cf. NAC 114, Lot 114 (in about vf | SFR 2.000+ 21% | Abbreviations
BMC - | Babelon, Traité - | Tziambazis – Six, NC 1895, pl. VII, 17. | SilCoinCy A1107 Zapiti & Michaelidou 2 var. (no symbols in field on rev.) Asyut pl. 32, N-O var. (same) | SNG Copenhagen Supp. 625 E.S.G. Robinson, ″Greek Coins Acquired by the Briti
20.00 mm
weight 10,88gr. | silver Ø 20mm.
obv. Ram walking left, upon which an ankh symbol is superimposed rev. Laurel branch with bud at top, and a leaf and fruit on each side anchor to left, ankh symbol to right all in dotted square within incuse square
Struck from a heavily worn obverse die, which is standard for the issue see H. Troxell and N.M. Waggoner, ″The Robert F. Kelley Bequest,″ MN 23 (1978), pp. 33–6, for an examination of this coinage. The obverse die was used to strike three different issues, all with different reverses. These were struck in succession, with the present type belonging to the third issue, when the ankh was engraved over the ram, and the obverse die was in a heavily worn state. The present variety, which adds subsidiary symbols to the fields on the reverse, is apparently unpublished.
The bull and the Ankh symbol are particularly seen in the Paphos coinage. Therefore this is the most likely mint for this interesting coin type. cf. NAC 114, Lot 114 (in about vf | SFR 2.000 + 21%)BMC - | Babelon, Traité - | Tziambazis – Six, NC 1895, pl. VII, 17. | SilCoinCy A1107 Zapiti & Michaelidou 2 var. (no symbols in field on rev.) Asyut pl. 32, N-O var. (same) | SNG Copenhagen Supp. 625 E.S.G. Robinson, ″Greek Coins Acquired by the British Museum, 1938-1948″ in NC 1948, 5 var. (same) RRR Usual crude obverse strike, but very attractive reverse. Extremely rare. vf
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