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<p>[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 3722822, member: 92212"]Someday I hope to upgrade to a stater, but for now my Arados representative is an obol that weighs a paltry 1/14th (!!!) of the O.P. example.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]997928[/ATTACH]</p><p>Diam.: 7 mm. Weight: .74 gr.</p><p>Attribution: HGC 10, #46 (R1).</p><p><br /></p><p>For such a small/tight flan with obviously larger-than-flan dies, this example is about as complete as one could hope to have. Had the flan been just a tad broader the reverse would have been struck so as to show the complete left and right characters above the galley which are each only partially showing. But... [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] ...at least the waves made it on the flan! ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, from a biblical coin collection perspective: This mint location is mentioned twice in Ezekiel 27 (Arvad). And some scholars have maintained the <i>Baal</i> portrayed on these coin types is the Dagon mentioned in Judges 16 and in 1. Samuel 5.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 3722822, member: 92212"]Someday I hope to upgrade to a stater, but for now my Arados representative is an obol that weighs a paltry 1/14th (!!!) of the O.P. example. [ATTACH=full]997928[/ATTACH] Diam.: 7 mm. Weight: .74 gr. Attribution: HGC 10, #46 (R1). For such a small/tight flan with obviously larger-than-flan dies, this example is about as complete as one could hope to have. Had the flan been just a tad broader the reverse would have been struck so as to show the complete left and right characters above the galley which are each only partially showing. But... [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] ...at least the waves made it on the flan! ;-) Lastly, from a biblical coin collection perspective: This mint location is mentioned twice in Ezekiel 27 (Arvad). And some scholars have maintained the [I]Baal[/I] portrayed on these coin types is the Dagon mentioned in Judges 16 and in 1. Samuel 5.[/QUOTE]
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