Abdera, Silver Drachm Silver drachm Obv:– Griffin springing left. Rev:– GR-W-TH-S, laureate head of Apollo left in linear square, within incuse...
If it is silver then it would appear to be a Myring Tetradrachm similar to my coin below. It is a type that is faked though your coin doesn't...
I have no idea what it is but I am certain that it isn't ancient.
I have a few Athens tets though I don't have an almond eye type without a test cut.... yet.... I do have this slightly later one though......
Gotta love Gorgons...... Here are my lovely ladies! Apollonia Pontika, Drachm, SNG Cop 454 Silver drachm Obv:– Facing Gorgoneion, wearing...
Ugly because of a huge double strike.... [IMG]
There is a very small number of dies.
Nice indeed. I did consider a collecting theme on Ares coins at one point but it fell by the wayside as my collection went in different...
Here is a double die match to your other coin from WildWinds:- [IMG] Another obverse die match from WW [IMG]
Here is the record in question:- http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=44772
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I have seen them described as square pennant / spear
As an illustration of how these things can get slightly out of control....I have others, each with their own story..... Symbol variety – RRC 52....
Patience may well lead you to finding die matches now that you are looking for them. This one isn't mine but a double die match to our eagle....
Here are a few of my Papius.... Symbol variety – RRC -. Babelon -. BMCRR -. Dolphin wrapped around anchor / Hippocamp The only known example....
The following is a great resource on the L. Papius Griffon types:- http://www.bonannocoins.com/l_papius/l_papius_db.php it gives a range of...
The current theory is that there were 246 die pairs made and that CCXLVI was the last. There are not 246 die pairs documented to date with about...
I haven't treated myself to any Greek silver for a while and thought I would share the coin that brought me off the wagon. It isn't anything...
I have a variety of specialities within specialities.. As a fellow collector of the eastern denarii of Septimius Severus there are several...
Charles II Half Crown - 1671 (last 1 over 0) [ATTACH]
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