It looks like... It looks like two dogs atop a column, about to... erm, well, just look at it. I've not seen this before but I'm off to ACsearch to hunt!
I wonder if it is the ancient equivalent of a practical joke, assuming it is in fact ancient. The letters on the reverse look odd in their position and style. The obverse lettering also looks rather modern to my eye. Discarding the two dogs theory , perhaps the top animal is a lion and its kill is beneath it? Bulls are ubiquitous in that context, but the bottom figure looks more like a bear. Hard to say though. Browsing ACsearch for "septimius column", with "-julia" to elimate the extraneous Julia Domna hits, I see nothing remotely like this coin in style or devices. I really want it to be real though .
Corinth. Here's another, from VAuctions 316, lot 305; described there as a lioness standing over a ram. They ID their coin as cf. BM-650 and cf. BM-691. I haven't checked that, so I can't say where the differences lie. Phil Davis
That's a very impressive, historical and rare or even unique coin. I'm very curious now to revise the history of Corinth and its independence, but also asking myself first : Who was Miss Lais?. Congrats G68. @Volodoya..or coin-friend Phil. Please remember that I owe you.
Apparently she was an elite prostitute (a hetaira). Wow... what a super-interesting coin. I wish I had one!
She must have played a political role to be venerated that way in her tomb. I respect all people, especially those who were led for a reason or another to work in an inconvenient place. Just remember Mary of Magdala in the Bible.
I want to thank you all for this valuable information..Its very hard to find coin with historical interest like this one.. Thank you all once again..
By the way , the coin similar to yours from VAuctions was estimated at 275 US $and finally sold for 855 US $..... Ka-Ching...
