This is a Greek Coin I bought...I wanted to have a Greek Coin, and the price was right...practically free. The fact that it's not attributed is only a minor detail, right? This is probably going to require some skill...I bought it from an ancient collector (and these are his images, used WITH permission) and it was not IDed... Ideally I'd like to find out when it was issued, where it was issued, and who issued it....but I am not going to hold my breath either! I wish us all luck on this one! (The cent is for size comparison)
Actually, the attribution is everything. Without the attribution, it is impossible to know what it is, and what the coin signifies. stainless
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1102&pos=0#Greece Epirote Republic, c. 234 - 168 B.C.Epirus remained neutral in the first two Macedonian Wars but split in the Third Macedonian War; the Molossians siding with the Macedonians and the Chaones and Thesproti siding with Rome. The outcome was disastrous. Molossia fell to Rome in 167 B.C., 150,000 of its inhabitants were enslaved and the region was so thoroughly plundered that it took 500 years for central Epirus to fully recover. 34658. Bronze AE 15, BMC Epirus p. 91, 51, aVF, weight 2.289 g, maximum diameter 14.9 mm, die axis 180o, Molossia? mint, obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse APEIRWTAN, thunderbolt; Epeirote Republic Before 238 B.C. AE 15 mm. Head of Zeus Dodonaios r., wreathed with oak / Thunderbolt. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/epeiros/SNGCop_106v.jpg
I'm hesitant to say that attribution is correct. The OP's coin shows so little detail, and there are so many diffferent types, it will be hard to tell - if even possible - what the full attribution is. for instance, it could be this one: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ca...9&fld=http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins/ stainless
I am working on learning these coins, I will continue. I typed in Greek coins in the web search and just looked at the coins
You folks are good.... Stainless, in the part you quoted, that was a joke It does appear to have been a thunderbolt on the reverse. It does seem to resemble the coin Cucumber posted! I will wait some more time to see if I get any more responces on it. But...I will point out that a member on the FORVM forum came up with the same basic design as Cucumber posted....I think that is a good sign towards possible attribution...And I am comparing the pictures and there do seem to be depressions in the face where the eye was, and also a lump behind the bust that COULD have been a quiver... It looks like the obverse was struck off center and that the chin and lips may have been basically cut off the coin...what do you think? So...we as a group have been able to figure out it probably looks a lot like the coin posted...but it's smaller and lighter. So, does that mean it would be from a different date? Or perhaps a different city state? Did they even use the same designs in different city-states? Or would it just have been a smaller denomination? Either way, Thanks!!
