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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3419443, member: 91461"]That coin is one beautiful chunky mystery. Thanks for the video! Very cool <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Puzzling iconography eh? I guess I should start with a coin that you have a lovely example of TIF.</p><p>Why is this coin a mask,</p><p>[ATTACH=full]907377[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republican Period</p><p><br /></p><p>167-165 B.C. Æ Unit. 22 mm. 9.43 grams. Obverse: Facing mask of Silenos with pointed ears, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: MAKE / ΔΟΝΩΝ in two lines within oak wreath.SNG Copenhagen 1324-6; MacKay pl. III, 10; Touratsoglou, Macedonia 25.Very Fine. Dark earthen patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this one not?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]907378[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sicily, Katane</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>AR Litra. Circa 415/3-404 BC. Head of Silenos to left, wearing ivy wreath / ΚΑΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ Winged thunderbolt between two shields. Boehringer, Kataneische LI 6-7. Rizzo pl. XIV, 18 var. SNG ANS 1266. 0.71g, 10mm, 6h[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3419443, member: 91461"]That coin is one beautiful chunky mystery. Thanks for the video! Very cool :artist: Puzzling iconography eh? I guess I should start with a coin that you have a lovely example of TIF. Why is this coin a mask, [ATTACH=full]907377[/ATTACH] Roman Republican Period 167-165 B.C. Æ Unit. 22 mm. 9.43 grams. Obverse: Facing mask of Silenos with pointed ears, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: MAKE / ΔΟΝΩΝ in two lines within oak wreath.SNG Copenhagen 1324-6; MacKay pl. III, 10; Touratsoglou, Macedonia 25.Very Fine. Dark earthen patina. And this one not? [ATTACH=full]907378[/ATTACH] Sicily, Katane AR Litra. Circa 415/3-404 BC. Head of Silenos to left, wearing ivy wreath / ΚΑΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ Winged thunderbolt between two shields. Boehringer, Kataneische LI 6-7. Rizzo pl. XIV, 18 var. SNG ANS 1266. 0.71g, 10mm, 6h[/QUOTE]
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