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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3532018, member: 56859"]The horn of Ammon... that may be the most common attribute in my entire collection! I won't post them all here <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>A favorite I still don't have is a Lysimachos tetradrachm like the nice examples shown by [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER], [USER=99531]@Nvb[/USER], and [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER]. [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]'s Commodus tetradrachm may not look high grade but it's really a much better than usual example!</p><p><br /></p><p>A worn, corroded, and clumsily cleaned (not by me!) rarity from Barke:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kyrenaika-barke-arhemidrachm-jpg.325513/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KYRENAIKA, Barke</b></p><p><b>480-450 BC</b></p><p>AR hemidrachm, 13 mm, 1.57 gm</p><p>Obv: silphium plant</p><p>Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right within linear frame, B A P K around</p><p>Ref: (which I have not checked) Müller MAA 301. Very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>A much better condition Zeus Ammon from Kyrenaika. Too bad it's not the real deal... but it is a very collectible British Museum electrotype <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> :</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/readyelectrotype-rt-jpg.463688/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KYRENAIKA, Kyrene</b></p><p><b>modern copy by electrotypist Robert Ready</b></p><p>host coin, c. 410-400 BCE, acquired by the British Museum in 1872</p><p>AR "tetradrachm", 27 mm, 16.64 gm</p><p>Obv: Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon, wearing tainia with uraeus-like ornament at forehead, facing slightly left within laurel wreath</p><p>Rev: silphium plant; K V P A N A (split between fields, retrograde K)</p><p>Edge: initials R R</p><p>Ref: BMC 77 (host coin); B.V. Head. <i>A guide to the principal coins of the Greeks, from circ. 700 B.C. to A.D. 270</i>. London. 1965 pl. 20, 61 (host coin); host coin BM accession number 1872,0709.361; B.V. Head. <i>A Guide to the Select Greek and Roman Coins Exhibited in Electrotype</i>, London. 1880. Period III C #44.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As long as I'm on the locale, here's a bronze from Kyrene:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kyreneae21-zeus-silphium-rt-jpg.914032/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KYRENAIKA, Kyrene</b></p><p>Koinon issue</p><p>c. 250 BCE</p><p>AE; 21 mm, 7.47 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing taenia</p><p>Rev: silphium plant; monogram left; K-O / N-I / O-N</p><p>Rev: Müller, Afrique 114; Buttrey, Coins 219 var. (no monogram); SNG Copenhagen 1276-9 var. (no monogram); BMC 16-9 (Koinon)</p><p><br /></p><p>A favorite-- Serapis Pantheos, in this iteration a melange of Zeus, Serapis, Ammon, Poseidon, and Helios:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg%26hash%3Da5c33d5dc47f056e2819229244eed253&hash=fbd72616420d56f2f304832ff3e476a7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus</b></p><p>year 4, CE 163/4</p><p>tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.51 gm</p><p>Obv: ΛAVPHΛI OVHPOCCEB; bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust left</p><p>Rev: Radiate and draped bust of Serapis-Pantheos right, wearing calathus and horn of Ammon; trident behind shoulder; ∆/L in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 2360 (4), R1; Köln 2148; Dattari (Savio) 9420; K&G 39.77</p><p><br /></p><p>The horn of Ammon is commonly seen on deified depictions of Alexander III:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_4d173c7a9a1647188462acab0530f434%7Emv2.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_4d173c7a9a1647188462acab0530f434%7Emv2.jpg&hash=c36054d532d223c33b1e061359bd00e7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm, 27 mm, 17.0 gm (Attic standard)</p><p>Alexandreia mint, struck 313/12 BCE</p><p>Obv: Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing mitra of Dionysos and elephant skin headdress, with aegis around his neck, and with horn of Ammon on his forehead</p><p>Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Athena Alkidemos advancing right, hurling spear with her right hand and with shield over her extended left arm; to right, eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt to right with ΔΙ below</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 33; Zervos series D, issue XIII; SNG Copenhagen 14; BMC 7</p><p><br /></p><p>A particularly artistic version of Zeus-Ammon:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252525252Fmedia%2525252525252Fae43f8_abf9017292a545e2bc3698d1f7512e99%2525252525257Emv2.jpg%2525252525252Fv1%2525252525252Ffill%2525252525252Fw_1000%2525252525252Ch_625%2525252525252Cal_c%2525252525252Cq_85%2525252525252Fae43f8_abf9017292a545e2bc3698d1f7512e99%2525252525257Emv2.jpg%252525252526hash%25252525253Daa3996bf616fea52624ba3a960ba41c7%2525252526hash%252525253D8a0a46c0108b5ade84b2b411e71915d1%25252526hash%2525253D10e2f7e860b614267eb38ad1b8e2cdec%252526hash%25253D63aaefd78060a72e9d3b363b059d78ae%2526hash%253D6856be74df8cd957903245f2de5b129a%26hash%3Df7f6a985dd0df7e88c0dca36e9c22d30&hash=0746334ddafe6cd08420f9cbf3c39f24" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa</b></p><p>year 5, CE 221/2</p><p>tetradrachm, 23.5 mm, 11.57 gm</p><p>Obv: draped bust right</p><p>Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right; L-E</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3025.5, R3; Geissen 2376; Dattari 4186</p><p><br /></p><p>I have the same tiny bronze from Pitane as [USER=96878]@R*L[/USER] and love it:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_8fd3023bfd1c4e7ba87e0f4aeae32178.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_505%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_8fd3023bfd1c4e7ba87e0f4aeae32178.jpg&hash=76b5cce635360f03cb60edf7e6a72b27" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MYSIA, Pitane</b></p><p>AE, 4th-3rd c. BCE</p><p>9 mm, 0.64 gm</p><p>Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right</p><p>Rev: ΠΙΤΑ; Pentagram, branch in center</p><p>Ref: BMC 5-10 var. (pellet in center)</p><p><br /></p><p>A syncretion of Serapis and Ammon:</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b36dedb18c424987b96ff31f5e4d2b15~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian</b></p><p>year 8, CE 123/4</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 23 mm, 13.2 gm</p><p>Obv: ...TPAI AΔ... ; laureate bust right, slight drapery; crescent before</p><p>Rev: draped bust of Serapis-Ammon right; L-H across fields</p><p>Ref: Emmett 895.8, R5; Köln 858; Dattari (Savio) 1481; K&G 32.258</p><p><i>From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930’s</i></p><p><br /></p><p>...and more than a pound of Ptolemaic bronzes, most sporting horns of Ammon:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemybronzecollagemay2017-jpg.840732/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3532018, member: 56859"]The horn of Ammon... that may be the most common attribute in my entire collection! I won't post them all here :D. A favorite I still don't have is a Lysimachos tetradrachm like the nice examples shown by [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER], [USER=99531]@Nvb[/USER], and [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER]. [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]'s Commodus tetradrachm may not look high grade but it's really a much better than usual example! A worn, corroded, and clumsily cleaned (not by me!) rarity from Barke: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kyrenaika-barke-arhemidrachm-jpg.325513/[/IMG] [B]KYRENAIKA, Barke 480-450 BC[/B] AR hemidrachm, 13 mm, 1.57 gm Obv: silphium plant Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right within linear frame, B A P K around Ref: (which I have not checked) Müller MAA 301. Very rare. A much better condition Zeus Ammon from Kyrenaika. Too bad it's not the real deal... but it is a very collectible British Museum electrotype :) : [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/readyelectrotype-rt-jpg.463688/[/IMG] [B]KYRENAIKA, Kyrene modern copy by electrotypist Robert Ready[/B] host coin, c. 410-400 BCE, acquired by the British Museum in 1872 AR "tetradrachm", 27 mm, 16.64 gm Obv: Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon, wearing tainia with uraeus-like ornament at forehead, facing slightly left within laurel wreath Rev: silphium plant; K V P A N A (split between fields, retrograde K) Edge: initials R R Ref: BMC 77 (host coin); B.V. Head. [I]A guide to the principal coins of the Greeks, from circ. 700 B.C. to A.D. 270[/I]. London. 1965 pl. 20, 61 (host coin); host coin BM accession number 1872,0709.361; B.V. Head. [I]A Guide to the Select Greek and Roman Coins Exhibited in Electrotype[/I], London. 1880. Period III C #44. [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/[/url] As long as I'm on the locale, here's a bronze from Kyrene: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kyreneae21-zeus-silphium-rt-jpg.914032/[/IMG] [B]KYRENAIKA, Kyrene[/B] Koinon issue c. 250 BCE AE; 21 mm, 7.47 gm Obv: head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing taenia Rev: silphium plant; monogram left; K-O / N-I / O-N Rev: Müller, Afrique 114; Buttrey, Coins 219 var. (no monogram); SNG Copenhagen 1276-9 var. (no monogram); BMC 16-9 (Koinon) A favorite-- Serapis Pantheos, in this iteration a melange of Zeus, Serapis, Ammon, Poseidon, and Helios: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg%26hash%3Da5c33d5dc47f056e2819229244eed253&hash=fbd72616420d56f2f304832ff3e476a7[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus[/B] year 4, CE 163/4 tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.51 gm Obv: ΛAVPHΛI OVHPOCCEB; bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust left Rev: Radiate and draped bust of Serapis-Pantheos right, wearing calathus and horn of Ammon; trident behind shoulder; ∆/L in right field Ref: Emmett 2360 (4), R1; Köln 2148; Dattari (Savio) 9420; K&G 39.77 The horn of Ammon is commonly seen on deified depictions of Alexander III: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_4d173c7a9a1647188462acab0530f434%7Emv2.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_4d173c7a9a1647188462acab0530f434%7Emv2.jpg&hash=c36054d532d223c33b1e061359bd00e7[/IMG] [B]EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter[/B] AR tetradrachm, 27 mm, 17.0 gm (Attic standard) Alexandreia mint, struck 313/12 BCE Obv: Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing mitra of Dionysos and elephant skin headdress, with aegis around his neck, and with horn of Ammon on his forehead Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Athena Alkidemos advancing right, hurling spear with her right hand and with shield over her extended left arm; to right, eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt to right with ΔΙ below Ref: Svoronos 33; Zervos series D, issue XIII; SNG Copenhagen 14; BMC 7 A particularly artistic version of Zeus-Ammon: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252525252Fmedia%2525252525252Fae43f8_abf9017292a545e2bc3698d1f7512e99%2525252525257Emv2.jpg%2525252525252Fv1%2525252525252Ffill%2525252525252Fw_1000%2525252525252Ch_625%2525252525252Cal_c%2525252525252Cq_85%2525252525252Fae43f8_abf9017292a545e2bc3698d1f7512e99%2525252525257Emv2.jpg%252525252526hash%25252525253Daa3996bf616fea52624ba3a960ba41c7%2525252526hash%252525253D8a0a46c0108b5ade84b2b411e71915d1%25252526hash%2525253D10e2f7e860b614267eb38ad1b8e2cdec%252526hash%25253D63aaefd78060a72e9d3b363b059d78ae%2526hash%253D6856be74df8cd957903245f2de5b129a%26hash%3Df7f6a985dd0df7e88c0dca36e9c22d30&hash=0746334ddafe6cd08420f9cbf3c39f24[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa[/B] year 5, CE 221/2 tetradrachm, 23.5 mm, 11.57 gm Obv: draped bust right Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right; L-E Ref: Emmett 3025.5, R3; Geissen 2376; Dattari 4186 I have the same tiny bronze from Pitane as [USER=96878]@R*L[/USER] and love it: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_8fd3023bfd1c4e7ba87e0f4aeae32178.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_505%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_8fd3023bfd1c4e7ba87e0f4aeae32178.jpg&hash=76b5cce635360f03cb60edf7e6a72b27[/IMG] [B]MYSIA, Pitane[/B] AE, 4th-3rd c. BCE 9 mm, 0.64 gm Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right Rev: ΠΙΤΑ; Pentagram, branch in center Ref: BMC 5-10 var. (pellet in center) A syncretion of Serapis and Ammon: [IMG]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b36dedb18c424987b96ff31f5e4d2b15~mv2.jpg[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian[/B] year 8, CE 123/4 billion tetradrachm, 23 mm, 13.2 gm Obv: ...TPAI AΔ... ; laureate bust right, slight drapery; crescent before Rev: draped bust of Serapis-Ammon right; L-H across fields Ref: Emmett 895.8, R5; Köln 858; Dattari (Savio) 1481; K&G 32.258 [I]From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930’s[/I] ...and more than a pound of Ptolemaic bronzes, most sporting horns of Ammon: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemybronzecollagemay2017-jpg.840732/[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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