Greek small bronzes ID help?

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  1. Mike Margolis

    Mike Margolis Well-Known Member

    Here are a few more small Greeks I got from MA Europe but not what I ordered. They are for my fifth graders so I need some ballpark help with IDs and we will search wildwinds from there. Thank You! coin 1 and 2
    coinID56obv.jpg coinID56rev.jpg
    coin 3 and 4: coinID78obv.jpg
    coinID78rev.jpg
    coin 5: below
    coinID9obv.jpg
    coinID9rev.jpg
    Thank you all so much with your help. I know these should be easy common types for most of you all.
     
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  3. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    Coins 1 and 3: Lydia, Sardes. Apollo/club within wreath.

    Some examples

    Will check the rest of them but larger images might be helpful. I see some legends but it is so teensy tiny.
     
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  4. Mike Margolis

    Mike Margolis Well-Known Member

    awesome- Thank You TIF!
     
  5. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    2 is going to be some sort of Seleukid. Larger images might be helpful. Can you tell anything about the obverse figure? Could be a ruler, could be a god (Apollo, Artemis, etc). Reverse is probably Apollo seated on an omphalos, holding arrow and bow. You can make out a few of the letters of BAΣIΛEΩΣ (or however it is spelled for that particular issue). The issuer's name is lost on this coin (would be to the left on the reverse).
     
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  6. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    4- need better pictures (closer/higher resolution, in focus, and perhaps with oblique lighting to bring out whatever device elements remain).

    5- Obverse looks like Apollo, which fits with the lyre (or similar instrument) on the reverse.

    Apollo + lyre is a very common combo so if you only have those two search terms you'll have a lot of photos to check (ACsearch). Try adding size in mm to the search. Sometimes that can help. You may not be able to pinpoint this one's origin because of the common iconography.

    Better images + sizes may help.
     
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  7. Mike Margolis

    Mike Margolis Well-Known Member

    Yes Apollo on the omphalos I recognized so yeah Seleukid. The deal is I ordered some three small lots of 5 with obvious Alexander the greats- bow and club/Hercules, macedonian shields and a Pontus Medusa shield and got none of those from the dealer. So I will try harder on the images. Thanks again TIF
     
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  8. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    Cool coins!
    4 appears to have Herakles club within laurel-wreath. Though all I can make out on the obverse, that you have listed second, is a right facing head. Like @TIF pointed out, better photos appreciated.
     
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  9. Mike Margolis

    Mike Margolis Well-Known Member

    Thank Ryro! Yes I think 4 is an Alexander the Great issue just in poor shape. I will get better photos.
     
  10. David@PCC

    David@PCC allcoinage.com

    Hopefully this will help identify #4.
     
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  11. Mike Margolis

    Mike Margolis Well-Known Member

    Thank You David. We will use that in class. The students will love it.
     
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