ID help Aten

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  1. paschka

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  3. hotwheelsearl

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    Aten? As in the Egyptian god?
     
  4. paschka

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  6. sand

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    From @paschka's ACsearch links, especially the 3rd link, I'm guessing that "Aten" is related to "Atenea", which seems to be the Spanish word for "Athena".
    I'm guessing, that @paschka is asking for help, to attribute the coin, and he thinks, that the head on the obverse, may be the head of Athena.
    Unfortunately, I am not familiar with these types of coins, and I have no idea, what the coin attribution is.
     
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  7. PeteB

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    To my old eyes, it looks like a helmeted head of Athena, right, on the obverse and a horse with lowered head, right, as on coins of Larissa, OR a she-wolf right, with her head lowered and looking back left at, possibly, Romulus and Remus suckling. Really rough.
    Good luck.
     
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  8. shanxi

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  9. Roman Collector

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    Here's the one in my numophylacium.

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    Macedonia, Pella, 187-131 BCE.
    AE 17.5 mm, 4.99 g.
    Obv: Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos, r.
    Rev: ΠΕΛ-ΛΗΣ, bull grazing r. Monograms below and above.
    Sear 1446; SNG Cop 266 ff; SNG ANS 598-617; BMC 5.91,17 ff; Moushmov 6453; Similar to Lindgren II 1103.
     
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  10. shanxi

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    Numophylacium :D

    I have to remember that.
     
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  11. Roman Collector

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    The word has a nice antiquarian feel to it, doesn't it? Makes me feel like an 18th century numismatist, studying my coins by lamplight after spending the afternoon at a garden party where a string quartet performed the latest piece by Haydn.
     
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