Assistance Required to identify this coin, please.

This coin is AE19mm., and 4.86gm.
The obverse appears to show a 'Laureate' head (R.).
The reverse appears to show a 'Tripod' with (?) on top, and 'VI' (or an animal walking (R.) in the left field and an 'arrowhead pointing upwards (?) in the right field.
Any assistance is appreciated.

 

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Herion ll ??....

 

My "gut" reaction is Hieron II of Syracuse (270- 215 BC), his most common coin resembles this.

 

@Parthicus But most of his 'Tripod' (and 'Trident') coins have him facing left (and not right)?

 

I don't think that's a trident, but a tripod lebes. I'd try searching Kore or Soteira and tripod or lebes.

 

@Roman Collector Thank you for your comment. I have (now) checked those as well as Mysia and Bruttium, and Syracuse in Sicily, without success.

 

I have a somehow similar coin that I could never identify :



When I posted it I was told it might be :

Smyrna, Ionia, AE13. ca 3rd century BC
Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev: [ZMAURN] APOL to left and right of tripod altar.
Magistrate: Appolodorus,
2.3 gr
Ref : Sear 4570 var

Maybe a path to investigate ??

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Could the obverse image be "Helios"?

Here I have a "Helios / Rose" coin from my collection. The obverse image has a resemblance, don't you think?

 

It's the laureate bust of Apollo, who is frequently paired with a tripod, as that was one of the ritual implements of his cult dating back to the Delphic oracle. My guess is Sicily, Tauromenion (or Tauromenium). Apollo can face right or left on these issues.

 

@John Anthony Thank you John. I will follow that up.

 

Well, I could be completely wrong in my ID. Greek is really not my strongest area of numismatic knowledge. And it sounds like the reverse is actually a tripod, not an upside-down trident as I had guessed.

 

Seleucid Kings, Antiochus II Theos, 261-246 BC, Sardes mint
Laureate head of Apollo right
Tripod, anchor below
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7975426

 

@Sulla80 Could it be Antiochus II Theos? It certainly goes close.
But didn't he have a pointed nose and 'dots' around the border of his portrait?

 

The portrait seems a decent fit to me:

However, the absence of legends makes me question Antiochus II. There square blocky style of your tripod with a suitcase handle at the top that also bothers me - maybe Bruttium? or a tooled reverse?

Bruttium, Petelia, late 3rd century BC, Æ , Laureate head of Apollo / Tripod

would be nice to have some trace of legend on your coin - lots of Apollo / Tripod options.

 

Here's another possibility:
Phrygia, Sanaos, circa mid 2nd to early 1st Century BC, magistrate AΠOΛ....
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo to right
Rev: ΣANAHNΩN / AΠOΛ Tripod

Although I think Smyrna fits better

Ionia, Smyrna, circa 125-115 BC, Æ
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev: Tripod
Ref: Milne, Autonomous 210; SNG Copenhagen 1124