Notes on two Imperial Image obverse types: The falconer and the seated couple

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2015-09
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Woods, David
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The ''falconer' on the obverse of a group of Arab-Byzantine coins attributed to the pseudo-Damascus mint derives from a depiction of a 4th-century emperor holding a phoenix-surmounted globe (as does the 'falconer' on Anglo-Saxon sceattas). The seated couple on the obverse of the Arab-Byzantine coins from Scythopolis may have been intended to depict the Tychai of Scythopolis and a second town, probably Gerasa.
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Coinage , Falconer , Arab-Byzantine , Sceatta , Pseudo-Damascus , Scythopolis , Gerasa , Phoenix , Tyche
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Woods, D. (2015) 'Notes on two Imperial Image obverse types: The falconer and the seated couple', in Oddy, A., Schulze, I. and Schulze, W. (eds.) Coinage and History in the Seventh Century Near East, 4: Proceedings of the 14th Seventh Century Syrian Numismatic Round Table held at The Hive, Worcester, on 28th and 29th September 2013. London: Archetype Publications, pp. 137-50.
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© 2015, David Woods.