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makrihoria:
Could anybody help me on this one: It is an AE 16/18mm and 4.2gr in weight having  P A in Greek above the bull, found in Aisa Minor (Ionia or Mysia).

THANKS A LOT IN ADVANCE!

EmpressCollector:
Just a lead from an ANS search to look into further:

Dept.: G   Obj.Type: C   Reference:
Region: Mysia   Locality:    Mint: Parium  
Material: AE   Denom.:
Weight: 4.91   Size: 17   Axis: 5
Date: 0 / 0   Era:    Date on Obj.:
Category:    Person:    Dynasty:    Issuer:
ObvLegd:
ObvType: female hd. wearing cecryphalos r.
RevLegd:
RevType: bull stg. r.
PrevColl.:    FindSpot:
Color:    UnderType:    CounterStamp: yes
Publication:      Symbols:      OtherInfo.:
Preferred URL: http://www.amnumsoc.org/lookup.cgi?string=1944.100.43086

What's a cecryphalos??

Misanthropus:
I second that emotion--what is a cecryphalos?  At any rate, a beautiful coin!

sid:
Also spelled kekryphalos, a hairnet.

esnible:
If Parium, then perhaps unpublished!

(Nothing in my photo file, or Lindgren, or the volumes indexed by the ISEGRIM search engine.)

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