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[Zeeuwsepiep]

I am starting to discover Greek coins, but am hopelessly lost with this one. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

[Britannicus]

Apameia in Phrygia, 2nd-1st cent. BC, with eagle over maeander pattern between caps of the Dioscuri. There are several examples (with different magistrates' names) illustrated in Wildwinds.

Francis

[Zeeuwsepiep]

Much appreciated Francis. How did you know where to look when I may ask?

[berserkrro]

The coin is well known and the reverse is clear enough for identification. Wildwinds is a good identification site, for me it was the first one I've used for many years. Now I try to querry acsearch as the first information database for identification, but wildwinds remain an excellent online ID tool.

[Britannicus]

Much appreciated Francis. How did you know where to look when I may ask?

Simple: In the days when I collected broader than I do now, I had one of these coins. Experience is a good first resource...
Normally I would then use a catalogue, but yesterday to save time I quickly checked on the internet. ISEGRIM is far and away the best site for Asia Minor, but it's in German; there are the old BMC catalogues, now available online on FORVM; once upon a time there were the CoinArchives, now alas of little use to ordinary collectors; and there are the useful (but still growing) identification sites like Wildwinds and acsearch, god bless them!

Francis

[archivum]

Actually Isegrim is available in both English and German, though not very transparent in either language:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=44094.0

[Britannicus]

SNGCop 168 Apameia, Phrygia. AE22. ca 133-48 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, in high-crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / APAMEWN, eagle alighting right on basis decorated with meander pattern, flanked by caps of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars, magistrate FILOKRATOUS / ARISTEOU below. SNGCop 168; BMC 104ff.

I see KRATOUS so this looks close but perhaps you will make out other legends.  Of course I have no idea how if/how many other names ended this way since I do not have a complete list.

I think I can see elements of FILOKRATOUS / ARISTEOU on this coin. And the listing in Münsterberg (Beamtennamen) doesn't offer any likely alternative:

http://www.snible.org/coins/library/muensterberg/phrygia.html

Francis