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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikjo0, post: 166289, member: 3565&quot;]OK..I&#039;m back.I can&#039;t ID the second coin because of the darkness of your photo and the condition but I believe your third one is Greek c.200BC from Thrace,Odessos on the west coast of the Black Sea (now Bulgaria).It should measure 22mm.</p><p>The obverse is the head of Zeus and the reverse is a horseman on high prancing horse.</p><p>Here is a pic of a similar one.There are other examples showing the horseman throwing a spear or javelin and I think that could be what yours is.</p><p>Next morning:</p><p>I can&#039;t help thinking your second coin is a Thrace,Maroneia &quot;prancing horse&quot; c.400BC like the ones Bone and I have posted in the past.The horse looks identical in design with high head,tail and flanks,but yours is struck offset so the monogram that should be below the horse could be missing...just a guess.</p><p>The second best guess is that it&#039;s from Carthage,another region that put beautiful prancing horses on many of their coins...</p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/zeugitana/carthage/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/zeugitana/carthage/t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/zeugitana/carthage/t.html</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; see if you can match it.:smile[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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