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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2677083, member: 56859&quot;]I agree-- it could be a bronze of Myrina like <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=182925" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=182925" rel="nofollow">this one</a>.&nbsp; In the OP coin, the object to the right of the amphora does look like a kithara.&nbsp; The letters below the amphora are mostly worn but perhaps they could could spell Myrina (ΜΥ-PI).&nbsp; The obverse is very worn and rough-- hard to tell, but perhaps it is the laureate head of Apollo.</p><p><br /></p><p>It really begs the question though:&nbsp; why on earth did the author show pictures of this coin and the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/anyone-know-what-this-is.292702/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/anyone-know-what-this-is.292702/">modern Indian coin shown in another thread</a>?&nbsp; There&#039;s nothing exceptional about either, as far as I can tell.&nbsp; Both are in pretty bad condition too. Why do they appear in a book about <b><i>US Coins</i></b>?&nbsp; Did the author just think they were cool or valuable?&nbsp; Did he just want a few &quot;old&quot; coins in the book and these are the only ones he had?&nbsp; So strange <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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