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Offline Robert

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Two faces, one eagle? What is it?
« on: May 23, 2023, 03:43:03 pm »
Hi, please help with identification this one curiosity. it looks like two different faces were minted on one coin. On the rewerse I was able to read two letters: ΙΩ right up to the eagle.
4,81 g, 19 mm.

Thank you!

Robert
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Re: Two faces, one eagle? What is it?
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2023, 03:45:48 pm »
photo of reverse
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Re: Two faces, one eagle? What is it?
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2023, 04:37:30 pm »
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Re: Two faces, one eagle? What is it?
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2023, 04:53:47 pm »
Fantastic double strike
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Re: Two faces, one eagle? What is it?
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2023, 05:40:03 pm »
Quote from: djmacdo on May 23, 2023, 04:37:30 pm
Overstruck!
I think so too, but where is this coin from?
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Re: Two faces, one eagle? What is it?
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2023, 05:40:51 pm »
Quote from: Nathaniel N2 on May 23, 2023, 04:53:47 pm
Fantastic double strike
Thank you! I like it too 😊
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Offline Robert

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Re: Two faces, one eagle? What is it?
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2023, 12:20:40 pm »
Any ideas? somehow it doesn't fit with anything.  ???
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Re: Two faces, one eagle? What is it?
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2023, 12:51:34 pm »
There are types from Syracuse where you have a ΣIΩ as part of the legend, as on the coin here, and a similar eagle:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9624911
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8963367

and there are overstrikes:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9851056
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8954498

Perhaps this is an idea  :-\.

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Altamura
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Re: Two faces, one eagle? What is it?
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2023, 01:23:16 pm »
Quote from: Altamura on May 24, 2023, 12:51:34 pm
There are types from Syracuse where you have a ΣIΩ as part of the legend, as on the coin here, and a similar eagle:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9624911
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8963367

and there are overstrikes:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9851056
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8954498

Perhaps this is an idea  :-\.

Regards

Altamura

Thank You very much Altamura. Yes, the reverse fits, now I noticed that can read one more letter ΣΙΩ, so it's Syracuse (I had this version earlyer too). Only the weight is some wrong. With an eagle there are litras from 6.8 g upwards to 11 g, my coin is only 4.8 g. Is it possible that on a smaller coin in terms of weight and nominal value strike obverse and reverse from a larger one? I think firstly it can be:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5745897

What do You think?
Robert
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Offline Robert

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Re: Two faces, one eagle? What is it?
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2023, 02:24:54 pm »
I managed to take a photo where you can see
what I think is part of the reverse of understrike and it is similar to part of the tripod.
What do You think?

Greetings from Warsaw,

Robert
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