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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3231065, member: 56859"]Wildwinds, like every other resource, is not a complete repository of all known ancient coins. Try ACsearch-- it is probably the most voluminous free database (free to look; if you want to see the prices realized you have to have a paid subscription).</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with Doug and Mike-- Pella; <i>probably</i> Athena obverse, with her helmet not visible due to the off-centering and condition. The monograms are variable and probably weren't deemed important to various catalogers.</p><p><br /></p><p>This reverse is also paired with a <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2529829" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2529829" rel="nofollow">facing portrait of Demeter</a>, so perhaps there is yet some other facing right portrait which matches your coin (I don't think that will be the case though). If you exhaust all the usual free online resources and are still compelled to investigate further, you can dig through public domain reference books culled from attributions of similar coins. It might be a fun exercise. Digging up those books can be a challenge. Poring through them online can be a challenge, especially if the book is not in your native language. Short of finding a die match it will be very difficult to say with certainty the obverse of your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a composite of the examples found in ACsearch and currently for-sale examples from Vcoins. In some of the more worn and off-center coins it is hard to discern Athena's helmet.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]843767[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is your coin's obverse with the dotted border circle completed to demonstrate how the off-centering would make Athena's helmet almost entirely off flan. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]843769[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3231065, member: 56859"]Wildwinds, like every other resource, is not a complete repository of all known ancient coins. Try ACsearch-- it is probably the most voluminous free database (free to look; if you want to see the prices realized you have to have a paid subscription). I agree with Doug and Mike-- Pella; [I]probably[/I] Athena obverse, with her helmet not visible due to the off-centering and condition. The monograms are variable and probably weren't deemed important to various catalogers. This reverse is also paired with a [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2529829']facing portrait of Demeter[/URL], so perhaps there is yet some other facing right portrait which matches your coin (I don't think that will be the case though). If you exhaust all the usual free online resources and are still compelled to investigate further, you can dig through public domain reference books culled from attributions of similar coins. It might be a fun exercise. Digging up those books can be a challenge. Poring through them online can be a challenge, especially if the book is not in your native language. Short of finding a die match it will be very difficult to say with certainty the obverse of your coin. Here's a composite of the examples found in ACsearch and currently for-sale examples from Vcoins. In some of the more worn and off-center coins it is hard to discern Athena's helmet. [ATTACH=full]843767[/ATTACH] Here is your coin's obverse with the dotted border circle completed to demonstrate how the off-centering would make Athena's helmet almost entirely off flan. [ATTACH=full]843769[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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