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Early Greek coin - Can anyone help with identification, please?
« on: September 25, 2014, 06:55:50 am »
I have had this coin for some time and I have been unable to identify it.
I am thinking 4th or 3rd century BC but more than that I cannot add. The coin is silver and is 8 mm in diameter, and weighs .9 gm.
Can anyone give me some input as to what they think this coin might be, please?
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Re: Early Greek coin - Can anyone help with identification, please?
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2014, 07:13:46 am »

Can anyone recognise the bust on the obverse?

Here are two new photos that might help.
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Re: Early Greek coin - Can anyone help with identification, please?
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2014, 07:34:36 am »
Your coin is a BI-Diobol from Methymna on the island of Lesbos: http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=266410

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Re: Early Greek coin - Can anyone help with identification, please?
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2014, 08:12:19 am »
A rare and interesting type.
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Re: Early Greek coin - Can anyone help with identification, please?
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2014, 06:41:45 pm »

Pscipio - You are a genius. A pure genius.

My hat is off to you. I don't know how you did it. Thank-you.

And so ends a long search (and another begins).
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Re: Early Greek coin - Can anyone help with identification, please?
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2014, 04:09:24 am »
It just takes experience. It's a pretty distinctive coin type. If you don't know the type, it's not easy to search for it, so it's no wonder you couldn't find it.
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