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<p>[QUOTE="AdamsCollection, post: 3878049, member: 104174"]Browsing Ebay for cheap greek ancients, and I stumbled upon this coin below. It was up for sale for 15$ including shipping. It had my interest because it wasn't identified in its listing, and I love coins like that it leaves the fun to me. Now, I could swear I was seeing a crab on the obverse of the coin, and I had no idea what the reverse was.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1024486[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1024488[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The crab is surrounded in a dotted circle. To me it was clear as day, now the reverse I have no idea, I started searching for dolphins and fish, but I think I found a perfect match, and no I have not even received the coin yet lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024489[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is from Akragas, Sicily. Circa 425-406 BC.</p><p>Crab facing, encompassed by dotted circle, Eagle head right.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no other information, but I was wondering if you guys had any input! The obverse with the crab is a pretty strong giveaway! I think I did good for 15$![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AdamsCollection, post: 3878049, member: 104174"]Browsing Ebay for cheap greek ancients, and I stumbled upon this coin below. It was up for sale for 15$ including shipping. It had my interest because it wasn't identified in its listing, and I love coins like that it leaves the fun to me. Now, I could swear I was seeing a crab on the obverse of the coin, and I had no idea what the reverse was. [ATTACH]1024486[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1024488[/ATTACH] The crab is surrounded in a dotted circle. To me it was clear as day, now the reverse I have no idea, I started searching for dolphins and fish, but I think I found a perfect match, and no I have not even received the coin yet lol. [ATTACH=full]1024489[/ATTACH] This is from Akragas, Sicily. Circa 425-406 BC. Crab facing, encompassed by dotted circle, Eagle head right. I have no other information, but I was wondering if you guys had any input! The obverse with the crab is a pretty strong giveaway! I think I did good for 15$![/QUOTE]
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