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Unknown #1 Greek: Lyre/ Tripod One Side, Head On The Other

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Unknown-#1-Greek:-Lyre/-Tripod-One-Side,-Head-On-The-Other
Unknown-#1-Greek:-Lyre/-Tripod-One-Side,-Head-On-The-Other

This weighs 7.3 grams and has a diameter of 24 mm.

You can see some greek letters to the left and the right of what looks like a tick but I am sure that it is something else.
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 Posted 07/14/2026  6:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This coin is from the island/city of Kos (also sometimes spelled Cos), dated to the period 170-88 BC. The Greek inscriptions on either side of the lyre are the city-name KWION to the left, and the magistrate name ALKIDA to the right. The obverse features the god Apollo. Here's an example on acsearch.info: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9174893
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Thanks. I figured that there were enough letters to make out the name of the location.
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