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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3831281, member: 75937&quot;]It doesn&#039;t matter what it&#039;s worth -- in this case, very little because its patina has been stripped and its surfaces are rough and corroded.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>There are many questions this coin raises beyond &quot;what is it worth?&quot;; for example:</p><p><br /></p><p>Which city/authority issued this coin and when? Where is this city? What role did it play in ancient times?</p><p><br /></p><p>Who is that depicted on the obverse -- a deity or a real person? If a deity, which one and what role did s/he play in Greek mythology? Is there some reason this deity appears on coins of this particular city? Is there a connection between the geography and the mythology?</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a tripod on the reverse of this coin. What purpose did the tripod serve in ancient times? Why is it a common motif on ancient coinage? Does it say something about the purpose of this coin? </p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>THESE are the kinds of things that make ancient numismatics interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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