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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 3208085, member: 87809"]Could not resist this Trajan - Zeus Ammon Hemidrachm when I saw it yesterday on mrbcoins. And then my husband bought it for me. Sweet <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I know it is not a beauty, several scratches, but I like Trajan's expression, I even think he is more imposing than Zeus, and I like the ram's horn on Zeus. Besides, I already have the sestertius, which now has a hemidrachm as companion.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There seems to be some disagreements where they were minted: cng says Caesarea in Cappadocia, numismatics.org as well as mrbcoins says Cyrene, and Sydenham attributes this type to Arabia Petraea, Bostra. Go figure. </p><p>It would be very interesting to know (read somewhere) their arguments for attributing it to these different mints. </p><p>If I understand correctly this article: </p><p><a href="https://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/34-1-2/Buttrey.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/34-1-2/Buttrey.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/34-1-2/Buttrey.pdf</a></p><p>on page 5 (p.66) they say, and I quote "For a long time these issues were thought to have been struck in Cappadoccia....Excavations have now shown that these issues were used only in Cyrenaica, and a closer examination of style, fabric and circulation patterns now make it certain that the mint was at Cyrene". But this was published in 1992, and I can't find when Sydenham attributed the type to Bostra.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sharing both (the picture of the hemidrachm is from mrbcoins, I don't have the coin yet):</p><p>Æ Sestertius, 28 x 30 mm, 19.96 g;</p><p>Arabia Petraea, Bostra, (previously attributed to Cyrenaica, Cyrene), 103 - 111 AD</p><p>Ref.: Metcalf, Silver P. 83, note 1 (for attribution to Cyrene);Sydenham, Caesarea 232; RPC III 5</p><p>Obverse: AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓERM ΔAK Laureate bust of Trajan r., slight drapery on far shoulder</p><p>Reverse: ΔHMARX - EΞ YΠAT TE Head of Zeus-Ammon r.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]832165[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]832167[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AR Hemidrachm, 15.68 mm, 1.53 g</p><p>Cyrenaica, Cyrene, 100 AD</p><p>Ref.: Sydenham 178</p><p>Obverse: AΥT KAIΣ NEΡ TΡAIAN ΣEB ΓEPM Laureate bust of Trajan r., slight drapery on far shoulder (?)</p><p>Reverse: ΔHMAPX - EΞ YΠAT Γ Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon r.with ram’s horn over his ear</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]832169[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 3208085, member: 87809"]Could not resist this Trajan - Zeus Ammon Hemidrachm when I saw it yesterday on mrbcoins. And then my husband bought it for me. Sweet :-) I know it is not a beauty, several scratches, but I like Trajan's expression, I even think he is more imposing than Zeus, and I like the ram's horn on Zeus. Besides, I already have the sestertius, which now has a hemidrachm as companion.:-) There seems to be some disagreements where they were minted: cng says Caesarea in Cappadocia, numismatics.org as well as mrbcoins says Cyrene, and Sydenham attributes this type to Arabia Petraea, Bostra. Go figure. It would be very interesting to know (read somewhere) their arguments for attributing it to these different mints. If I understand correctly this article: [url]https://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/34-1-2/Buttrey.pdf[/url] on page 5 (p.66) they say, and I quote "For a long time these issues were thought to have been struck in Cappadoccia....Excavations have now shown that these issues were used only in Cyrenaica, and a closer examination of style, fabric and circulation patterns now make it certain that the mint was at Cyrene". But this was published in 1992, and I can't find when Sydenham attributed the type to Bostra. Sharing both (the picture of the hemidrachm is from mrbcoins, I don't have the coin yet): Æ Sestertius, 28 x 30 mm, 19.96 g; Arabia Petraea, Bostra, (previously attributed to Cyrenaica, Cyrene), 103 - 111 AD Ref.: Metcalf, Silver P. 83, note 1 (for attribution to Cyrene);Sydenham, Caesarea 232; RPC III 5 Obverse: AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓERM ΔAK Laureate bust of Trajan r., slight drapery on far shoulder Reverse: ΔHMARX - EΞ YΠAT TE Head of Zeus-Ammon r. [ATTACH=full]832165[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]832167[/ATTACH] AR Hemidrachm, 15.68 mm, 1.53 g Cyrenaica, Cyrene, 100 AD Ref.: Sydenham 178 Obverse: AΥT KAIΣ NEΡ TΡAIAN ΣEB ΓEPM Laureate bust of Trajan r., slight drapery on far shoulder (?) Reverse: ΔHMAPX - EΞ YΠAT Γ Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon r.with ram’s horn over his ear [ATTACH=full]832169[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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