Ok I may be wrong, but I have a similar Æ12 from Thrace that has Apollo on the obverse and Nike on the reverse. To me, the obverse portrait is Zeus and the reverse is Apollo. I was just on a page talking about this sort of thing so please go and compare your coin here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coins-with-lyres-musical-instruments-p.356306/
Thank you very much. But there I did not find such a coin in the sense of letters and words. I will be glad for any opinions on this coin.
Hi @Pascha, The reverse legend states Hierapolis. See for comparison https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3684362 .
Hi Broucheion, Thank you very much for your help. Judging by the fact that there is only 1 such coin, apparently it is rare?
Being that Greek coins were minted by individual city states, one could argue that just about any ancient Greek coin--well, except for the Athenian tetradrachm--is rare. There are very, very few ancient Greek bronze coins that still survive today in quantities of more than 100 or so. Imagine trying to buy a US coin with a population of 100. That being said, you can get some idea of a coin's rarity by searching for it on sites like acsearch.info and vcoins.com. But keep in mind that for most Greek bronzes, condition is usually a greater determinant of value than rarity.
Yes you are right. there are very few copper Greek coins. And small coins of this period are extremely small-rare. In general, it is a miracle that small ones are found in the ground and they are decently preserved.
