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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8239316, member: 75937"]What a cool find, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! And kudos to [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] for his attribution skillz!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have only one coin with a labrys or bipennis.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/eumeneia-dionysus-and-tripod-jpg.1437306/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Phrygia, Eumeneia, c. 133-130 BC.</p><p>Greek Æ 21.1 mm, 6.66 g, 1 h.</p><p>Menekrates, son of Askle-, magistrate.</p><p>Obv: Head of young Dionysos wreathed with ivy, right.</p><p>Rev: Tripod-lebes with three handles surmounted by flat cover fringed with spikes, star above and on either side; to right, EYMENE and filleted laurel branch (thyrsos?); to left, MENEKΡA/AΣKΛH and labrys (double axe) with serpent-entwined handle.</p><p>Refs: BMC 25.212,14; SNG Copenhagen 382; SNG Tübingen 4008; Paris 1095; Mionnet IV, 563; SNG Oxford 1024-1025; Lindgren I 950; Istanbul 14718; Afyon 2973.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8239316, member: 75937"]What a cool find, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! And kudos to [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] for his attribution skillz!! I have only one coin with a labrys or bipennis.:eek: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/eumeneia-dionysus-and-tripod-jpg.1437306/[/IMG] Phrygia, Eumeneia, c. 133-130 BC. Greek Æ 21.1 mm, 6.66 g, 1 h. Menekrates, son of Askle-, magistrate. Obv: Head of young Dionysos wreathed with ivy, right. Rev: Tripod-lebes with three handles surmounted by flat cover fringed with spikes, star above and on either side; to right, EYMENE and filleted laurel branch (thyrsos?); to left, MENEKΡA/AΣKΛH and labrys (double axe) with serpent-entwined handle. Refs: BMC 25.212,14; SNG Copenhagen 382; SNG Tübingen 4008; Paris 1095; Mionnet IV, 563; SNG Oxford 1024-1025; Lindgren I 950; Istanbul 14718; Afyon 2973.[/QUOTE]
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