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Offline Nicola T2

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Help ID - 2nd coin
« on: February 16, 2017, 04:09:56 pm »
Good evening, any help with this one, please?
Thanks in advance,
Nicola

Weight: +-1g
Diameter: 9mm

Obv. Head of Athena right, wearing a helmet (?)
Rev. Horse prancing left (?) / hippocamp (?)

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Re: Help ID - 2nd coin
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2017, 03:33:06 am »
Solved, it's an Obol from Troas, Assos.

Obv. Helmeted head of Athena right
Re. Griffin sitting left

Nicola

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Re: Help ID - 2nd coin
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2017, 04:32:27 am »
It looks like a bronze coin though.
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Re: Help ID - 2nd coin
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2017, 10:25:38 am »
Andreas is right, this is definitely a bronze coin, not silver; and
I strongly doubt it is from Assos.

Whilst your obverse is, as you indicate, the head of Athena, the
reverse is virtually unascertainable with the image provided.

Try photographing the reverse again, using a couple of different
lighting angles, and that may show the relief better. The pitting
on the surface does not help much either!

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Re: Help ID - 2nd coin
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2017, 11:19:15 am »

I manipulated your picture, and I see letters  :Greek_Lambda: and  :Greek_Iota:

and some kind of amphora.

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Re: Help ID - 2nd coin
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2017, 11:30:02 am »

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Re: Help ID - 2nd coin
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2017, 01:41:32 pm »
Good work, Altamura!
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Re: Help ID - 2nd coin
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2017, 01:50:11 pm »
To be honest, I have one of these coins too. But I recognized it only after Pekka K turned it into the right orientation :).

Regards

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Re: Help ID - 2nd coin
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2017, 09:59:08 am »
Hello to all,
sorry my late answer, I was completely wrong!
Thank you very much for this perfect ID  :D

Best regards,
Nicola

 

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