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As a guess I would say Greek rather than Roman. I don't think you will ever find out what it is unless you clean very carefully. If you are able to identify dirt under magnification you might just get lucky. But don't hold your breath.
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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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I would love to have a go at cleaning that coin up a little. Ben you have a great imagination!
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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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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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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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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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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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