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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2718226, member: 56859&quot;]Oooh, that&#039;s going to be a tough one to nail down. </p><p><br /></p><p>Best guess for obverse:&nbsp; Apollo (he usually looks more feminine than the female deities <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; it does look like a prow but given the wear, it could be part of some other device.&nbsp; Dunno.&nbsp; Could it be the tail of a shrimp, such as on coins of Priapos in Mysia (tiny bronzes, head of Apollo obverse)?&nbsp; Could it be a mussel, such as on the tiny bronzes of Grynion, Aeolis, which also have head of Apollo obverses?</p><p><br /></p><p>A quick pass through the usual data bases with various key words didn&#039;t give many possibilities.&nbsp; I&#039;ll try again tomorrow if no one else has offered some possibilities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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