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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2722122, member: 56859&quot;]Interesting!</p><p><br /></p><p>How is it determined that the deity on your coin represents YHWH rather than the unspecified &quot;four-winged deity&quot; shown on this 4th century BCE Samarian coin, or are they the same deity?</p><p><br /></p><p>(<a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=272227" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=272227" rel="nofollow">from CNG&#039;s archives</a>)</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/98000212.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>SAMARIA, Samarian-signed Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.66 g, 12h). King of Persia seated right, on throne with back terminating in swan’s head, holding flower in right hand and scepter in left; ŠN (in Aramaic) to left / Four-winged deity standing right, wearing crown, holding flower in right hand and uncertain object in left; MZ (in Aramaic) to left. Meshorer &amp; Qedar 100; Sofaer 41; HGC 10, –; Sunrise –. Good VF, lightly toned, area of flat strike on reverse. Very rare.</p><p><i>From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Shoshana Collection (Part I, Heritage, 8 March 2012), lot 20067</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/samaria2-1-jpg.616913/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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