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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 4771731, member: 82322"]Here is a silver coin from Etenna</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162250[/ATTACH] </p><p>PISIDIA. Etenna. 3rd century BC. Obol, 10 mm, 0.62 g</p><p>Rev. Pruning hook (or war sickle, or harpa), with vine leaf to left.</p><p>Ref: <i>SNG France</i> 1530 var (no leaf). Von Aulock, <i>Pisidiens II</i> 401–2 var. (no leaf).</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also gorgon/Athena obols with a mysterious symbol that looks like a lower-case letter t instead of the usual knucklebone or spear, like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162256[/ATTACH] </p><p>PISIDIA, Etenna?, 3/2 obol, 0.99g 9mm</p><p>O: Facing head (humanized gorgon?).</p><p>R: t and astragalos behind helmeted head (of Athena?).</p><p><i>Historia Numorum</i>, page 708; Imhoof-Blumer, <i>Kl. M.</i> XIII 2</p><p><br /></p><p>No one is quite sure if these are Etenna or not. Imhoof-Blumer believed they are. I believe the symbol represents the hooked knife. These can often be picked up for the same price as the other ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>I should probably write up something on the obols of Selge and Aspendos. I never really cracked the system. The symbols are knucklebone (very common), spear (common), snake+knucklebone (rare), t (rare), t+knucklebone (rare). The snake and the t suggest Etenna. There are also imitative types.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 4771731, member: 82322"]Here is a silver coin from Etenna [ATTACH=full]1162250[/ATTACH] PISIDIA. Etenna. 3rd century BC. Obol, 10 mm, 0.62 g Rev. Pruning hook (or war sickle, or harpa), with vine leaf to left. Ref: [I]SNG France[/I] 1530 var (no leaf). Von Aulock, [I]Pisidiens II[/I] 401–2 var. (no leaf). There are also gorgon/Athena obols with a mysterious symbol that looks like a lower-case letter t instead of the usual knucklebone or spear, like this: [ATTACH=full]1162256[/ATTACH] PISIDIA, Etenna?, 3/2 obol, 0.99g 9mm O: Facing head (humanized gorgon?). R: t and astragalos behind helmeted head (of Athena?). [I]Historia Numorum[/I], page 708; Imhoof-Blumer, [I]Kl. M.[/I] XIII 2 No one is quite sure if these are Etenna or not. Imhoof-Blumer believed they are. I believe the symbol represents the hooked knife. These can often be picked up for the same price as the other ones. I should probably write up something on the obols of Selge and Aspendos. I never really cracked the system. The symbols are knucklebone (very common), spear (common), snake+knucklebone (rare), t (rare), t+knucklebone (rare). The snake and the t suggest Etenna. There are also imitative types.[/QUOTE]
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