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<p>[QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 7669416, member: 120820"]I used plantnet to ID the plant image:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://identify.plantnet.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://identify.plantnet.org/" rel="nofollow">https://identify.plantnet.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It's most confident guess is Cornus Mas, aka Cornelian cherry (at an early flowering stage).</p><p><br /></p><p>WikiPedia has this to say about it:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Cornus mas</i> was used from the seventh century BC onward by Greek craftsmen to construct spears, javelins and bows, the craftsmen considering it far superior to any other wood.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_mas#cite_note-Markle-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_mas#cite_note-Markle-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a> The wood's association with weaponry was so well known that the Greek name for it was used as a synonym for "spear" in poetry during the fourth and third centuries BC.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_mas#cite_note-Markle-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_mas#cite_note-Markle-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But other than the loose Greek connection, I don't see any connection to the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 7669416, member: 120820"]I used plantnet to ID the plant image: [URL]https://identify.plantnet.org/[/URL] It's most confident guess is Cornus Mas, aka Cornelian cherry (at an early flowering stage). WikiPedia has this to say about it: [I]Cornus mas[/I] was used from the seventh century BC onward by Greek craftsmen to construct spears, javelins and bows, the craftsmen considering it far superior to any other wood.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_mas#cite_note-Markle-5'][5][/URL] The wood's association with weaponry was so well known that the Greek name for it was used as a synonym for "spear" in poetry during the fourth and third centuries BC.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_mas#cite_note-Markle-5'][5][/URL] But other than the loose Greek connection, I don't see any connection to the coin.[/QUOTE]
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