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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2804362, member: 56859&quot;]A very interesting mystery!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Is it unpublished or is it a modern fantasy?&nbsp; I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; The coin looks convincing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only two coins I see in archives which <i>remotely</i> resemble your coin are much smaller fractions and they are unpublished.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=272784" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=272784" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=272784</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/98000769.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Triton XVIII, Lot: 769.</b> Estimate $500.</p><p>Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. <i>Uncertain. </i></b>4th century BC. AR Fraction (6.5mm, 0.20 g, 12h). Head right, wearing bashlyk / Eagle standing left; uncertain inscription to left; all in dotted square in incuse square. Unpublished. VF, a couple trace deposits, faint cleaning marks on reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=2858&amp;category=58666&amp;lot=2391590" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=2858&amp;category=58666&amp;lot=2391590" rel="nofollow">https://sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=2858&amp;category=58666&amp;lot=2391590</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://sixbid.com/images/auction_images/2858/2391590l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>ACHAEMENID EMPIRE. Uncertain (4th century BC). Fraction (1/32 Siglos?).</p><p>Obv: Male head right, wearing bashlyk.</p><p>Rev: Eagle standing left within pelleted linear border; all within incuse square.</p><p>Cf. Triton XVIII, lot 769; Brindley -.</p><p>Extremely rare</p><p>Condition: Good very fine.</p><p>Weight: 0.14 g.</p><p>Diameter: 7 mm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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