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<p>[QUOTE="eparch, post: 4728962, member: 89211"]@Ancient Joe - a fascinating coin.Why do so many strange</p><p>coins come from Cilicia ?</p><p>Here is my own Cilician oddity :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157943[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CILICIA. <i>Uncertain</i>. Circa 4th Century BC.</b> Obol (Silver, 11 mm, 0.69 g, 12 h).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> Turreted and bearded male head of Persian style to left. <i>Rev.</i> Bearded male head facing (Nergal?), with a turreted crown and with a facing lion's mask underneath and blending into his beard.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nergal was the rather dark Mesopotamian god of war and pestilence - perhaps this was his COVID mask ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eparch, post: 4728962, member: 89211"]@Ancient Joe - a fascinating coin.Why do so many strange coins come from Cilicia ? Here is my own Cilician oddity : [ATTACH=full]1157943[/ATTACH] [B]CILICIA. [I]Uncertain[/I]. Circa 4th Century BC.[/B] Obol (Silver, 11 mm, 0.69 g, 12 h). Turreted and bearded male head of Persian style to left. [I]Rev.[/I] Bearded male head facing (Nergal?), with a turreted crown and with a facing lion's mask underneath and blending into his beard. Nergal was the rather dark Mesopotamian god of war and pestilence - perhaps this was his COVID mask ?[/QUOTE]
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