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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2966799, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;m talking amongst myself right now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are two specimens listed in Dattari&#039;s original work.&nbsp; I typed the descriptions into Google Translate but the results weren&#039;t very satisfying, and the rubbings themselves show little supporting detail.&nbsp; My specimen is in the supplement at the end of D-S so there isn&#039;t a detailed description.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures pencil rubbings of Dattari 286 and 287, from Dattari-Savio:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]727212[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My coin, in Dattari-Savio supplement:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]727213[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Poole&#039;s reference (British Museum Alexandrian and Nomes holdings, published 1892; none in Christensen&#039;s more recent followup which lists additions to the collection since publication of the first book):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]727214[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Dattari&#039;s description of coins 286 and 287:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]727215[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Google Translation of the reverse descriptions, which are imperfect:</p><p><br /></p><p>286.&nbsp; Vase oenochoe right; above the three tyrsi lid?&nbsp; (so, Dattari says there is a lid.&nbsp; Hmm)</p><p><br /></p><p>287.&nbsp; Similar; on the lid five uraei, above the front body, crown of horns, disk and feathers</p><p><br /></p><p>How embarrassing.&nbsp; I should have included this information in the original post.&nbsp; However, I&#039;m not sure he has it correct.&nbsp; Could the inverted teardrop-shaped protrusions be uraei?&nbsp; I guess they could be.&nbsp; I&#039;d also overlooked a plate image in the original Dattari!&nbsp; Additional details can be seen.&nbsp; Are the decorations the same as on my coin?&nbsp; Hard to say.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]727221[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at my coin again, might the large protrusion at the top (the end of the handle, presumably) be a uraeus?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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