Part of my ongoing purchase of an old chap's random collection. Latest batch of 30+ coins down to 6 I need help with please. Largest is about 20mm, smallest about 12mm:
My best guesses: Bottom right: Syracuse, Agathokles. Artemis, thunderbolt reverse. 'ΑΓΑΦΟΚΛEΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛEΟΣ'. Top middle: Neapolis. Nymph Parthenope, man-headed bull crowned by Nike reverse. Top left: (probably) Syracuse as well, Dionysios II. Griffin, prancing horse reverse. Bottom middle: Seleucid, don't know under whom it was struck.
Bottom Middle: Seleukos IV Philopator, obv bust of Laodike rv head of elephant left; tripod to right. SC 1318 or thereabouts.
My guesses for the remaining two: Top right: Herakleia https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4067745 Bottom left:Seleukid https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7173873
That is great - thanks all! I now have them all labelled. The only one that differed slightly when I went into Wildwinds was the top middle, which seems to be obverse Apollo rather than the nymph Parthenope. Great work!
The inscription reads Antioxoy which rules out Seleucus. In fact the OP belongs to a rather scarce and obscure ruler that was the son of Seleucus IV. You should also know this attribution is tentative according to Hoover and may change in the future. Here is my post on this ruler. Antiochus son of Seleucus IV Mint: Antioch on the Orontes Denomination C September/November 175 BC Obvs: Veiled diademed head of Laodice IV right. Dotted border. Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, elephant head left. Tripod outer right, control mark AT in exergue. Dotted border. AE serrate 17mm, 5.04g Ref: cf. SC 1371; HGC 9, 612(R2) control mark not listed Note: Unpublished
When I opened this thread I expected to see some "low grade Greek types". I think you underestimate this group ... they all look pretty decent to me, and are certainly not low grade.
Thanks for that! I suppose I see them as relatively low grade as many of the Roman coins that came with them are much better and easier to identify. Also, my usual collecting area is British milled coinage 17th to 19th century, where one expects to get very high grade coins most of the time.
