ID Help - Very thick coin

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by paschka, Jun 22, 2016.

  1. GinoLR

    GinoLR Well-Known Member

    Probably Seleucid. Could it be not a coin but a weight?
     
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  3. Curtis

    Curtis Well-Known Member

    Not a Roman coin.

    From Lydia, Sardes. That's Herakles on the obverse, Apollo on the reverse. The examples shown on ACSearch are better struck with more spread flans, so it's easier to see the wreath on the reverse, surrounding the image. But this is what most of them look like. (I've got a bunch of these little thick ones that came in group lots.)

    Notice the monogram in the lower-left of the reverse. (Always a strong clue that you have a Hellenistic coin.)

    Examples on ACSearch:
    https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=apollo+ae+herakles+standing+monogram+sardes

    See also the Wildwinds page, which lists a bunch of them for the various monograms if you keep scrolling or search:
    https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/lydia/sardes/t.html
     
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  4. paschka

    paschka Well-Known Member

    Yes
     
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