Post #88: Please Help Identify Greek Ae 11

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twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 12/24/2020 4:32 pm This coin weighs 1.02g and is 11mm in diameter. I just purchased a huge lot of ancient coins and I am posting the few I could not attribute myself. Any help identifying this would be most appreciated. The obverse looks like a helmeted figure and the reverse looks like an animal of some sort, cow? Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34447 Posts	Posted 12/24/2020 4:58 pm @two, these pics are a bit fuzzy, but could that be an elephant instead? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 12/24/2020 5:05 pm Thanks for looking! Here are some better photos, hope this helps. It does not seem to look like an elephant, but I could be wrong. Interestingly, I posted another unknown Greek coin today which does appear to have an elephant reverse... Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 12/24/2020 9:37 pm Assuming this is a bull (walking) reverse, I would imagine the coin may be an issue of Thourioi, Lucania. Hard to get a good read on the animal. Different size, but perhaps something of this ilk: https://www.biddr.com/auctions/savo...a=98&l=89060 And similar here, but with bull to right: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2350178 Edited by Kamnaskires 12/24/2020 9:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 12/24/2020 9:49 pm Thank you for the help! This does indeed appear to be a Thourioi coin, the style matches. The reverse definitely looks like a bull walking left to me in person. I couldnt find any matches on Wildwinds, my Sear book, or acs coin search. Perhaps my variant is just unlisted... 🤷 #127995;#8205;#9794;#65039; Report this Post to the Staff
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