ID Help Request. Seleucid? Ptolemeic?

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  1. gsimonel

    gsimonel Well-Known Member

    Tiny bronze: 15 mm, 3.7 g.
    Obv: Right-facing bust
    Rev: Palm or date tree. Some writing on either side, but I can't make out any letters.
    Any ideas? Thanks for any help that you can offer. Unknown2.jpg
     
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  3. David@PCC

    David@PCC allcoinage.com

    Seleucid from Tyre but hard to make out whom it is on the obverse. I don't see a date so will be one of these.
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    Also Antiochus IV has 2 versions of this coin that are very Similar. Yours is on the heavier end also, but should be close enough to fit either.
     
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  4. gsimonel

    gsimonel Well-Known Member

    Thanks, David. You've given me a great head start. I think I might be able to use the writing on the reverse to determine which it is.
     
  5. David@PCC

    David@PCC allcoinage.com

    All 3 will have the same inscription. As far as I know, the only way to tell them apart is by the portrait.

    Edit: I should clarify, when I mean date I'm talking about a year not the fruit which can get confusing. None of these has a year printed.
     
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