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#1
Islamic world / Re: Need help identifying Silv...
Last post by Figleaf - May 17, 2024, 11:07:29 PMHey Kimo, you have just been promoted from client of the A-team to part of the A-team 
and I have never seen that happen so quickly. Are you sure you're not AI software? 
Just a word on the shape of the flan. What happened is that the metal was rolled into a sausage-like shape. However, it was just a tad too cool. As a result, the metal roll looked a bit squarish. The minters sliced off the flans like you'd do with a salami. That's how the pillow shape came about. You'll get relatively dumpy flans with this method, but it's efficient enough to be still in use centuries later.
Peter
and I have never seen that happen so quickly. Are you sure you're not AI software? Just a word on the shape of the flan. What happened is that the metal was rolled into a sausage-like shape. However, it was just a tad too cool. As a result, the metal roll looked a bit squarish. The minters sliced off the flans like you'd do with a salami. That's how the pillow shape came about. You'll get relatively dumpy flans with this method, but it's efficient enough to be still in use centuries later.
Peter
#2
Unidentified coins / Re: another difficult ancient ...
Last post by THCoins - May 17, 2024, 09:57:23 PMInteresting ! Great expose, thanks JMP !
#3
Unidentified coins / Re: Another Help to identify ...
Last post by JMP - May 17, 2024, 09:54:29 PMSorry Sandro, after all I think the CONSTANTIUS is the right coin.
At first sight, I thought I could read "TANS" on your coin, but comparing now with the two specimen above, I realise it must be "TIUS" what one can read as remaining letters on the obverse.
Errare humanum est, especially when we talk Roman coins
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At first sight, I thought I could read "TANS" on your coin, but comparing now with the two specimen above, I realise it must be "TIUS" what one can read as remaining letters on the obverse.
Errare humanum est, especially when we talk Roman coins
! #4
Coin characteristics / Re: Pictorial coin designs wit...
Last post by <k> - May 17, 2024, 09:35:07 PMLatvia, 2 lati, 1992.
Latvia, 2 lati, 1999.
#5
Unidentified coins / Re: another difficult ancient ...
Last post by JMP - May 17, 2024, 08:23:33 PMGood so far!
But what about the numerals ? The 50 ? The 20, 20, 10 ? Where to find thém ?
Certainly not in the Punic alphabet, as the www tells us in the overview here above.
Maybe on Ibiza they used Punic letters and Phoenician numerals ?
Bingo! That was it:
But what about the numerals ? The 50 ? The 20, 20, 10 ? Where to find thém ?
Certainly not in the Punic alphabet, as the www tells us in the overview here above.
Maybe on Ibiza they used Punic letters and Phoenician numerals ?
Bingo! That was it:
#6
Unidentified coins / Re: another difficult ancient ...
Last post by JMP - May 17, 2024, 08:13:25 PMON THE COIN ITSELF:
Of course, when I mentioned here that the legend on the pieces reverse was 'IBSHM and 50 it was copy/paste info from other numismatic sites which had such a coin for sale.
But the script was tantalising me and I had to know for sure if that info is correct.
So, to start with: which script do we see on the coin?
Certainly not the Phoenician: 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤌, ʾybšm of the Wikipedia text here above.
And Punic was a monumental script. But Neo-Punic was a cursive script and our coin was struck during the period this script was in use. So, let's verify:
Neo-Punic gives us cleanly ' Y B SH M (= Ibiza) as result, starting with the mute letter ':
Of course, when I mentioned here that the legend on the pieces reverse was 'IBSHM and 50 it was copy/paste info from other numismatic sites which had such a coin for sale.
But the script was tantalising me and I had to know for sure if that info is correct.
So, to start with: which script do we see on the coin?
Certainly not the Phoenician: 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤌, ʾybšm of the Wikipedia text here above.
And Punic was a monumental script. But Neo-Punic was a cursive script and our coin was struck during the period this script was in use. So, let's verify:
Neo-Punic gives us cleanly ' Y B SH M (= Ibiza) as result, starting with the mute letter ':
#7
Coin characteristics / Re: Monometallic coin types th...
Last post by <k> - May 17, 2024, 08:00:40 PMFalkland Islands, 1 pound, 1987 and 2020.
#8
Unidentified coins / Re: another difficult ancient ...
Last post by JMP - May 17, 2024, 07:54:33 PMThis coin, which is of the kind a forum gets rarely on screen, deserves more than a bare identification.
Let us start with this:
(The bold type is Wikipedia, te normal type is my own comment).
Let us start with this:
(The bold type is Wikipedia, te normal type is my own comment).
#9
Coin characteristics / Re: Monometallic coin types th...
Last post by <k> - May 17, 2024, 07:41:59 PMSt. Helena-Ascension, 1 pound, 1984.
St. Helena-Ascension, 1 pound, 2022.
#10
Unidentified coins / Re: Another Help to identify ...
Last post by JMP - May 17, 2024, 07:00:45 PMHere is a CONSTANS !: