I am
writing here for a new member, and longtime collector, who has not managed to post
his question. However, he will be able to answer here himself.
Here's his text:Who knows this 11 mm, 2,05 g small Greek coin?
I asked at the
German Numismatics Forum, but nobody could really
help me.
At first, I thought the
head on the
obverse was
Hera, and the coin reminds me of a coin from Polyrhenion,
Crete, which Kuenker auctioned in 2008, but the
side with the bull's
head is different, because here are letters. (A (upper left), Φ(above the bull's
head), T and I (left), Σ (right)). Additionally, the
head seems to wear a
Petasos.
Altamura, you know him, speculated that the letters on the
reverse can be combined to ΦAIΣTI, for Phaistion, but nobody found a comparable example.
I
hope someone in this
forum can
help me.
Many thanks and best regards,
AS