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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 4491438, member: 111387&quot;]A first step in attributing ancient coins is to identify what figures/deities are being portrayed.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example,&nbsp; Doug has recognized &#039;Athena&#039;(commonly portrayed with a Corinthian style helmet) on the obverse of the coin on the right.&nbsp; On the reverse, a winged figure can be seen.&nbsp; &#039;Nike&#039; is represented here.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, with the clues of &#039;Athena&#039; and &#039;Nike&#039;, one can then begin to search databases of ancient coins to find a match.&nbsp; The additional aid of being able to read (and decipher) any legends is an additional clue.</p><p><br /></p><p>ΣIΔH (S)igma (I)ota (D)elta (E)ta&nbsp;&nbsp; TΩN (T)au (O)mikron (N)u</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So let&#039;s try the coin on the bottom left.&nbsp; I can see a female(?) figure on the obverse and a figure reclining on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The legend is sort of hard to read. I can make out the 1st letter as (O)mikron. I also can see what appears to be ?ΗΣΙΤ.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here, Wikipedia is one&#039;s friend.&nbsp; Look up ancient Greek cities starting with &#039;O&#039;. and ending ?ESIT?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_cities" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_cities" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_cities</a></p><p><br /></p><p>O?ESIT?</p><p><br /></p><p>Odessos perhaps?&nbsp; Let&#039;s give it a try.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure enough a (bronze)coin search brings up Thrace, Odessos.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=934303" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=934303" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=934303</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: Damn it [USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, You beat me to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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