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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24866706, member: 26430"]Nice additions. The date is hard to read from the photo (in the exergue below the seated Zeus), but I think it's possible you could work it out by comparing to these:</p><p><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=antioch+syria+zeus+laureate+seated+nike" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=antioch+syria+zeus+laureate+seated+nike" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=antioch+syria+zeus+laureate+seated+nike</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The symbol is visible l. of Zeus' feet: a cornucopia. It was used in a few years, most commonly Caesarean Year 19 (31/30 BCE) [I think McAlee believed it was Pompeian Year 19 (48/47 BCE): <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4235" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4235" rel="nofollow">RPC I 4235</a> (And <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=zeus+laureate+nike+seated+antioch+syria+cornucopia+19&category=1-2&lot=&date_from=&date_to=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&currency=usd&order=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=zeus+laureate+nike+seated+antioch+syria+cornucopia+19&category=1-2&lot=&date_from=&date_to=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&currency=usd&order=0" rel="nofollow">ACSearch examples</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Two other (less common) possibilities: The cornucopia was used in Caesarian Year 22 (28/27 BCE) & CY 25 (should be 25/24 BCE) for RPC I <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4238A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4238A" rel="nofollow">4238A</a> & <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4238B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4238B" rel="nofollow">4238B</a>, but usually with a dot above. Yours doesn't seem to have a dot above the cornucopia, but there is one matching cited specimen: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/462089" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/462089" rel="nofollow">4238B, ex.4</a> (McAlee Supplement 70C), which was CY 25 (25/24 BCE). </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one of mine of that type (date unknown):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595330[/ATTACH] </p><blockquote><p><b><font size="4">Antioch (Seleukis & Pieria) AE Tetrachalkon</font></b><font size="4"> (20mm, 8.0g, 2h). Pseudo-autonomous issue, Pompeian Era (?), 1st century BCE.</font></p><p><b><font size="4">Obv: </font></b><font size="4">Bust of Zeus facing right, beaded border</font></p><p><b><font size="4">Rev: </font></b><font size="4">ANTIOΧΕΩN THΣ MHTΡOΠOΛEΩΣ. Zeus Nikephoros (holding Nike & scepter) seated right.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>References:</b> Cf. RPC I 4216, 4231 type; HGC 9, 1366-1372; McAlee 43.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a favorite of mine, another Antioch, Syria with the same obverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>Michael Molnar's original "Star of Bethlehem" coin, which inspired his popular book (<i>The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi</i>) and was published many times in <i>The Celator</i>, the <i>New York Times</i>, and other publications: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595334[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595338[/ATTACH] </p><blockquote><font size="4"><b>Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Antiochia ad Orontem Æ Trichalkon</b> (21.5mm, 8.29 g, 12h), <i>temp</i>. Augustus, naming Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, <i>legatus Augusti pro praetore</i>, struck 13/14 CE (Year 44 of Actian era).</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: Laureate head of Zeus right.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: EΠI ΣIΛANOY ANTIOXEΩN / ΔM (date). Ram leaping right, head turned to look back at star above. (Aries and the Star of Bethlehem?)</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: McAlee 99; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4269" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4269" rel="nofollow">RPC 4269</a> (for type); Molnar p. 52, Fig 9 (this coin).</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: Ex Dr. Michael Molnar (1945-2023) Collection, acq. for $50 at a NY coin show (before 1991). CNG e-Auction 543 (1 Aug 2023), Lot 319.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Publication History</b>: <a href="https://social.vcoins.com/files/file/55-vol-05-no-12-december-1991/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://social.vcoins.com/files/file/55-vol-05-no-12-december-1991/" rel="nofollow"><i>The Celator</i>, vol. 5, n. 8 (December 8, 1991)</a>. “An explanation of the Christmas star determined from Roman coins of Antioch,” by Michael Molnar. Pp. 8-12 (half-page illustration on p. 8);</font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/122199sci-archaeo-jupiter.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/122199sci-archaeo-jupiter.html" rel="nofollow"><i>New York Times (</i>December 21, 1999)</a>, “Coin May Link Star of Bethlehem to King of Planets,” H/ Fountain, Section F (Science), p. 5ff. (rev. of this coin illustrated in detail & as a book plate being held up by Molnar);</font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bj4UeQcAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bj4UeQcAAAAJ&hl=en" rel="nofollow">Molnar, Michael (1999</a> & later eds), <i>The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi</i>. Rutgers University Press. (P. 52, fig. 9, this rev. illustrated.)</font></p><blockquote><p><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bj4UeQcAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bj4UeQcAAAAJ&hl=en" rel="nofollow"></a></p></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Great looking Satyr on the second one! </p><p><br /></p><p>Those always remind me of Atia's line in HBO's Rome: "I've always found something perversely erotic about goaty little men"! (Meaning Timon.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Also reminds me of the design on the Antigonos Gonatas bronze, which showed Pan (another Satyr) in a similar posture, with similar goat-like features:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595336[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><b>Kings of Macedon, Antigonos II Gonatas.</b> AE Unit (21mm). Amphipolis or Pella Mint, circa 271-239 BCE. </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: Helmeted head of Athena right. </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: B-A to left and right across fields, Pan erecting trophy right, AI monogram below, Macedonian helmet in left field.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: VAuctions 286 (2012), 195 (part, unsold) & VAuctions 295 (2013), 229 (part).</font></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24866706, member: 26430"]Nice additions. The date is hard to read from the photo (in the exergue below the seated Zeus), but I think it's possible you could work it out by comparing to these: [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=antioch+syria+zeus+laureate+seated+nike[/URL] The symbol is visible l. of Zeus' feet: a cornucopia. It was used in a few years, most commonly Caesarean Year 19 (31/30 BCE) [I think McAlee believed it was Pompeian Year 19 (48/47 BCE): [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4235']RPC I 4235[/URL] (And [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=zeus+laureate+nike+seated+antioch+syria+cornucopia+19&category=1-2&lot=&date_from=&date_to=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1¤cy=usd&order=0']ACSearch examples[/URL].) Two other (less common) possibilities: The cornucopia was used in Caesarian Year 22 (28/27 BCE) & CY 25 (should be 25/24 BCE) for RPC I [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4238A']4238A[/URL] & [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4238B']4238B[/URL], but usually with a dot above. Yours doesn't seem to have a dot above the cornucopia, but there is one matching cited specimen: [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/462089']4238B, ex.4[/URL] (McAlee Supplement 70C), which was CY 25 (25/24 BCE). Here's one of mine of that type (date unknown): [ATTACH=full]1595330[/ATTACH] [INDENT][B][SIZE=4]Antioch (Seleukis & Pieria) AE Tetrachalkon[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4] (20mm, 8.0g, 2h). Pseudo-autonomous issue, Pompeian Era (?), 1st century BCE.[/SIZE] [B][SIZE=4]Obv: [/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4]Bust of Zeus facing right, beaded border[/SIZE] [B][SIZE=4]Rev: [/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4]ANTIOΧΕΩN THΣ MHTΡOΠOΛEΩΣ. Zeus Nikephoros (holding Nike & scepter) seated right.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]References:[/B] Cf. RPC I 4216, 4231 type; HGC 9, 1366-1372; McAlee 43.[/SIZE][/INDENT] And a favorite of mine, another Antioch, Syria with the same obverse. Michael Molnar's original "Star of Bethlehem" coin, which inspired his popular book ([I]The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi[/I]) and was published many times in [I]The Celator[/I], the [I]New York Times[/I], and other publications: [ATTACH=full]1595334[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1595338[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=4][B]Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Antiochia ad Orontem Æ Trichalkon[/B] (21.5mm, 8.29 g, 12h), [I]temp[/I]. Augustus, naming Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, [I]legatus Augusti pro praetore[/I], struck 13/14 CE (Year 44 of Actian era). [B]Obv[/B]: Laureate head of Zeus right. [B]Rev[/B]: EΠI ΣIΛANOY ANTIOXEΩN / ΔM (date). Ram leaping right, head turned to look back at star above. (Aries and the Star of Bethlehem?) [B]Ref[/B]: McAlee 99; [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4269']RPC 4269[/URL] (for type); Molnar p. 52, Fig 9 (this coin). [B]Prov[/B]: Ex Dr. Michael Molnar (1945-2023) Collection, acq. for $50 at a NY coin show (before 1991). CNG e-Auction 543 (1 Aug 2023), Lot 319. [B]Publication History[/B]: [URL='https://social.vcoins.com/files/file/55-vol-05-no-12-december-1991/'][I]The Celator[/I], vol. 5, n. 8 (December 8, 1991)[/URL]. “An explanation of the Christmas star determined from Roman coins of Antioch,” by Michael Molnar. Pp. 8-12 (half-page illustration on p. 8); [URL='https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/122199sci-archaeo-jupiter.html'][I]New York Times ([/I]December 21, 1999)[/URL], “Coin May Link Star of Bethlehem to King of Planets,” H/ Fountain, Section F (Science), p. 5ff. (rev. of this coin illustrated in detail & as a book plate being held up by Molnar); [URL='https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bj4UeQcAAAAJ&hl=en']Molnar, Michael (1999[/URL] & later eds), [I]The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi[/I]. Rutgers University Press. (P. 52, fig. 9, this rev. illustrated.)[/SIZE] [INDENT][URL='https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bj4UeQcAAAAJ&hl=en'][/URL][/INDENT][/INDENT] Great looking Satyr on the second one! Those always remind me of Atia's line in HBO's Rome: "I've always found something perversely erotic about goaty little men"! (Meaning Timon.) Also reminds me of the design on the Antigonos Gonatas bronze, which showed Pan (another Satyr) in a similar posture, with similar goat-like features: [ATTACH=full]1595336[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=4][B]Kings of Macedon, Antigonos II Gonatas.[/B] AE Unit (21mm). Amphipolis or Pella Mint, circa 271-239 BCE. [B]Obv[/B]: Helmeted head of Athena right. [B]Rev[/B]: B-A to left and right across fields, Pan erecting trophy right, AI monogram below, Macedonian helmet in left field. [B]Prov[/B]: VAuctions 286 (2012), 195 (part, unsold) & VAuctions 295 (2013), 229 (part).[/SIZE][/INDENT][/QUOTE]
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