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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8189791, member: 85693"]A very handsome coin - and I like the ones that make you work to figure them out. </p><p><br /></p><p>Along the same lines, I got these two in another small eBay lot. They are pretty cruddy, but they provided a lot of entertainment value since I had little idea of what they were. It turns out they are both from Damascus, though centuries apart (if I got my attributions right; I make a lot of mistakes<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1433626[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Octavian Æ 18 (Semis)</b></p><p><b>CY 283 (30/29 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Coele-Syria, Damascus</b></p><p>Bare head right / [Δ]ΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΩ[Ν], Tyche seated left on rock, extending arm</p><p>& holding cornucopia, river-god at feet, L ΓΠ/Σ (date, retrograde)</p><p>in left field, all within wreath.</p><p>RPC 4786; SNG München 1010.</p><p>(8.33 grams / 18 x 17 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2022 Lot @ $2.55</p><p><b>Attribution Notes: </b></p><p>Reverse legends obscured by wear and patina, so visible parts hard to discern (a little clearer in hand than in photo). RPC notes "the date is always retrograde."</p><p>Other references:</p><p>De Saulcy 1; DCA 500; AMC 1479; Lindgren III 1252.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals</b></p><p><b>Anonymous regional coinage</b></p><p><b>Damascus (Dimashq) Mint</b></p><p><b>AH 102 (AD 720/1)</b></p><p><i>lâ ilaha</i> | <i>illâ llâh</i> | <i>wahdahu</i>, in a double circle with 5 annulets / <i>bi-dimashq</i> دمشق (Damascus) | <i>sanat thanatayn</i> | <i>wa mi'a</i> within laurel wreath</p><p>Album 174; Walker 839.</p><p>(2.86 grams / 17 x 16 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2022 Lot @ $2.55</p><p><br /></p><p>Lots of shoveling earlier in the week, now it is just cold. So yeah, good day to fiddle around with coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8189791, member: 85693"]A very handsome coin - and I like the ones that make you work to figure them out. Along the same lines, I got these two in another small eBay lot. They are pretty cruddy, but they provided a lot of entertainment value since I had little idea of what they were. It turns out they are both from Damascus, though centuries apart (if I got my attributions right; I make a lot of mistakes:oops:): [ATTACH=full]1433626[/ATTACH] [B]Octavian Æ 18 (Semis) CY 283 (30/29 B.C.) Syria, Coele-Syria, Damascus[/B] Bare head right / [Δ]ΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΩ[Ν], Tyche seated left on rock, extending arm & holding cornucopia, river-god at feet, L ΓΠ/Σ (date, retrograde) in left field, all within wreath. RPC 4786; SNG München 1010. (8.33 grams / 18 x 17 mm) eBay Jan. 2022 Lot @ $2.55 [B]Attribution Notes: [/B] Reverse legends obscured by wear and patina, so visible parts hard to discern (a little clearer in hand than in photo). RPC notes "the date is always retrograde." Other references: De Saulcy 1; DCA 500; AMC 1479; Lindgren III 1252. [B]Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals Anonymous regional coinage Damascus (Dimashq) Mint AH 102 (AD 720/1)[/B] [I]lâ ilaha[/I] | [I]illâ llâh[/I] | [I]wahdahu[/I], in a double circle with 5 annulets / [I]bi-dimashq[/I] دمشق (Damascus) | [I]sanat thanatayn[/I] | [I]wa mi'a[/I] within laurel wreath Album 174; Walker 839. (2.86 grams / 17 x 16 mm) eBay Jan. 2022 Lot @ $2.55 Lots of shoveling earlier in the week, now it is just cold. So yeah, good day to fiddle around with coins.[/QUOTE]
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