Anyone know about coins of Cos, Caria? Need help.

Have had this for a while and I just can't find the proper attribution for it. Couldn't find it in the normal search sites and it doesn't seem to be in the BMC for Caria. Hopefully someone in CoinTalk-land can help me out. Here it is:


Obverse shows a bust of Herakles with lion skin tied around his neck and the reverse is ??? with KΩI - ΩN across the field. It's a big coin at 31mm (Ae 1.2). Any ideas?

 

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Can't help, but a good looking coin.

 

Hi Brian, https://www.cointalk.com/members/ed-snible.82322/ would know I bet. BTW- thanks for the bonus Nero coin. Just gave it as a gift to a thirteen year old with the page explaining the year count. i am sure he is thrilled. It is great to pay it forward

 

Thanks Mike. Glad it found a good home. Hopefully @Ed Snible sees this post.

 

I have no clue!

In BMC, plate XXXIII #11, we see a similar reverse on an AE@@@ of Antoninus Pius
https://books.google.com/books?id=O9stAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA393#v=onepage&q&f=false

Plate XXXIII also shows some Herakles obverses dated to "Imperial Times", but not with this reverse.

The Pius coin is BMC 244, 30.5mm in diameter, and is described at https://books.google.com/books?id=O9stAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA219#v=onepage&q&f=false

Nothing in Isegrim. 4 coins with this inscription and a patera on the reverse according to Isegrim. Check out my new Isegrim tool that allows direct linking to Isegrim results: http://isegrim.mybluemix.net/#!?m=AE&gr1=28&rs=KWIWN&ra=PATERA

 

Thanks Ed. Excellent information. I guess it's possible it's not a published issue. Doesn't happen often, but every now and then ....

 

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