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Looks Greek, one side is a club, the other side I don't know, maybe a goat or horse. You could search sites like acsearch.info, Wildwinds, sold ancient coins auctions, Vcoins, etc. In their search lines type "club" you'll get lots of hits.
Very worn hard to ID copper/bronze ancient coins are usually not worth much. Sometimes they just can't be identified. But it's fun going through them. Some collectors like to buy them, learn how to properly clean them and try to ID.
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09/28/2025 09:05 am
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Thank you @livingwater - I agree these are fun even though the monetary value is very low - I enjoy the research, the learning, and the history even if they are in rough shape.
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That shows a head of Hercules with the lion skin on the obverse. And his club, plus at least two two lines of greek text on the reverse.
I cannot say which coin it is.
It may be Commodus and latin text. That one had a thing for Hercules.
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09/29/2025 7:32 pm
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Thank you, @jecz79. That's some good further info that I couldn't discern myself. I will research further and post back here when I figure it out.
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Edited by louisvillekyshop
10/05/2025 01:21 am
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Good find. But I think it is not the same coin. Not just because of the difference in shape of the club. The shape of the letters that I can see in the photo does not look greek to me.
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jecz79 Addressing the shape of the club, OK a thinner initial portion. Matches better below. Same city. The magistrates will be different so different letters. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10500480Addressing your thoughts on these being Greek or Latin letters, you have a Herakles in a lion skin, to be Latin you are in Roman years and provincials also have often Greek letters, this won't be Imperial Rome with this look, and if you look up a Commodus with a club for example, the letters don't go in that direction with Commodus in a lion skin and I think they are Denarius coins at that size. This coin above still might be a different Magistrate, but it is a pretty good match for weight and size.  Edited by louisvillekyshop
10/09/2025 4:26 pm
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Looking at that new one I agree. It is most probably the same type.
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