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Offline Pericles J2

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Unknown small coin
« on: January 15, 2022, 11:53:15 pm »
Hey guys, here is a curious one, I've been trying to identify this little one without success, I just found tons of similar coins with the inscription ZMYΡ-NAIΩN, but I'm not so sure about this inscription on my coin. Please help me folks ;D

Length: 9.5 mm
Weight: ???

Thank you!!!
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Offline Mark Fox

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Re: Unknown small coin
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2022, 01:54:18 am »
Dear Pericles J2 and Board,

Your coin is a very fascinating civic type from possibly Ekbatana in Parthia! 

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3709965

This exact same type was mentioned in my interview with the late Rev. Richard Plant in the March 2010 issue of The Celator (on page 22):

http://community.vcoins.com/themencode-pdf-viewer-sc/?file=http://community.vcoins.com/thecelator/The-Celator-Vol.24-No.03-Mar-2010.pdf&settings=001110111&lang=en-US#page=&zoom=auto&pagemode=

Hope this helps.


Best regards,

Mark Fox
Michigan
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Offline Pericles J2

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Re: Unknown small coin
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2022, 10:29:39 am »
Oooh thank you very much Mark, this looks exactly as the coin on my hands.
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