Finn235 Posted October 5, 2023 · Member Posted October 5, 2023 Picked up a few group lots to go through and got this interesting little thing I absolutely can't seem to ID. AE, 9x10mm, 0.56g Obv: Facing nimbate head, wearing robe(?) Cross over left shoulder? Rev: Very fat bull walking right, head facing? Perhaps flying Nike over? Obverse reminds me of something medieval, but the bull seems more Greek in execution. Can't get anything remotely close to this no matter what I search. Any ideas what on earth this could be? 5 Quote
Ryro Posted October 5, 2023 · Supporter Posted October 5, 2023 Looks to be a Jesus-icilian coin. I've never seen a coin, that I can recall with a cross and Nike flying over the bull. I wonder if someone disfigured it with that image of someone with a cross? 1 Quote
JayAg47 Posted October 6, 2023 · Member Posted October 6, 2023 Reminds me of the coins from silk route or the early Islamic coins that had portraiture. 1 Quote
Finn235 Posted October 6, 2023 · Member Author Posted October 6, 2023 15 hours ago, JayAg47 said: Reminds me of the coins from silk route or the early Islamic coins that had portraiture. Stylistically I can see parallels with Chach coinage, but it's far too small - I don't think I've ever seen any Central Asian AE under 16mm Quote
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