Learn Something New: City-State Of Hatra, "barbarous" Antioch Imitative

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Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 09/05/2017 4:28 pm Trying to find some background info on the Gordian III Liberalitas antoninianus, and stumbled on a coin type I had never seen before: https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...r=0&company= Imitation of one of those S-C Antioch issues, but the SC is upside down, and the emperor is replaced by the ancient Mesopotamian sun-god Shamash! Hatra was a pseudo-autonomous city state that was tributary to Parthia, but resisted Sassanian rule right up until it was sacked in 240 or 241. I see a few listed on acsearch, and a few on Vcoins that sold for ~$250-300. No real point to this post except that I thought these were cool! Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 09/05/2017 5:13 pm First I've seen of this type also. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34427 Posts	Posted 09/05/2017 5:23 pm Freaky hair! "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 Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 09/05/2017 5:51 pm Must a had his finger in electric outlet! See always knew they had it before Ben told his son to go fly a kite! Hi ya all ancients! Report this Post to the Staff
Doctorwho2485 Valued Member New Zealand 292 Posts	Posted 09/05/2017 9:44 pm Awesome coins on that site. Would be very nice to have one of those ones with Shamash/Utu too. Shamash, (Akkadian), Sumerian Utu, in Mesopotamian religion, the god of the sun, who, with the moon god, Sin (Sumerian: Nanna), and Ishtar (Sumerian: Inanna), the goddess of Venus, was part of an astral triad of divinities. ... In this capacity he became known as the god of justice. Report this Post to the Staff
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Learn Something New: City-State Of Hatra, "Barbarous" Antioch Imitative