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Great pick-ups!
"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
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The diameter of the Polematic coin is 39-40 mm and the weight is 44.8 grams. Massive. Another one of those ancient Egyptian hockey pucks. |
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If you can make out the monogram we might be able to pin point the mint.
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I was told by the seller it was a coin from the Alexandria Mint in Egypt.
Unless there are multiple mints in one city?, then we have to go more in depth.
Edited by Justinokay
07/04/2017 8:27 pm
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There were a few different mints indicated by different marks. Your coin from the size and weight appears to be a Tetrobol from the Plain series 4 from Alexandria. This series will have the following marks:
No mark - Svornos 1172
L - Svoronos 1166
E (var)- Svornos 974, most common
A no reference
C no reference
Most of the ones I have are E, I do have one C.
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It looks like an A or E. Which one do you guys think it is? It looks like an E to me.
Edited by Justinokay
07/04/2017 11:04 pm
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Nice pickups Justin~!!  Congrats.  |
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E (Epsilon) is the most common mark, I can't tell from the picture.
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Thanks Debrajc.
I'll take close up pics once coins arrive.
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07/04/2017 11:43 pm
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Awesome pick-ups! I'm especially a fan of that Hormizd II. The "Ahura Mazda in the fire" theme has always been fascinating to me.
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Wonderful coins, congrats.
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Cool! And they don't look like slugs, or, er, hockey pucks.
I'm not an ancients collector, but you found some that actually look like coins.
Good job, young man.
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Thanks Parklane64. I was lucky to find a pretty well struck coin on a nice circular flan.
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