Help with a Seleucid attribution please?

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by philologus_1, Oct 4, 2024.

  1. philologus_1

    philologus_1 Supporter! Supporter

    This quite small bronze was in a lot I purchased, and I have become frustrated due to my inability to attribute it. (You can click the image below to make it larger.)

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    The diameter is only 13 x 11.5 mm., and weight is a mere 1.52 gr.

    I'd be GREATLY appreciative if any of you could discern the Hoover or SC type number.
     
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  3. ACCLA-Mike

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  4. philologus_1

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    Mike!!!
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    That's it! I was so set mentally on it being Seleucid that I scoured and re-scoured the online SCO and the printed SC references. Duh! NOT Seleucid!

    My example is noticeably lighter weight than Hoover indicates in HGC 10, but with your cite I was able to find a few examples online that are comparable weight as mine.

    Thanks to nice extant detail on mine's reverse, its date can be read. (ZΠP inner right reverse = SE 187 = 126/5 BC.) Interestingly, that was the year that:
    (a) this small bronze type was first issued,
    (b) nearby Tyre successfully revolted against the Seleucid Empire, and
    (c) the Tyrian mint first issued what would become a very long-lasting series of coins known today as shekel of Tyre.

    Thanks again!
     
  5. GinoLR

    GinoLR Well-Known Member

    The reverse legend : ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ / ΕΝ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΙ / ΙΕΡΑΣ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ
     
  6. philologus_1

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    Yep! And more specifically . . .

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