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Maybe Northumbria for the first two? I may see "ILRED" on the first. Try Aethelred II. If correct, the legend may be "EDILRED"
Edited by Kamnaskires
12/14/2022 7:00 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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The VND on the second might suggest Wigmund...again, perhaps Northumbria.
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I have now looked at images of stycas and I think you have hit the nail on the head here! Many thanks!
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Yes, the first two are Anglo-Saxon Northumbria. The first is Aethelred II, moneyer Wendelberht:
+EDILRED REX // +VENDELBERHT
The second is archbishop Wigmund, either two obverses (not uncommon) or a flip-over multiple strike:
+VIGMVND IREP (both sides)
Edited by Kushanshah
12/14/2022 8:28 pm
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First 2 coins are Northumbria 8 sided coins.
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Woman seated flat on ground with legs out left, holding an crocodile? (Just trying to get people thinking again on this one for the poster....)  Macedonian type Bow Case?  |
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LOL. Thanks for trying to help!
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Just trying to get people thinking again on this one for the poster.... You succeeded, Joe. I've suspected from the start that one side was a cult figure standing left, wearing a kalathos, and that the other side was a prow. Just gave it another shot, leaning quickly toward Samos - and, specifically, the Samian Hera cult statue. Led me to this: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1139A |
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For comparison. OP coin at bottom.  |
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You are simply amazing Bob.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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I have to say that I am very impressed. I was having difficulty even figuring out what the images on the coin might possibly be! Many, many thanks. I have two others that I am still having no luck with, even though they have some script that I expected would have made them easy to identify. But no luck so far. The first is 5.3g and about 18mm depending on which direction you measure it. One side has writing and an image at the bottom that appears to be an animal. The writing appears to say "LTYNOY" "CYOYNO" and "CPY" on three separate lines. The other side is indecipherable to me. The second is in rough shape. It is 3.6g and about 15mm. It appears to say "COP" at the top with an image under it. The other side looks like a bust.     |
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And the Zeus/tripod coin may be from Dyrrachion, Illyria.
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Many thanks again! In years gone by all of these would have likaly sat unidentified for years. It really is amazing what a network like this can do.
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