15-08-2017, 08:30 AM
The difference with usual cases of pareidolia is that here you get very specific facial features, combined with the appropriate floral components in the appropriate place. Only in the VM the part with the berries is longer because it needs to span the text. In the below image I just chopped out the middle section.
The layout is always the same: old drunkard's profile on the left side, berries on top, vine on the right.
I've also just noticed that quite a number of these Pantikapaion coins have been countermarked with an eight-pointed star (see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ). When a coin is countermarked, is has "some additional mark or symbol punched into it at some point during its career as a circulating coin." This is usually done for political reasons, for example when there is a new ruler, or when a currency is accepted as valid in a new country.
![[Image: nPX7g2GrNHz85BmcKyw6fT3648AiEe.jpg]](https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/9/N/5/nPX7g2GrNHz85BmcKyw6fT3648AiEe.jpg)
What this implies is that the life span of these coins was extended and/or they had a relatively wide area of circulation.
The layout is always the same: old drunkard's profile on the left side, berries on top, vine on the right.
I've also just noticed that quite a number of these Pantikapaion coins have been countermarked with an eight-pointed star (see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ). When a coin is countermarked, is has "some additional mark or symbol punched into it at some point during its career as a circulating coin." This is usually done for political reasons, for example when there is a new ruler, or when a currency is accepted as valid in a new country.
What this implies is that the life span of these coins was extended and/or they had a relatively wide area of circulation.