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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24785581, member: 26430"]Three more photos:</p><p><br /></p><p>By far the smallest of the 24 coins in this group lot, and probably my favorite. Looks much nicer than I expected from the nearly-40-year old photo in Lindgren & Kovacs 1985. I love tiny coins anyway, but this little 11mm bronze from Sicily, Gela, with a bull & river god Gelas, is so charming. [ATTACH=full]1585805[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(This is one of those coins where people disagree about which is obverse and reverse.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585804[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Sicily, Gela AE Onkia </b>(11mm, 1.15g), 420-405 BCE.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: Horned head of Gelas right, with flowing hair; barley grain to left.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: ΓELAΣ. Bull standing right; barley grain above, pellet (mark of value) in exergue</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: Lindgren II 459 (this coin).</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: Ex H.C. Lindgren Collection, Michael Slavin Collection (CNG EA 548 [18 Oct 2023], group lot).</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My photo of the Severus Alexander from Edessa....</p><p>The obverse legend is missing (there are several variants), but thanks to a 7 year old post by [USER=74955]@paschka[/USER] , I figured it out. The 2016 comment shared a description of this very specimen & link to its photo on Wildwinds... And <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=730008" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=730008" rel="nofollow">linked another specimen</a> from the same obverse die but with more of the legend visible.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/id-halp-this-late-province-of-rome.278998/#post-2426664" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/id-halp-this-late-province-of-rome.278998/#post-2426664">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/id-halp-this-late-province-of-rome.278998/#post-2426664</a></p><p>So, many thanks to [USER=74955]@paschka[/USER]! Now I know the legend & exact RPC type!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585803[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><b>Mesopotamia, Edessa. Severus Alexander Æ </b>(23.5mm, 9.87g, 12h), 222-235 CE.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: Laureate bust left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and shield.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: Tyche seated left before altar, river god below; stars flanking in fields.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: BMC Mesopotamia pg. 108, 109; Lindgren I 2583.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: Ex M. Slavin coll., acq. from CNG c. 2001; <a href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/severus_alexander/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/severus_alexander/t.html" rel="nofollow">wildwinds "digital plate coin"</a> since 2001.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Finally, a rare-ish type from Mesopotamia, Rhesaena, for Caracalla. It's crude & weird looking, but this is actually a pretty good one for type. They hardly ever have the full obverse legend on the flan. Often there's no legend at all on at least one side:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585806[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><b>Mesopotamia, Rhesaena. Caracalla AE</b> (22mm, 7.17g, 12h).</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: AYTKM ANTΩNIN. Laureate, draped bust of Caracalla right.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: ΗCΑ-Ι-ΝΗCΙΩ. River-god Chaboras seated left, holding reeds (?); upturned vase & two fish below.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: Lindgren & Kovacs 2610 (for type); Castelin 19 var. [K. Castelin, The Coinage of Rhesaena in Mesopotamia, ANS NNM 108 (1946), 31, 19]. “RARE” (Slavin).</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: CNG EA 548 (18 Oct 2023) lot 1115 (part of), ex M. Slavin coll</font></p></blockquote><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">If you noticed a theme -- Michael Slavin specifically collected "river god" coins.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24785581, member: 26430"]Three more photos: By far the smallest of the 24 coins in this group lot, and probably my favorite. Looks much nicer than I expected from the nearly-40-year old photo in Lindgren & Kovacs 1985. I love tiny coins anyway, but this little 11mm bronze from Sicily, Gela, with a bull & river god Gelas, is so charming. [ATTACH=full]1585805[/ATTACH] (This is one of those coins where people disagree about which is obverse and reverse.) [ATTACH=full]1585804[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=4] [B]Sicily, Gela AE Onkia [/B](11mm, 1.15g), 420-405 BCE. [B]Obv[/B]: Horned head of Gelas right, with flowing hair; barley grain to left. [B]Rev[/B]: ΓELAΣ. Bull standing right; barley grain above, pellet (mark of value) in exergue [B]Ref[/B]: Lindgren II 459 (this coin). [B]Prov[/B]: Ex H.C. Lindgren Collection, Michael Slavin Collection (CNG EA 548 [18 Oct 2023], group lot).[/SIZE][/INDENT] My photo of the Severus Alexander from Edessa.... The obverse legend is missing (there are several variants), but thanks to a 7 year old post by [USER=74955]@paschka[/USER] , I figured it out. The 2016 comment shared a description of this very specimen & link to its photo on Wildwinds... And [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=730008']linked another specimen[/URL] from the same obverse die but with more of the legend visible. [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/id-halp-this-late-province-of-rome.278998/#post-2426664[/URL] So, many thanks to [USER=74955]@paschka[/USER]! Now I know the legend & exact RPC type! [ATTACH=full]1585803[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=4][B]Mesopotamia, Edessa. Severus Alexander Æ [/B](23.5mm, 9.87g, 12h), 222-235 CE. [B]Obv[/B]: Laureate bust left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and shield. [B]Rev[/B]: Tyche seated left before altar, river god below; stars flanking in fields. [B]Ref[/B]: BMC Mesopotamia pg. 108, 109; Lindgren I 2583. [B]Prov[/B]: Ex M. Slavin coll., acq. from CNG c. 2001; [URL='https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/severus_alexander/t.html']wildwinds "digital plate coin"[/URL] since 2001.[/SIZE][/INDENT] Finally, a rare-ish type from Mesopotamia, Rhesaena, for Caracalla. It's crude & weird looking, but this is actually a pretty good one for type. They hardly ever have the full obverse legend on the flan. Often there's no legend at all on at least one side: [ATTACH=full]1585806[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=4][B]Mesopotamia, Rhesaena. Caracalla AE[/B] (22mm, 7.17g, 12h). [B]Obv[/B]: AYTKM ANTΩNIN. Laureate, draped bust of Caracalla right. [B]Rev[/B]: ΗCΑ-Ι-ΝΗCΙΩ. River-god Chaboras seated left, holding reeds (?); upturned vase & two fish below. [B]Ref[/B]: Lindgren & Kovacs 2610 (for type); Castelin 19 var. [K. Castelin, The Coinage of Rhesaena in Mesopotamia, ANS NNM 108 (1946), 31, 19]. “RARE” (Slavin). [B]Prov[/B]: CNG EA 548 (18 Oct 2023) lot 1115 (part of), ex M. Slavin coll[/SIZE][/INDENT] [SIZE=4] If you noticed a theme -- Michael Slavin specifically collected "river god" coins.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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