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Abrincatui, Silver Stater, 1st cent. BC, lunar head right, cheek decorated with lyre or comet mot
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Abrincatui, Silver Stater, 1st cent. BC, lunar head right, cheek decorated with lyre or comet motif, rev. disjointed horse right with remains of charioteer above, class III, 6.37g/6h (D-T series 347, 2274; LT J6ff). Nearly very fine The mark or tattoo on the moon face is more often a triangle of pellets-in-annulets; a single pellet-in-ring with three tails is unusual. Normally found on the reverse, below the horse, this device is generally referred to as a lyre. McCammon, however, argues that, given the ancientÕs fascination with all things celestial, it may be the earliest representation of HalleyÕs comet which passed in 86 BC
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Abrincatui, Silver Stater, 1st cent. BC, lunar head right, cheek decorated with lyre or comet motif, rev. disjointed horse right with remains of charioteer above, class III, 6.37g/6h (D-T series 347, 2274; LT J6ff). Nearly very fine The mark or tattoo on the moon face is more often a triangle of pellets-in-annulets; a single pellet-in-ring with three tails is unusual. Normally found on the reverse, below the horse, this device is generally referred to as a lyre. McCammon, however, argues that, given the ancientÕs fascination with all things celestial, it may be the earliest representation of HalleyÕs comet which passed in 86 BC
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