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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2958104, member: 56859"]What's the size?</p><p><br /></p><p>Larger and in-focus images usually help, and it's also best to show them full-sized rather than the thumbnails.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are your images cropped and joined.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]723567[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It might be from Neandria in Troas, assuming the size is similar to the examples shown below--both from <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">CNG's archives</a>, an excellent place to search when faced with an unknown coin. In this case I typed the search terms "AE, Apollo, grain", figuring that the obverse figure stood a good chance of being Apollo.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3550122.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>355, Lot: 122.</b> Estimate $75.</p><p>Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>TROAS, Neandria. </b>4th century BC. Æ (10.5mm, 1.27 g, 3h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Grain ear; grape bunch below. SNG Ashmolean 1175; SNG Copenhagen 449. Good VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits, hairline surface crack on obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3020119.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>302, Lot: 119.</b> Estimate $100.</p><p>Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>TROAS, Neandria. </b>4th century BC. Æ (12mm, 1.88 g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Barley grain; grape bunch to right. SNG Ashmolean 1174; SNG von Aulock 1556. VF, dark green patina with a light earthen dusting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add that the reference numbers might be different for your coin. I don't own any of the books cited. <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1039249" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1039249" rel="nofollow">ACsearch</a> shows a version with the grape cluster on the other side of the grain, like yours, and cites different references.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2958104, member: 56859"]What's the size? Larger and in-focus images usually help, and it's also best to show them full-sized rather than the thumbnails. Here are your images cropped and joined. [ATTACH=full]723567[/ATTACH] It might be from Neandria in Troas, assuming the size is similar to the examples shown below--both from [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx']CNG's archives[/URL], an excellent place to search when faced with an unknown coin. In this case I typed the search terms "AE, Apollo, grain", figuring that the obverse figure stood a good chance of being Apollo. [IMG]https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3550122.jpg[/IMG] [B]355, Lot: 122.[/B] Estimate $75. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. [B]TROAS, Neandria. [/B]4th century BC. Æ (10.5mm, 1.27 g, 3h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Grain ear; grape bunch below. SNG Ashmolean 1175; SNG Copenhagen 449. Good VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits, hairline surface crack on obverse. [IMG]https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3020119.jpg[/IMG] [B]302, Lot: 119.[/B] Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. [B]TROAS, Neandria. [/B]4th century BC. Æ (12mm, 1.88 g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Barley grain; grape bunch to right. SNG Ashmolean 1174; SNG von Aulock 1556. VF, dark green patina with a light earthen dusting. Edited to add that the reference numbers might be different for your coin. I don't own any of the books cited. [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1039249']ACsearch[/URL] shows a version with the grape cluster on the other side of the grain, like yours, and cites different references.[/QUOTE]
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