Help For Attribution #1: Roman Provincial Ae23-Ae24, Turreted Bust Right, Countermarked (Solved!)

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paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 12/28/2024 12:29 am Picked up a decently sized lot of unidentified bronzes. I am going to do my best with them (already got two identified, I think) but otherwise I'm calling on the CCF detective squad. This coin is bronze, 23.6 mm, and 4.7g The obverse appears to have a turreted bust right, perhaps Tyche, with the hair either down or in a knot/bun There is a round countermark of some sort. Part of a legend is visible (BAN? HAN?) and there is a legend behind the bust but it's corroded. Reverse has a figure standing left holding something in (her?) left hand, the right hand outstretched There is more of a legend visible: YTAN? YTΩN? that appears to surround the reverse but that's all I can make out since the countermark disturbed the reverse there. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse 12/28/2024 4:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34462 Posts	Posted 12/28/2024 10:30 am This one is a head-scratcher. I wonder if the rev doesn't have Tyche holding a cornucopia? "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
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 12/28/2024 11:13 am That's my theory, but I haven't been able to nail it down to a specific attribution. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
Tanman2001 Pillar of the Community United States 4408 Posts	Posted 12/28/2024 3:43 pm I actually managed to ID this one pretty quick. Radiate bust obverse, deity holding cornucopia reverse, and the 7 visible letters on the reverse narrow it down to 1 type in RPC. Pseudo-Autonomous from Hierapolis, Phrygia. Time of Elagabalus 218-222 AD. Obverse: ΛΑΙΡΒΗΝΟC Radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos, right. Countermark: Mên standing facing, head l., holding sceptre in l. hand and pinecone in r., Α in l. field, Ν? in r. field (GIC 278) Reverse: ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia containing infant Ploutos and scales. RPC VI, 5469: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/5469 Edited by Tanman2001 12/28/2024 3:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 12/28/2024 4:30 pm Oh, that explains it! I was looking for Tyche-type coins since I associate that bust with Tyche. Thank you! Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34462 Posts	Posted 12/28/2024 7:55 pm Great work @tan! I enjoy trying to chase these down even if I don't always get very far. "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
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