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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2839989, member: 56859&quot;]Nice coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are you sure of the date of that coin?&nbsp; I think this type is dated although I can&#039;t discern the date in your scan (and I wouldn&#039;t be able to read the Phoenician date anyway but I know you are able to interpret Phoenician).&nbsp; The examples <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=marathos+cornucopia&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=4&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=marathos+cornucopia&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=4&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">I see on ACsearch</a>&nbsp; and <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&amp;searchQuery=marathos&amp;searchQueryExclude=&amp;searchCategory=0&amp;searchCategoryLevel=2&amp;searchCategoryAncient=True&amp;searchCategoryUs=True&amp;searchCategoryWorld=True&amp;searchCategoryMedieval=False&amp;searchBetween=0&amp;searchBetweenAnd=0&amp;searchDate=&amp;searchUseThesaurus=True&amp;searchDisplayCurrency=&amp;searchDisplayAsList=False&amp;searchIdStore=0&amp;searchQueryAnyWords=&amp;searchExactPhrase=&amp;searchTitleAndDescription=True&amp;searchDateType=0&amp;searchMaxRecords=100&amp;SearchOnSale=False&amp;Unassigned=False" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&amp;searchQuery=marathos&amp;searchQueryExclude=&amp;searchCategory=0&amp;searchCategoryLevel=2&amp;searchCategoryAncient=True&amp;searchCategoryUs=True&amp;searchCategoryWorld=True&amp;searchCategoryMedieval=False&amp;searchBetween=0&amp;searchBetweenAnd=0&amp;searchDate=&amp;searchUseThesaurus=True&amp;searchDisplayCurrency=&amp;searchDisplayAsList=False&amp;searchIdStore=0&amp;searchQueryAnyWords=&amp;searchExactPhrase=&amp;searchTitleAndDescription=True&amp;searchDateType=0&amp;searchMaxRecords=100&amp;SearchOnSale=False&amp;Unassigned=False" rel="nofollow">Vcoins</a> show a date of issue more than a century earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it is the date you believe, are you sure of Marathos&#039;s history at that time?&nbsp; I haven&#039;t researched it and am only asking.&nbsp; If it was under some type of Roman control during the striking of your coin, I&#039;m going to add it to the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-provincial-coin-cities-how-many-can-we-cover.300235/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-provincial-coin-cities-how-many-can-we-cover.300235/">Provincials by City</a> spreadsheet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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