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Gades: Anonymous (ca. 2nd century BCE) Æ As (SNG BM Spain 228; Burgos 1010)

Started by Quant.Geek, March 13, 2022, 02:27:40 AM

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Quant.Geek

As part of my Herakles collection, I wanted to get a decent Gades As depicting Melkart-Herakles.

Gades: Anonymous (ca. 2nd century BCE) Æ As (SNG BM Spain 228; Burgos 1010; ACIP 666)

Obv: Head of Melkart-Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress
Rev: Phoenician legend 𐤌𐤐𐤏𐤋 (MP'L) above and 𐤀𐤂𐤃𐤓 ('GDR) below; Cescent with central pellet, Phoenician 𐤀‎ (Aleph) and central pellet between two tunny-fish left
Dim: 11.11g

A gallery of my coins can been seen at FORVM Ancient Coins

Tirant

Much more than decent, legends are very readable, and those two fishes look fine as well. Overall, a very good piece.