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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2807533, member: 15445&quot;]This coin of Characene may depict an Omphalos stone.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]656116[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Kingdom of Characene</b></p><p><b>(Tigris Valley - Kuwait)</b></p><p><b>Attambelos I</b></p><p><b>AR Tetradrachm </b></p><p><b>44 - 39 B.C.</b></p><p>12.39 gms, 27.1 mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed bearded head right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Naked Hercules seated left on <span style="color: #ff0000">stone</span> (possibly an Omphalos stone)</p><p>club resting on knee held with right hand. Monogram above right arm. BAΣΙΛ[?] / ATTAMB[?] to right, [Σ]ΩTHP[?] to left.</p><p><b>Grade:</b> gVF with sharp strike on good silver fabric. Coin is nicely centered</p><p>with attractive toning. Some letters off the flan as noted with only rough planchet surface in exergue.</p><p><b>Other:</b> BMC 3. Listed in the Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia, and Persia page 291 &amp; plate LV #11. Coin may be dated</p><p>269-273 a.s. = 44-39 B.C. The existence of king Attambelos I was unsuspected until 5 silver tetradrachms were acquired by a soldier in Mesopotamia and submitted to the British Museum in 1920. Purportedly purchased from BC Universal, New Britain CT in 2011. From private sale March 2014.</p><p><br /></p><p>May I be more specific and make the next theme <b><span style="color: #ff0000">Omphalos stone</span></b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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