Can you tell us anything about it? I'm sure some here already know what it is but some attribution/historical background is always appreciated. Unless you are having us guess what your coin is?
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=409738 AETOLIEN DIE BRONZEPRäGUNG No.: 554 Schätzpreis/Estimate: EUR 65 d=17 mm Hemiobol, 220-205. Apollokopf mit Lorbeerkranz n. r. Rv. AITW-LWN Speerspitze n. r., darunter Unterkiefer des kalyd. Ebers; im Felde l. Traube, in der Mitte DW 4,42 g. / 4h. BMC 198, 54. Tsangari 947 b (dieses Exemplar). Braungrüne Patina. Av. leicht korrodiert. Sehr schön
what a cool reverse paschka! i didn't know exactly what i was looking at, and my two years of HS german didn't help me much..via google translate... "Rv . AITW - LWN spearhead number , including the lower jaw of kalyd . Ebers ; in the field l . grape , in the middle DW" it's an animal mandible...cool!
Apollo and a reverse with an animal mandible etc ?? That's the first I can recall seeing Cool coin!!!
Nice! => that's a great looking coin, paschka ... sadly, I don't have an example to post (yet) Oh, and I loved rrdenarius' Daredevil response (very clever ... yah, it does kinda look like him, eh?)
Dear colleagues, thank you for your opinion about my coin I am pleased. Mikey Zee, yes, it is lower animal's jaw-mandible. This is my unique coin? Why is it you liked so much?
PS. And wondering what all the rare and unique varieties of this coin were sold in one day and at one auction which means that u have had one owner. Question: Where did he get so many coins that are unique to an instance of a http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?similar=409738
The reverse with the mandible seems quite unusual to me and I hadn't noticed one before---but each and every day I realize I haven't seen or noticed any number of ancient variations of coins and the more unusual, the more I like them!!!
Avers. Sorry for the bad picture with sharpness. From camera charger was gone so I photograph with a mobile phone
The upper coin probably fits this description: http://www.forum-numismatica.com/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=94903 SELEUCID KINGDOM -- Antiochos VIII Grypos (121-97/6 BC ) AE-18. Minted 121-111 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. Obv.: Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VIII right. Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ Eagle standing left, sceptre over shoulder. Symbols in exergue, monogram to left (off flan this example). Reference: Hoover HGC #1212. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=21532&pos=4 http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=3689&pos=11 I would be grateful for your opinion on this coin I defined it correctly? Or I was not depicted as Atntioh can Apalon oozes Zeus?
