acertain Any help would be highly appreciated Thanks in advance Q
Well, there are some parallels within the coinage of Gaul (helmeted Athena/caduceus) but the inscription throws me off. I cant quite figure it out. It doesnt show in Icard (which lists many thousands of inscriptions).
NIKHMA means "prize of victory" or "trophy." ΑΠΟ means "from/away from." But NIKHMAΣ isn't a word (NIKHMA is a third declension neuter, which wouldn't take a sigma in any grammatical case or number). ΣΑΠΟ isn't a word, either. ΙΧΘΥΣ is a word (it means fish and is also an acronym for "Jesus Christ, son of God, savior" in Greek), but ΙΧΘE isn't a word, nor is MIT. I'm puzzled by what the inscription is supposed to say. Googling NIKHMAΣΑΠΟΙΧΘEMIT yields absolutely nothing.
NIKHMAΣΑΠΟΙΧΘEMIT Nicky Masapoichthey's mitts (hands) were here! Purdy simple... Iberia Castulo Late 2nd C BC AE As 25mm Bust Nose Hand Sphinx (Just JOKES, FOLKS! )
FWIW: Liddell and Scott lists the neuter "nik8ma -atos, to" as a "prize of victory" apo = from They also list ixth8mata, ta as "fish scales, hence scrapings, shavings. Perhaps an award token for some maritime event? However, for that I am at a loss as to why a double caduceus is featured. It looks suspiciously like a fantasy piece to me.
