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Offline Timmy L

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Small Greek coin
« on: December 20, 2018, 11:06:06 am »
Does anyone have any idea on this coin? Or able to guide me in the right direction to Identifying it?

Thanks all!



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Weight around 2.5g (assuming my scale is accurate)

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Re: Small Greek coin
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2018, 11:18:19 am »
A Seleukid bronze, and a nice one, too, albeit a little off-center.

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Re: Small Greek coin
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2018, 11:46:26 am »
To my old eyes, it looks like a coin of Alexander Balas. Let's see what others think.
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Re: Small Greek coin
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Re: Small Greek coin
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Offline Timmy L

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Re: Small Greek coin
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2018, 02:59:40 am »
Lee this is very helpful. I have about 28 other bottle tops I need to ID so Im going to give it a shot

 

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