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<p>[QUOTE="Jochen1, post: 3266422, member: 103829"]<b>An unusual Apollo Sauroktonos for Commodus</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=421" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=421" rel="nofollow">Commodus</a>, AD 177-192</p><p>AE 22, 6.83g, 22.15mm, 105°</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obv." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obv." rel="nofollow">obv.</a>: [M ANTW]NEIN - OC KOMOD[OC]</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bust" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bust" rel="nofollow">Bust</a>, <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=cuirassed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=cuirassed" rel="nofollow">cuirassed</a>, laureate, r.</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev." rel="nofollow">rev.</a>: NEIK[OPOLI - PR]OC ICTR</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=apollo sauroktonos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=apollo sauroktonos" rel="nofollow">Apollo Sauroktonos</a>, nude, with crossed legs stg. r., resting with l. hand on tree stump, on which <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1937" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1937" rel="nofollow">lizard</a> is creeping upwards, and holding in r. hand twig; l. behind him bow and quiver</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=ref" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=ref" rel="nofollow">ref</a>. a) not in <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=amng" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=amng" rel="nofollow">AMNG</a></p><p> b) not in <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=varbanov" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=varbanov" rel="nofollow">Varbanov</a> (engl.)</p><p> c) not in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=H-H-J Nikopolis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=H-H-J Nikopolis" rel="nofollow">Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov</a> (2013).</p><p> <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev." rel="nofollow">rev.</a> not listed</p><p> <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obv." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obv." rel="nofollow">obv.</a> e.g. No. 8.10.1.9 (same die)</p><p> d) <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=cf." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=cf." rel="nofollow">cf.</a> <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=gorny" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=gorny" rel="nofollow">Gorny</a>&Mosch, Auktion 212, Lot 2321 <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=corr." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=corr." rel="nofollow">corr.</a></p><p>extremely rare, F-F+, partially corroded, nice lizard, despite its corrosion a nice example for the art of die cutting in Nikopolis in the time of Commodus!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]860517[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=gorny" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=gorny" rel="nofollow">Gorny</a>&Mosch coin I have found on <a href="http://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">acsearch</a>.com:</p><p>AE 22(?), 8.48g</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obv." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obv." rel="nofollow">obv.</a>: [M] ANTWNEIN - OC KOMOD[OC]</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev." rel="nofollow">rev.</a>: <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1554" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1554" rel="nofollow">NEIKOPOLI</a> - [<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=proc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=proc" rel="nofollow">PROC</a> IC]TR</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]860518[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly the <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev." rel="nofollow">rev.</a> of this coin has been heavily <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tooled" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tooled" rel="nofollow">tooled</a>: The TR of ICTR was altered to N! The figure was <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tooled" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tooled" rel="nofollow">tooled</a> and then misinterpreted as female figure/Artemis in short <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=chiton" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=chiton" rel="nofollow">chiton</a>. The <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1937" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1937" rel="nofollow">lizard</a> has not been recognized. Instead of that they have written "before her small tree(?)". But I'm happy to have found this coin, because now I was able to <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=complete" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=complete" rel="nofollow">complete</a> the <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev." rel="nofollow">rev.</a> <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=legend" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=legend" rel="nofollow">legend</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best regards[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jochen1, post: 3266422, member: 103829"][B]An unusual Apollo Sauroktonos for Commodus[/B] [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=421']Commodus[/URL], AD 177-192 AE 22, 6.83g, 22.15mm, 105° [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obv.']obv.[/URL]: [M ANTW]NEIN - OC KOMOD[OC] [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bust']Bust[/URL], [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=cuirassed']cuirassed[/URL], laureate, r. [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev.']rev.[/URL]: NEIK[OPOLI - PR]OC ICTR [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=apollo sauroktonos']Apollo Sauroktonos[/URL], nude, with crossed legs stg. r., resting with l. hand on tree stump, on which [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1937']lizard[/URL] is creeping upwards, and holding in r. hand twig; l. behind him bow and quiver [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=ref']ref[/URL]. a) not in [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=amng']AMNG[/URL] b) not in [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=varbanov']Varbanov[/URL] (engl.) c) not in [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=H-H-J Nikopolis']Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov[/URL] (2013). [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev.']rev.[/URL] not listed [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obv.']obv.[/URL] e.g. No. 8.10.1.9 (same die) d) [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=cf.']cf.[/URL] [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=gorny']Gorny[/URL]&Mosch, Auktion 212, Lot 2321 [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=corr.']corr.[/URL] extremely rare, F-F+, partially corroded, nice lizard, despite its corrosion a nice example for the art of die cutting in Nikopolis in the time of Commodus! [ATTACH=full]860517[/ATTACH] The [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=gorny']Gorny[/URL]&Mosch coin I have found on [URL='http://www.acsearch.info/']acsearch[/URL].com: AE 22(?), 8.48g [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obv.']obv.[/URL]: [M] ANTWNEIN - OC KOMOD[OC] [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev.']rev.[/URL]: [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1554']NEIKOPOLI[/URL] - [[URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=proc']PROC[/URL] IC]TR [ATTACH=full]860518[/ATTACH] Sadly the [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev.']rev.[/URL] of this coin has been heavily [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tooled']tooled[/URL]: The TR of ICTR was altered to N! The figure was [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tooled']tooled[/URL] and then misinterpreted as female figure/Artemis in short [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=chiton']chiton[/URL]. The [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1937']lizard[/URL] has not been recognized. Instead of that they have written "before her small tree(?)". But I'm happy to have found this coin, because now I was able to [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=complete']complete[/URL] the [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rev.']rev.[/URL] [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=legend']legend[/URL]. Best regards[/QUOTE]
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