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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 24944687, member: 128351&quot;]A simple hypothesis :</p><p><br /></p><p>You should search Lampsacus, c. 4th c. BC...</p><p>Your last coin has the Persian emperor on obv. (as on sigloi) and ΛAM on reverse. The 2 previous ones have a Λ in a circle. Even the association Hermes on obv. / caduceus on rev. exists in Lampsacus AE minute coinage.</p><p>The Persian king dates your lot before Alexander, so these coins date back to the 4th c. BC. Lampsacus was a Greek city located in Troas, and you know the provenance of your coins : Troas. This is what I call a real provenance...</p><p><br /></p><p>I could not find your coins in online databases. That&#039;s normal : online databases are mostly filled with coins from auctions, and this kind of minute AE coins rarely show up on auctions, for they are not sought after by collectors who prefer larger coins. You should try to find a scholarly work, an extensive catalogue of Lampsacus early coinage, if such a study exists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course this is a simple hypothesis. I&#039;ve never seen these coins before, but minute AE coins are often unpublished.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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