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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 26137547, member: 91820&quot;]When I am able to find a really nice coin it is always wonderful waiting for it, opening up the package, admiring the coin, checking it off, comparing it to photographs of others etc.&nbsp; But at some point the coin goes in the collection, it is no longer the new coin and it is on to the next one.&nbsp; Since the major focus of my collection is Roman imperial coins attribution is not really an issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I also buy greek bronzes in group lots and in most instances these come without attribution.&nbsp; This is when the real fun starts, as it sometimes requires going through books, databases - and sometimes - in fact often - despite doing this for over 26 years - I am simply stumped - nothing.&nbsp; One coin had taken two years and then - boom - not even searching for an attribution I open a book on the Lindren collection and there it is - I think that one was a city in the Peloponnese.&nbsp; Other coins simply defy attribution despite hours and hours of &quot;fun.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It is only when I am at the end of my proverbial rope that I ask for help on this site.&nbsp; And it has been enormously helpful - somehow I had purchased a group of medieval Bulgarian coins that I did not know were Bulgarian medieval coins, posted the coins here and the response was instant and spot on impressive.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins that are listed below are among the most frustrating since part of the inscription is visible - when this happens usually &quot;Greek Coin Inscriptions&quot; works but even that source is not foolproof. These do appear to be typical Greek tiny bronzes since the flans are unusual with each having a flat side and a rounded side - this should be indicative of... somewhere - but not Troas which was another suggestion. Persian did not pan out either.&nbsp; I thought perhaps Thracian tribal, but I have a couple of books and that doesn&#039;t seem correct.&nbsp; I know I should clean them better but soaking in oil doesn&#039;t seem to work anymore, and I am reluctant use a tool I just purchased -- a modified small drill with attachments that supposedly work on coins.&nbsp; I had previously posted others of this type which I believe were Thracian tribal but these appear to be from elsewhere. I am reasonably certain these were found in or near Bulgaria many many years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea why I only posted four coins and one of them is repeated twice.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one - easy right given all the letters - and what appears to be Zeus - except no luck. [ATTACH=full]1668385[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1668387[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1668389[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1668385[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also a few with an amphora on one side and nothing discernable on the other - Nagidos? The flan is not correct, though.:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1668390[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have six of these and am as close to attribution as when they were purchased over five years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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