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Antigonus with retrograde inscription (GBC 483 - TJC 40)
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136 specimens listed
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THE 3 BEST SPECIMENS
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...."The inscription of this type is always retrograde" (Y. Meshorer, AJC Vol. 1 p. 159)
I. Goldstein suggests the reason for the retrograde, as follows: "This inscription style has isolated the letters of G-d's name on the second line. The letters thus arranged in proper form are forbidden to be struck on a mundane object such as a coin".
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1. H-483 obverse dies
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Die
O1: Composite
picture:
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Die O2
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Die
O3:
Yodh & He are combined into a monogram resembling to
a Aleph (type 1):
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Die O4
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Die
O5: Composite
picture:
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Die O6: First line: The letters Tau are inclined (45 degrees)
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Die O7
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Die O8
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Die O9
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Die O10: First line: The letters Tau are inclined (45 degrees)
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Die O11
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Die O12
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Die O13: Very small letters
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Die O14: Variety: On the 1st line, one of the 2 letters Tau (like a "X") is missing
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Die O15: (Same die on reverse too)
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Die O16: Variety: He is missing: Only Yodh on the 2nd line
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O17:
Variety: Yodh & He are combined into a monogram resembling to
a Aleph (type 2):
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Die O18: 2nd line: Yodh is quasi-vertical (type 1)
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Die O19
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Die O20: 2nd line: Yodh is quasi-vertical (type 2)
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Die O21
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Die O22
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Dies O23 & O24: 2nd line: the letter He is very small (no space enough)
The following specimens are showing two different dies probably cut by the same engraver
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Dies O25 to O30
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I also found the following specimens. But they are in too poor condition or too partial to be classified.
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I also found the following pictures but they are deformed:
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