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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 7927461, member: 56859&quot;]Oooh, that&#039;s a toughie.&nbsp;&nbsp; The obverse facing portrait looks feminine... so it&#039;s probably Apollo <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Could be someone else though:&nbsp; Larissa, a nymph, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>At first I thought the reverse was a rose but I don&#039;t see any tiny Rhodes bronzes with a facing portrait so perhaps not.</p><p><br /></p><p>I tried rotating the reverse different ways-- maybe not a rose... but what?&nbsp; Could it be a mussel?&nbsp; Grynion issued tiny bronzes with Apollo facing obverse + mussel reverse although the ones in archives show Apollo facing slightly left.&nbsp; That may or may not rule it out.&nbsp; Looking at the reverse again, it&#039;s probably not a mussel so scratch Grynion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tried another tact:&nbsp; AC search with terms &quot;AE 10mm facing&quot;.&nbsp; That gave an interesting list of candidates and I think this may be your coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/2070165.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>AEOLIS, Larissa Phrikonis. 4th century BC. Æ 10mm (1.00 g, 5h). Horned head of female facing slightly right / Bull’s head facing slightly right. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; Weber 5563. VF, dark green patina.</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=138196" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=138196" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=138196</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another CNG example (old auction; image is small)</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/590456.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=15667" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=15667" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=15667</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yours:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1370095[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I see a horn on the obverse figure <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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