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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4413004, member: 85693&quot;]Resurrecting this thread because I just got a coin from Nacrasa similar to the OP.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been buying little over-cleaned Greek AEs on the cheap off an eBay seller who doesn&#039;t describe them - I like the challenge of figuring them out.&nbsp; And it was a cheap thrill at $2.50.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is worn, over-cleaned and a bit bent, but it is my first portrait of Hercules with the burly, broken-nosed boxer look and the style is quite fine, in my opinion. </p><p><br /></p><p>Are there any other Nacrasa coins out there?&nbsp; I&#039;d never heard of the place before I started looking into this one.&nbsp; I wish I had a countermarked version like Pellinore&#039;s...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1107956[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Nacrasa, Lydia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 16</b></p><p><b>(c. 98-161 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Semi-autonomous</b></p><p><b>Markos Iounianos, Strategos</b></p><p>EΠI [CTΡA] MA[Ρ IOYNIA]NOY, Bearded head of Herakles right / NAKΡA[CI]TΩN, serpent coiled around omphalos, [head right].</p><p>RPC III 1812; SNG Cop 295.</p><p>(2.76 grams / 16 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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