Amarmur Posted October 19, 2024 · Member Posted October 19, 2024 Looks like a Grumpy old Tyche and a strutting horse. Looks Roman Provincial to me. 18mm and about 3 grams. Thanks for your help! 1 Quote
ambr0zie Posted October 19, 2024 · Member Posted October 19, 2024 Adana, similar to https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=tyche+adana+horse&category=1-2&lot=&date_from=&date_to=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1¤cy=usd&order=0 3 Quote
JAZ Numismatics Posted October 19, 2024 · Member Posted October 19, 2024 (edited) I've seen that riderless horse with one foot raised on the coins of Adana in Cilicia. That might be a good place to start looking. @ambr0zie beat me to it. 🙂 Edited October 19, 2024 by JAZ Numismatics 2 Quote
HumbleScribe Posted December 31, 2024 · Member Posted December 31, 2024 I believe this is a Kushan bronze. Usually attributed to Vima Takto (see HGC 12, 177). Similar in the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_OR-290 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_OR-8996 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1843-0721-3 CNG E414, lot 343: Image: Classical Numismatic Group INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vima Takto. Circa AD 90-113. Æ Drachm (17mm, 4.07 g, 2h). Imitating Heliokles I of Baktria. Uncertain mint in the Surkhandarya Valley and Begram area. Diademed bust right / Horse standing left with foreleg raised; trace of tamgha on rump. Senior A22.2D; ANS Kushan 227-38; HGC 12, 177. VF, brown surfaces, rough. 2 Quote
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