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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4877987, member: 97383"]robinjojo, It looks like you scored a fascinating rarity <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! Your coin type is clearly illustrated in McAlee's book on page 207, #477/2. On page 194 of his book he illustrates 16 different types, (drachms, didrachms, & tridrachms) that were struck in Rome for use in Arabia. Many of those coins have been found in Judaean hoards indicating the Jews probably used them also. The figure of Baal-Zeus on your coin is wearing a <i><b>kalathos</b></i>, a woven basket that looks like a top hat. They were used for collecting fruits & grain for harvest. There is a lot of confusion <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> & different opinions among "experts" attributing many of Trajan's coinage meant for Eastern provincial circulation. The Trajan Tet in my collection is a good example of this <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1178246[/ATTACH] </p><p>There are many different varieties of this coin type & the "experts" can't make up their minds if they were struck in Antioch or Tyre <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The coin looks like a Tyre Mint product to me, but who am I <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie69" alt=":oldman:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4877987, member: 97383"]robinjojo, It looks like you scored a fascinating rarity :D! Your coin type is clearly illustrated in McAlee's book on page 207, #477/2. On page 194 of his book he illustrates 16 different types, (drachms, didrachms, & tridrachms) that were struck in Rome for use in Arabia. Many of those coins have been found in Judaean hoards indicating the Jews probably used them also. The figure of Baal-Zeus on your coin is wearing a [I][B]kalathos[/B][/I], a woven basket that looks like a top hat. They were used for collecting fruits & grain for harvest. There is a lot of confusion :confused: & different opinions among "experts" attributing many of Trajan's coinage meant for Eastern provincial circulation. The Trajan Tet in my collection is a good example of this :smuggrin:. [ATTACH=full]1178246[/ATTACH] There are many different varieties of this coin type & the "experts" can't make up their minds if they were struck in Antioch or Tyre :rolleyes:. The coin looks like a Tyre Mint product to me, but who am I :oldman:.....[/QUOTE]
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