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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 2707170, member: 75641&quot;]Hello All,</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been rattling around the Seleucid pages on WW and Forvm for a while trying to make sense of these two coins.&nbsp; I would guess both are Seleucid, maybe Ptolemaic; one having double cornucopiae on the reverse and the other being a serrate AE with what appears to be a male portrait on the obverse and a Seleucid style reverse with possibly Artemis standing between the legends which run vertically on left and right.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is that when the legends are mostly complete I am able to transliterate the Greek into Latin then figure out the ruler and go from there.&nbsp; In these two cases, the first coin appears to have a portrait of Zeus on the obverse with no legends and the reverse seems to have legends to the left and right but they are indecipherable to me.&nbsp; I just do not have enough experience looking at these.&nbsp; I am trying to learn more about them hence the unattributed purchases, but it is time to admit that I am stuck.</p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of the problem of attributing for me is that I have a hard time searching appropriately.&nbsp; When I go to WW for example, I try to search for double cornucopiae but I have to do it with each individual ruler in both Egypt and Seleucid pages.&nbsp; The general search always turns up too many results.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Any advice on how to narrow down search fields, methods you guys use to go from a good guess to solid ID and help with these two AE is greatly appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sincerely, </p><p>Nick</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin one (4072 4073) is AE: 21.0 x 18.5mm.&nbsp; Appears to be head of Zeus, right, no legend on obverse.&nbsp; Reverse appears to be two cornucopiae with legends on either side, running vertically but indecipherable to me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin two (4082 (1) 4083 (1)) is an AE serrate 19.5mm.&nbsp; Appears to be a male head, not sure if diademed, but possibly, right, no legend on obverse.&nbsp; Reverse appears to be a standing figure of possibly Artemis, or Apollo, facing left, possibly holding arrow.&nbsp; Legends on left and right, running vertically.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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