Posted 07/26/2016 10:50 pm
Very hard one. I think it might be a coin of Abydos, Troas. What can be seen of the reverse legend (upsilon-delta-eta) matches the alpha-beta-upsilon-delta-eta-nu-omega-nu sequence of Abydos reverses. Having said that, I can't find an exact match.
It's possible it's a mule or a type that's simply not posted online, to my knowledge. I think the obverse may be Severus Alexander. He issued Abydos AE's with back to back horse heads. However, assuming the OP coin's reverse is even showing animal heads at all (hard to tell), I think I see horns, more similar to Abydos reverses of Caracalla's that I'm familiar with, which show bull heads. Examples of both below, along with the OP coin, flipped.
I note that the CNG 229, 290 listing on Wildwinds' Abydos page shows a Caracalla with back to back bull heads (erroneously listed as stags, but similar to the Caracalla below), but the description calls the coin a variant, stating, "this rev. type for Sev. Alex." This suggests to me that Alexander Severus DID issue Abydos coins with the back to back bulls...and, if so, perhaps that's what the OP coin is. But I cannot find an example online. Links to Wildwinds sometimes don't work:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/..._229-290.txt
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/..._229-290.jpg
OP:
Severus Alexander:
Caracalla:
It's possible it's a mule or a type that's simply not posted online, to my knowledge. I think the obverse may be Severus Alexander. He issued Abydos AE's with back to back horse heads. However, assuming the OP coin's reverse is even showing animal heads at all (hard to tell), I think I see horns, more similar to Abydos reverses of Caracalla's that I'm familiar with, which show bull heads. Examples of both below, along with the OP coin, flipped.
I note that the CNG 229, 290 listing on Wildwinds' Abydos page shows a Caracalla with back to back bull heads (erroneously listed as stags, but similar to the Caracalla below), but the description calls the coin a variant, stating, "this rev. type for Sev. Alex." This suggests to me that Alexander Severus DID issue Abydos coins with the back to back bulls...and, if so, perhaps that's what the OP coin is. But I cannot find an example online. Links to Wildwinds sometimes don't work:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/..._229-290.txt
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/..._229-290.jpg
OP:
Severus Alexander:
Caracalla:
Edited by Kamnaskires
07/26/2016 11:00 pm
07/26/2016 11:00 pm
