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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2877030, member: 44316&quot;]I recently bought this <b>small</b> Greek AE. I don&#039;t collect Greek AE but it was cute so I bought it anyway:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]688737[/ATTACH] </p><p>10-9 mm. <b>Small!</b> 1.10 grams.</p><p>Bearded head right (sometimes identified with Poseidon)</p><p>Forepart of winged horse right. ear of grain below, letters 10:00-12:00 maybe ΛAM</p><p>Mysia, city of Lampsakos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many coins of Lampsakos have the &quot;Forepart of winged horse&quot; which is almost a characteristic identifier. But, finding a match for Greek AE can be very difficult. There is no one book that can serve to identify Greek AE, and no one book series is (yet) close to complete. It used to be you needed the 29 volumes of BMC Greek to have a good chance of finding a match for a Greek coin you owned. Then the 8-reprint volume of SNG Copenhagen (Danish) seemed better (with more photos) but they were far from complete too. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a start on the coin&#039;s ID:</p><p><br /></p><p>Type of Sear Greek II 3904, which is larger.</p><p>Hoover&#039;s volume including Mysia is not out yet.</p><p>BMC Mysia Lampsakos --, but 67 is larger and &quot;4th-3rd c. BC&quot;</p><p>SNG France 5 &quot;Mysie&quot; 1108 is similar but larger at 3.05 grams. &quot;4th c. BC&quot;</p><p>SNG von Aulock 1301 and 7403 are similar but larger (2.42 grams, 2.77 grams, and 15 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have found the type distinctly larger but not yet in this size. However, I have more reference works to look through. Years ago I complied a list of reference works I used for Greek AE. Maybe someone else will find it of use:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/GreekAE.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/GreekAE.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/GreekAE.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For example, it lists</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Kunker 133</b> (2007, Oct. 11-12) including the &quot;Friedrich Popken collection of <b>Greek bronze</b> coins&quot; HV. VHQP. 2553 ancients, all in color, many with enlargements in color.&nbsp; 809 very high grade Greek AE, 27 RP, 23 Celtic, 438 G, 178 RR, 670 RI, 8 DA, 149 Byz with some AE.&nbsp; [This might be the most beautiful catalog of Greek AE ever printed.] </p><p><br /></p><p>Greek AE tend to be inexpensive. Many are very rare yet lack a premium. There is a lot to like about Greek AE, but they never excited me. However, that catalog excites me. Over 800 nice Greek AE coins, most small but photographed both life-sized and enlarged, focusing on a theme for which good references are hard to obtain. For this theme I collect the catalogs even though I don&#039;t collect the coins!&nbsp; (By the way, Popken does not have the illustrated type.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I invite you to post some Greek AE and any citations you have for the types.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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