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Next. Might be tough...  |
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No, but that's who I thought it was--then I clicked through for the attribution. Not my coin; seen on one of the v-tail sites I often visit when searching for GTE and GTG matches.
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Not Siva. It's Greek. This one will be hard for many reasons-- unusual coin, poor condition of the specimen, etc.
I'll work up some other clues tomorrow.
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Not Athena, but that's always a reasonable guess for unidentified Greek female deities. How you correctly guessed this deity was female, however, I don't know  Some clues: 1. Etymology of the goddess's name-- probably translates to [something] Mother. The [something] is debatable and there are several possibilities. 2. Her daughter was abducted to the underworld by Hades. |
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Yes, it's Demeter! I hadn't seen this coin or depiction before. From Ancient Imports, a webstore I enjoy browsing (and have bought a few things from there, likely to buy more; the owner Marc is very helpful)  Quote:
Attribution: BMC 62
Date: 210-200 BC
Obverse: Facing bust of Demeter wearing wreath of radiate leaves
Reverse: River god seated right, holding cornucopiae in left arm, branch in right hand; bird right.
Size: 22.28 mm
Weight: 9.8 grams
Rarity: 7
Description: A nice and quite rare bronze |
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Try this one  |
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