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<p>[QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 8393645, member: 104887"]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1489499[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>■ Reference: SC-0361.3c. Denomination B: 15-19 mm, 4.75 - 7.47 g; SC-0361.3c; WSM 799; HGC 9, 150.</p><p><br /></p><p>Newell attributed Athena / trophy bronzes to Edessa (in Aramaic Orhai, modern Urfa). He interpreted the letters EΔE on WSM 797 as a mintmark, citing provenances and the fact that these letters do not seem to fit in the lexicon of Greek personal names. A new coin has recently come to light with the letters ANΘ in the same position (cat. No. 361.1). Probably this legend refers to the military colony of Anthemous/Anthemusia, located between Edessa and the River Euphrates. As Newell observed, a mint inscription is quite exceptional for this early period, and it is even more remarkable to encounter two such inscriptions on a single coinage. Edessa, the more important of these cities, may have minted for the account of Anthemous, though other arrangements can be imagined. Distinguishing features of the Athena / trophy bronzes include dumpy flans, strongly concave reverses, and variations in epigraphy and the disposition of the legend. Provenances reflect a broad area of dispersion, from northeast Syria to Lebanon and Israel. The southernmost finds may signal that these bronzes travelled south with amilitary expedition, perhaps when Antiochus I captured Damascus, perhaps in the Fifth Syrian War (implying reattribution to Antiochus III).</p><p><br /></p><p>[This coin was attributed for me by Cathy Lorber.]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d"><i>Next: An eagle holding something in its talons.</i></span></p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 8393645, member: 104887"]Hi All, [ATTACH=full]1489499[/ATTACH] ■ Reference: SC-0361.3c. Denomination B: 15-19 mm, 4.75 - 7.47 g; SC-0361.3c; WSM 799; HGC 9, 150. Newell attributed Athena / trophy bronzes to Edessa (in Aramaic Orhai, modern Urfa). He interpreted the letters EΔE on WSM 797 as a mintmark, citing provenances and the fact that these letters do not seem to fit in the lexicon of Greek personal names. A new coin has recently come to light with the letters ANΘ in the same position (cat. No. 361.1). Probably this legend refers to the military colony of Anthemous/Anthemusia, located between Edessa and the River Euphrates. As Newell observed, a mint inscription is quite exceptional for this early period, and it is even more remarkable to encounter two such inscriptions on a single coinage. Edessa, the more important of these cities, may have minted for the account of Anthemous, though other arrangements can be imagined. Distinguishing features of the Athena / trophy bronzes include dumpy flans, strongly concave reverses, and variations in epigraphy and the disposition of the legend. Provenances reflect a broad area of dispersion, from northeast Syria to Lebanon and Israel. The southernmost finds may signal that these bronzes travelled south with amilitary expedition, perhaps when Antiochus I captured Damascus, perhaps in the Fifth Syrian War (implying reattribution to Antiochus III). [This coin was attributed for me by Cathy Lorber.] [COLOR=#ff4d4d][I]Next: An eagle holding something in its talons.[/I][/COLOR] - Broucheion[/QUOTE]
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