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<p>[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 4798800, member: 102653"]I just had this piece (mostly) ID'd thanks to some help in a Facebook group.</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1165284[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Troas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Troas" rel="nofollow">Troas, Alexandreia</a></p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 261-227 BCE</p> <p style="text-align: center">AE11 | 0.98g | 10.7mm</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Horse grazing left, AΛE above</p> <p style="text-align: center">Ref: Either SNG Cop 81-2 or 83-6? See this <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=734245" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=734245" rel="nofollow">ref</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Quick edit: I found <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/321634231342" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/321634231342" rel="nofollow">this listing</a> on eBay that seems to confirm the coin is SNG Cop 83-6 like one person in a FB group shared. The difference seems to be the lines and thunderbolt under the horse in 81-2 vs the plain horse with AΛE above. My type, the 83-6, was also struck in 302-301 BCE, a fair bit earlier than 81-2.</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Next: A recent identification or recent coin addition where you didn't know 100% what you were buying[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 4798800, member: 102653"]I just had this piece (mostly) ID'd thanks to some help in a Facebook group. [CENTER] [ATTACH=full]1165284[/ATTACH] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Troas']Troas, Alexandreia[/URL] c. 261-227 BCE AE11 | 0.98g | 10.7mm Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left Rev: Horse grazing left, AΛE above Ref: Either SNG Cop 81-2 or 83-6? See this [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=734245']ref[/URL]. [/CENTER] Quick edit: I found [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/321634231342']this listing[/URL] on eBay that seems to confirm the coin is SNG Cop 83-6 like one person in a FB group shared. The difference seems to be the lines and thunderbolt under the horse in 81-2 vs the plain horse with AΛE above. My type, the 83-6, was also struck in 302-301 BCE, a fair bit earlier than 81-2. [CENTER] [/CENTER] Next: A recent identification or recent coin addition where you didn't know 100% what you were buying[/QUOTE]
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