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Offline Scott H4

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Need help identifying this greek coin
« on: July 05, 2021, 01:09:31 pm »
Thanks for the help!

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Re: Need help identifying this greek coin
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2021, 01:39:28 pm »
Something like this from Illyria

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1283903

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8248568

Lots of Different reverse legends and symbols on these.  Good starting point for you to find a match.

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Re: Need help identifying this greek coin
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2021, 01:44:22 pm »
This is a drachm from Apollonia in Illyria with the magistrate EKΦAΝΤOΣ on the obverse and ΔAMAΓEOΣ on the reverse.
Unfortunately I didn't find an example with an exact match for this magistrate combination, it seems to be quite rare  :-(.

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Re: Need help identifying this greek coin
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2021, 01:47:02 pm »
...
Something like this from Illyria

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1283903
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This is a stater, the coin here is a drachm  :-\.

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Re: Need help identifying this greek coin
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2021, 01:50:09 pm »
My bad! :)  was looking at devices not weight.

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Re: Need help identifying this greek coin
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2021, 02:32:20 pm »
This is a drachm from Apollonia in Illyria with the magistrate EKΦAΝΤOΣ on the obverse and ΔAMAΓEOΣ on the reverse.
Unfortunately I didn't find an example with an exact match for this magistrate combination, it seems to be quite rare  :-(.

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Worthy of grading perhaps? I really like this one out of the small batch i got in a trade.

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Re: Need help identifying this greek coin
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2021, 02:41:45 pm »
... Worthy of grading perhaps? ...
The preservation is not too good, perhaps grading would cost more than the value of the coin :-\.
And to be honest: In my personal view all this grading stuff is complete nonsense   :).

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Re: Need help identifying this greek coin - SOLVED
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2021, 02:54:43 pm »
Thanks for the quick help in identifying this coin! I'm not sure of the value, but hey, it's silver and I like it so into my book it goes.

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Re: Need help identifying this greek coin
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2021, 03:04:40 pm »
I finally found a reference for these magistrates :):

Olivier Picard and Shpresa Gjongecaj, "Apollonia et le monnayage épirote : le trésor de Bakërr", Revue numismatique, 6e série - Tome 157, année 2001 pp. 223-249.
On page 230 this type is describead as number 25: https://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_2001_num_6_157_2328
and depicted on plate XIV as numbers 82-85 (but the pictures are not really good  :-\): https://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_2001_num_6_157_2748
(you have to scroll down, a direct link to the pages is not possible  :().

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Re: Need help identifying this greek coin
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2021, 05:42:10 pm »
The preservation is not too good, perhaps grading would cost more than the value of the coin :-\.
And to be honest: In my personal view all this grading stuff is complete nonsense   :).

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Hi folks,

I completely agree.

I think SH4 should leave the coin "raw" (un-slabbed).

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Re: Need help identifying this greek coin
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2021, 06:15:07 pm »
... Worthy of grading perhaps? ...
And to be honest: In my personal view all this grading stuff is complete nonsense   :).

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Amen!

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