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Pillar of the Community
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One side reminds me of this coin from Carthago Nova, attributed to Hannibal:  This is ANoobs coin, recently featured in the Carthage thread. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I would love to have a go at cleaning that coin up a little. Ben you have a great imagination!
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Pillar of the Community
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P.P. - Careful what you wish for. It might come true!
I don't want to pre-empt what anyone else may be thinking, but I am thinking maybe Kushan?
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Pillar of the Community
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Im not seeing anything Kushanesque on it. Do you know where it came from?
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Pillar of the Community
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I can "see" something in nearly every picture, nothing that convinces me though.
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Pillar of the Community
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Side 2 2nd picture Lion eating a dead soldier and rat  Edited by pishpash
08/27/2014 08:40 am
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Pillar of the Community
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I keep thinking I can see Nike. Also (in green) looks like the end of a thunderbolt.  Edited by pishpash
08/27/2014 08:38 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Crocodile catching a frog?  |
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This is like a pre-modern psychoanalytical technique. "Tell me, Anastasios. What do you see on this coin?"
Also, the green at the end of the thunderbolt look like feet to me.
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Pillar of the Community
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This is a bit like making pictures by staring into the flames of an open fire. It might be that we have a janus head:  Would that mean that we are looking for a prow on the other sied? |
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Well, I turned this 90 degrees to see if I could see a prow, now all I can see is col nem so I am giving up. You will just have to send it to me....  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Curiously like Ben I thought I saw a Carthaginian AE. But while he saw Tanit somewhere in that 'rorschach' design I was seeing the head of a horse !
Perhaps we are just opposite sides of the same coin.
Looking at the shape and texture of the flan I am now discounting the Carthaginian idea.
It looks rather crude and a bit thick to boot so I am inclined toward the 'BC' period
What the flan does remind me of is a very corroded Republican bronze circa 200BC.
My best guess would be head of Janus with prow on reverse
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Pillar of the Community
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Perhaps I am just thinking of this  |
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