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Message:: [QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 7926817, member: 112852"][ATTACH=full]1369951[/ATTACH] Hello! I am wondering if someone can identify this coin for me.  I bought it entirely unattributed. I take it to be bronze, and about 19 mm in diameter. On the obverse, I see a very hairy man's head, facing right, and he seems to have a nose that bends down just in time to make it on the flan. On the reverse, I thought I saw a lion's head with its mouth open, facing left.  But I turned the coin until I came to the angle above.  Here I seem to also see a very hairy man's head, facing right.  Where I would expect a laurel wreath to be, I can very clearly make out one or two Greek letters, and I believe I can see one or two others as well.  The following are possibilities: M - PH - I - T M - PS - I - T M - PH - P (i.e. pi) M - PS - P (i.e. pi) I really have no idea where this coin comes from, but I am sort of assuming that this coin belongs to the Hellenistic period (maybe Ptolemaic Egypt?).  As you can see, I'm basically guessing rather wildly. Any help that anyone can give me would be most appreciated!  Thank you very much![/QUOTE]