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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3756077, member: 85693&quot;]I recently bought an undescribed lot of Greek AEs - 9 of them.&nbsp; I figured out 7 of them after a lot of random Google Image searches, ransacking acsearch, head-scratching and guessing.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To illustrate how little I know, I went from thinking this one was an Roman Alexandrian AE of Hadrian with a hippopotamus but finally figuring out it was a Spanish AE from Bolskan...still learning as they say.&nbsp; (It is a fat horse!&nbsp; Flip the reverse upside down and it looks like a hippopotamus, sorta.&nbsp; Or a bear.&nbsp; Or Sasquatch.):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006862[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Viola!</i>&nbsp; A hippopotamus!&nbsp; With a &quot;Greek&quot; legend at top. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006867[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the two that stump me and I need help with.&nbsp; The first&nbsp; appears to be Artemis or Europa is riding a bull (or a goat or a panther - I obviously don&#039;t know my coin animals).&nbsp; A horseman is on the left.&nbsp; The closest I came was a Caligula from Macedon, but mine are facing the wrong way.&nbsp; The wretched condition does not help matters.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t know (20 mm 5.57 grams):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006861[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006860[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one I am not even sure which side is up.&nbsp; May not be Greek.&nbsp; I have no clue (17 mm and 3 grams):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006859[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Any help will be greatly appreciated.&nbsp; Thank you![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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