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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1927458, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m on the wagon but placed a minimal bid on this little coin for reasons not extremely clear and having nothing to do with the marketing skills of the seller.&nbsp;&nbsp; No one else wanted it.&nbsp; The listing attributed the coin to Trierus which is a city unknown to history except for a couple coin types.&nbsp; The obverse horse looks Thracian in style and I read that those with known provenance tend to be found in that region.&nbsp; The seller listed it as an obol but, at .38g, it is a hemiobol.&nbsp; The seller&#039;s tag also said EF-40 and $345 proving one of us is delusional.&nbsp;&nbsp; Compared to others I see online, mine is more worn with better surfaces.&nbsp; Being perfectly centered is a fault since all of us would trade a little more at the bottom for a little space above the horse&#039;s head.&nbsp; The extra metal at the left confirms the denomination as a hemi shown by only half a horse. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]331941[/ATTACH] </p><p>Coins of this region from other cities often have four letters in the 4 part incuse reverse but some read around rather than left to right so we really do not know if the intent was TPIH or TPHI.&nbsp; References vary on that point.&nbsp; I prefer TPIHPOC as a guess.&nbsp; Everyone seems to agree that the next letter was an R but no one says why.&nbsp; Dates of the first half of the 5th century seem reasonable comparing to coins of other cities in the region.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>With some coins it is easier to know all that is known.&nbsp; This is not always an advantage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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