Furryfrog02 Posted November 11 · Supporter Share Posted November 11 I won this coin a few days ago and didn't think too much of the attribution since I had seen several Severan provincial serpents from Thrace so just figured that's where it was from. There was no attribution that came with the coin besides "Antoninus Pius?" which was obviously incorrect. However, upon further inspection I realized that this was not in fact from Thrace but instead from Panemoteichus, Pisidia (var: Panemoteichos). The issue I am running into though is that I can't find much information on coins from the area. There are only 8 on wildwinds. 13 on RPC, and 15 on acsearch - many of which are the same ones on RPC. The problem is, none of them are my coin! I see that there is reference to H. von Aulock, Münzen und Städte Pisidiens I (Tübingen, 1977), II (Tübingen, 1979). There isn't an online copy of this and the few I see that sold were well over $100. Does anyone have that reference or know where I can see it digitally? I'd really like to properly identify it if possible. Here is my attempt at identification so far: Caracalla? AE28/16.98g Panemoteichos, Pisidia Obverse: [ ]CAP ANTΩNEINOC Reverse: [ΠANE]MOTEIXEITΩN [ ]AVKAN, coiled serpent with head left Any help would be greatly appreciated! 7 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted November 11 · Patron Share Posted November 11 I believe that is Caracalla, but I am stumped otherwise. Nothing with a serpent at RPC, Wildwinds, Asia Minor Coins, or acsearchinfo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted November 11 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 11 2 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: I believe that is Caracalla, but I am stumped otherwise. Nothing with a serpent at RPC, Wildwinds, Asia Minor Coins, or acsearchinfo. I checked CNG's page as well. They only had one coin from Panemoteichos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth77 Posted November 11 · Member Share Posted November 11 Maybe Abonoteichos for Antoninus Pius? The legend under the serpent is ΓΛYΚΩΝ. Sometime during the reign of Pius or early Marcus Aurelius the town changes it's name to Ionopolis so any legend reading [ΑΒΩ]ΝΟΤΕΙΧΕΙΤΩΝ has to be earlier than ca. 160-70. I think your coin is a combination of dies from RPC IV.1 5355 for obverse and a not in RPC Glykon to left reverse. Obv legend is likely [ΑVΤ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟ(Ϲ). Abonoteichos is actually where the "prophet" Alexander, the founder of the Glykon cult, was from, which is why the Glykon serpent is also named, perhaps by late 140s to 150 the cult had already become the main symbol of the town. A wonderful coin and no doubt also rare. 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted November 11 · Member Share Posted November 11 I think the coin is indeed Pius from Abonoteichos and a variation of https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4881 Snake with head left like yours - https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10920908 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted November 11 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 11 Holy cow @seth77! Way to go! I don't think I would've ever figured that out. I was so confident in my attribution and none of it was correct in the slightest. Thank you again. Now I can read about Abonoteichos which I've never heard of before. I love Roman provincial coins but I have so much to learn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted November 11 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 11 Well, the portrait does not look like Antoninus Pius but who can tell sometimes with provincials? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted November 11 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 11 6 minutes ago, Ancient Coin Hunter said: Well, the portrait does not look like Antoninus Pius but who can tell sometimes with provincials? Now that I know what I'm looking at, I can see it...but without knowing what I was looking at at first, I could've sworn it was Caracalla. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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