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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2585220, member: 82322&quot;][ATTACH=full]561911[/ATTACH] </p><p>Wow, you guys have such beautiful coins!&nbsp; Here is an ugly one.&nbsp; I bought it as an unidentified because I wanted a challenge.&nbsp; The seller knew it was Greek but not what region.</p><p><br /></p><p>Usually when I have to identify a coin I can figure out one side or the other and do searches online and in books.&nbsp; This obverse was challenging.&nbsp; At first I thought I saw a shell.&nbsp; Later I thought perhaps a vase, or maybe some armor.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse made no sense.&nbsp; I thought perhaps a monogram.&nbsp; Eventually I stumbled across the coin in a catalog.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is a bronze of Herakleia.&nbsp; The obverse depicts a &quot;skyphos&quot;, a form of vase I was unaware of and wouldn&#039;t have know to search for.&nbsp; No one is quite sure of the reverse.&nbsp; Some references call it &quot;quiver with strap and bow?&quot;, others &quot;bird trap?&quot;&nbsp; I believe it is a bird trap.</p><p><br /></p><p>A better example of the coin can be seen at <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=23040" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=23040" rel="nofollow">http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=23040</a> .&nbsp; I believe the reverse depicts a trap similar to the one in this three minute YouTube video: [MEDIA=youtube]3ZA2DpBaqOc[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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