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It's funny how your eyes play tricks when you stare at an object long enough. My eyes aren't the best, what I see looks like an Eagle or Griffin facing left.
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Valued Member
 Brazil
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those are all made of lead. Is yours bronze or lead?
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Valued Member
Brazil
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Is there a method for differentiating bronze or lead? With the patina I can't differentiate
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Valued Member
Brazil
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If it's: Dionysus on the right / Centaur (Chiron) standing left.
Would you know how to say any currency that fits?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bithynia had that combination, but not with a circular border like yours.
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Valued Member
Brazil
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What is the normal alignment of this type of currency? "Medal" or "Currency?" Perhaps it is badly positioned and needs a rotation of the back.
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Valued Member
Brazil
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Aligning with the bust: 1st "Medal"  2nd "Coin"  Edited by Oak
08/05/2020 3:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My eyes aren't the best, what I see looks like an Eagle or Griffin facing left. That's funny I see a griffon facing right(down on the original pics). |
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That's funny I see a griffon facing right(down on the original pics) . In that position?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes but I don't know if that is actually what it is.
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Valued Member
Brazil
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This bust pattern in a circle I found in seleucid coins. It will be an elephant on the reverse
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Valued Member
Brazil
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Valued Member
Brazil
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I believe it is a lion standing right looking back.
Thus, the currency could be: head of Apollo right, within border / lion standing right within border. This pattern is found on the coins of Miletus, Ionia. On the lion's back it would be the sun that, with the wear, seems to unite the image of the animal.
I found coins with the circle around the bust and without the border. Could you help me confirm.
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Searching better, I believe it is a tessera / token with a high lead content. Probably not cataloged.
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Posted 08/03/2020 7:59 pm
