Is this a Roman coin?

Hello all,

Any help appreciated in identifying this coin... It is about the size of a US nickel.

Simon

 

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First - give the size (in millimeters!) and scans/photos of both sides of the coin. Crop the photos so the coin fills most of the image!

 

Here is the other side

I scanned the other side and cropped it.
Do you want a higher res?

The coin measures 22 mm.

Simon

 

it's Greek....I'll let the Emperor do the rest.



stainless

 

A nice, genuine bronze of Akragas in Sicily.

Akragas, Sicily
275-250 BC
Obv: laureate head of Apollo r.
Rev: two eagles on hare
references: SNG ANS 1132. Calciati I, 217, 134. SNG München 185

Not a cheap coin, I'd say. Easily around $100.

 

Thanks for the ID!

I was clueless as to what it was.

Simon

 

Nice greek bronze, indeed

Q

 

yeah, looks good

 

simonwpb,

If you don't mind my asking, how did you come across this coin? Did you find it? This is just a guess based on the fact that you didn't know what it was.

 

See my post here

The coin was in a collection of mostly British coins that my grandmother collected in England post-WW2. There are a few asian and european coins in there as well, although this appears to be the only ancient one. I am new to the hobby and in the process of sorting out the coins so I can better display and preserve them.

 

Thanks for the link. What a great story with the collection your grandmother left you! What a treasure....