2 Greek Coins Need Id'ing - Thanks For The Help!

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xoduspbc Valued Member United States 201 Posts	Posted 11/21/2018 6:51 pm Hey Guys, I'm not too good with Greek coins and these two are giving me trouble trying to ID. I want to say the first one has a prow-boat, and the second has a lion, but I don't know anything else. Any help would be appreciated, thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 11/21/2018 7:19 pm Second could be an AE of Kassander. Hard to make out the reverse legend at top. See, for example: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5328343 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=99302 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=625078 Edited by Kamnaskires 11/21/2018 7:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
xoduspbc Valued Member United States 201 Posts	Posted 11/21/2018 8:13 pm Thanks for the help Bob! Yeah it's hard to read that, but the way the lion is seated is very similar. Any idea about the first coin? Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 11/21/2018 9:58 pm Quote: Any idea about the first coin? Not offhand. Perhaps Seleukid, maybe Tyre? Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 11/21/2018 10:19 pm Not a match, but for comparison of the galley prows, here's a Seleukos IV Philopator AE23 from Tyre. Btw, not sure but I think your coin may be an overstrike... Edited by Kamnaskires 11/21/2018 10:20 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 11/21/2018 10:47 pm Here are a few more Seleukos IV AE's from Tyre. They do have the advantage of having, apparently, a xi-epsilon-lambda-epsilon sequence under the prow (unlike the similar AE Tyre issues of other rulers) - which I can almost convince myself I'm seeing on the OP coin. The upper reverse field is quite different, but I wonder if that might be the result of an overstrike or other minting error. I may very well be way off with the speculation here... Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1306 Posts	Posted 11/21/2018 11:58 pm Bob L; I certainly don't think you are way off in speculation at all. Attached see a cheap photoshop overlay of the man's coin and your second example. The letters fall nicely on top of each other in my opinion: Report this Post to the Staff
xoduspbc Valued Member United States 201 Posts	Posted 11/22/2018 9:28 pm Wow, you guys are absolutely amazing. Thanks so much to both of you for your help. I am terrible at Greek coins, but this makes perfect sense when I can see the attribution from the outside in. Report this Post to the Staff
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