Cilicia AR Obol - Zeus & Herakles, Impressive Engraving!

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Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 12/29/2017 3:23 pm Cilicia, Uncertain AR obol, 10mm, 0.74g 4th century BC Laureate head of Zeus right Head of Herakles right in lion skin SNG Levante 198 Can't find much info on this issue, but acsearch lists about a dozen other examples from their database. Report this Post to the Staff

moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 12/29/2017 4:20 pm And we've progressed since then? Beautiful work. Really amazing. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 12/29/2017 4:26 pm Nice one. I agree, amazing work at such a small scale. Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 12/29/2017 5:09 pm Great portraits ^^ I love this coin its definitely worthy of fruit. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/29/2017 7:37 pm Beautiful detail. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/29/2017 9:25 pm This coin gives light to the reason why a large proportion of collectors of ancient coins gradually come to prefer the Greek series. Hard to imagine how the Greeks managed to achieve this level of artistic and technical compentancy on a macro scale, over 2,300 years ago. Report this Post to the Staff
Justinokay Pillar of the Community United States 564 Posts	Posted 12/29/2017 11:37 pm That's a pretty coin. I like the loin cloak on herakles. Finn tricky question for you how do you tell apart the depiction of Zeus and Baal on coins since this coin comes from around the time when Baal was still depicted on coins? Report this Post to the Staff
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