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<p>[QUOTE="guaranaguru, post: 4353068, member: 110298"]Hi, this coin was part of a small lot of unidentified coins. All others from Sicily. This one is the toughest to ID for me, quite worn... 17 mm and 3,93 g </p><p>Regarding the obverse I found it similar to this type of coin:</p><p>O: Bull charging left on a plain exergual line, barley grain above.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/de/single/l31562581" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/de/single/l31562581" rel="nofollow">https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/de/single/l31562581</a></p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/sicily/hipana/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/sicily/hipana/t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/sicily/hipana/t.html</a></p><p><a href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/de/single/l31143864" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/de/single/l31143864" rel="nofollow">https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/de/single/l31143864</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But the reverse... It doesn´t exactly look like the square shape of an astragalus...</p><p>So maybe I´m on the wrong track...</p><p>Anyone able to help?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/vz3y1zc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/4DqHaiq.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="guaranaguru, post: 4353068, member: 110298"]Hi, this coin was part of a small lot of unidentified coins. All others from Sicily. This one is the toughest to ID for me, quite worn... 17 mm and 3,93 g Regarding the obverse I found it similar to this type of coin: O: Bull charging left on a plain exergual line, barley grain above. [URL]https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/de/single/l31562581[/URL] [URL]http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/sicily/hipana/t.html[/URL] [URL]https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/de/single/l31143864[/URL] But the reverse... It doesn´t exactly look like the square shape of an astragalus... So maybe I´m on the wrong track... Anyone able to help? [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/vz3y1zc.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/4DqHaiq.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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