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After enjoying the varied coins SteveX6 displayed and the many different commentaries and histories involved, I couldn't help putting on a coin that I want to see who can ID it.  The only person who can't play is JW. Who I told about it, although he might not remember when I picked it up. I will give you a hint though. It is before BCE. And remember I collect biblical's, so that might help, but maybe not, because it isn't you typical biblical. I think DVDcollector with his knowledge of ancient Greek coins might zero in on it, but it's not Greek. So here goes:   Good luck and like Steve's game, there is no prize except the knowledge gained. Edited by oxos
04/04/2012 4:42 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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It certainly looks imitative of Greek coins, but the crown on the portrait looks like sommething Herod the Great wore. I'll probably be surprised by the ID, unless I can figure out that inscription. |
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β'ΣΙΛΕΩΣ is half of the inscription DVcollector. If I give you the other half I think I will give it away. But it isn't in the Herod family.
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I know I'm gettin' old, but my memory is intact! And aw shucks. I can't play.
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Right--I made out the "king" part too--the hard part is the other half.  If not Herod, my other wild guess would be a Ptolemy. |
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Getting closer! Hint #2.....Same time period.
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Thanks for the hint...I'll need to give this some thought.
The Levant isn't an area I'm too familiar with.
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It's definitely an Antiochus. Can;t say offhand which number.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Antiochos...now I can read the inscription!  I knew I would get blindsided by the obvious.  |
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I think it might be this one but I'm not a 100%  |
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We have a winner! Nicely done Doucet!
Antiochus IV AE 15mm. 3.67 grams.
Ob: Radiate head of Antiochus IV, right in field behind a monogram, astragal border.
Rev:'ΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ β'ΣΙΛΕΩΣ, female deity seated left, on throne with high poles on back, seen in frontal view, her right hand out-stretched holds small winged Nike, left holding wreath, bird left at feet of deity border of dots.
First published by Barag as a coin struck at Jerusalem (it was listed as such when I bought it), but more recent evidence suggests that this coin was struck in Samaria.
Who was Antiochus IV? AKA, Antiochus Epiphanes or 'God Made Manifest'. Well, first he was a Seleucid king and in about 168 BCE he stormed Jerusalem, looted the Temple, killed thousands of Jews and forbade worship and religious traditions of their God and made the Jew's worship his gods. He would go as far as checking to see if the parents of new borns were circumcised as was their tradition. If they were, he had them all killed. However in 167 BCE, there rose up an old man named Mattathias the Hasmonean, along with his sons and waged a successful guerilla against the Seleucid's for about three years. Finally throwing their yoke off them. They liberated Jerusalem in 164 BCE and cleansed the temple and observed a festival for eight days. We know it now as the festival of Chanukah or Hanukka. Also known as the Maccabean Revolt, for Judah Maccabee who became the leader after his father Mattathias died. Maccabee meant the 'Hammer'. And this started the Hasmonean Dynasty. So there you go. The history behind the coin. Good work Doucet.
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BTW Doucet, that is it and a much better copy than mine.
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Must give credit where credit is do. Hendin, fifth edition, #1129. Sorry Dave!
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Interesting history too! I have heard about the Maccabean revolt before, but the coin gives it context.
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Posted 04/04/2012 5:09 pm
