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Offline Nicola T2

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Greek AR to ID
« on: March 16, 2021, 05:51:34 am »
Can anyone ID this coin? It appears to be possibly Bithynian or from Aeolis, Kyme. The obverse portrait is female. The reverse shows a horse standing right, front left leg raised and has the letters "BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ" in exergue.

Diameter - 17 mm
Weight - 3.6 g

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Nicola

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Offline Altamura

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Re: Greek AR to ID
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2021, 01:10:59 pm »
I don't find any coin with an Artemis on the obverse (you see the bow over her shoulder) and a horse with BAΣIΛΕΩΣ on the reverse.
Unfortunately I am not able to decypher the letters above the horse.
Besides of that the surface of your coins looks quite strange  :-\.

So I doubt that this is an authentic piece  :-\.

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Altamura

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Re: Greek AR to ID
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2021, 07:36:10 am »
Indeed, it shows all the indications of being a modern cast.
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Offline Risto K

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Re: Greek AR to ID
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2021, 08:13:43 am »
Quote from: Altamura on March 16, 2021, 01:10:59 pm

Unfortunately I am not able to decypher the letters above the horse.


Latin word CITIUS in Latin letters. Meaning FASTER in English.
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Re: Greek AR to ID
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2021, 09:23:48 pm »
To me it looks like Greek "Bitios," a Thracian chief.  Note the Basileus below--unlikely that half the legend is in Latin, half in Greek.  In any case, I think it is a cast.
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Re: Greek AR to ID
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2023, 12:33:29 pm »
Are the authentic coins with this design and legend?
The coin in this thread is a cast of a AE replica from Petar Petrov

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