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callias New Member New Zealand 5 Posts	Posted 08/31/2017 7:26 pm Can anyone help with this one? Looks Greek, obv. Head of Apollo? right. rev: Lyre- letters visible "? BAI/ I (or K) TAN" Bronze, 22 mm diameter, weight: 7.14 g. Many Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/31/2017 7:41 pm to the community I believe your coin is from Ionie-Colophon lets see what others say. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 08/31/2017 8:48 pm Lilybaion, Sicily...your reverse pic is upside-down: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=224732 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1466877 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1466878 https://cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=304048 https://cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=112233 Report this Post to the Staff
callias New Member New Zealand 5 Posts	Posted 08/31/2017 9:18 pm Fantastic! Thanks so much. Report this Post to the Staff
callias New Member New Zealand 5 Posts	Posted 08/31/2017 9:42 pm Whilst going through the Wildwinds page for Lilibaeum, I came across another match for an unknown: Sicily, Lilybaeum. L. Sempronius Atratinus. 36 BC. AE26, 18.34 g. LILUBAIITAIC, Veiled female head right, wearing small mural crown; all within triangular ornament / ATRATINO PUQIWN, serpent-entwined tripod. RPC 655; CNS 15; BMC 6; SNG Cop 376-377. Pity it isn't in better condition, but good to have the match! Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 08/31/2017 9:45 pm Cool. Glad you got that one i.d.'ed too. Welcome to the board! Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34472 Posts	Posted 08/31/2017 9:46 pm @bob and @echizento, I'm wondering a little bit about the OP's first coin. The lettering seems quite different compared with the examples on acsearch. Any thoughts on authenticity? I don't know much about these, but it those super-thin letters are just so different that it raises a red flag for me. @callias, welcome to CCF by the way. I'm really glad that you are posting these as it is helping me to learn more. "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 Edited by Spence 08/31/2017 9:48 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 08/31/2017 10:07 pm Quote: Any thoughts on authenticity? I don't know much about these I don't know enough about these to offer an informed opinion, Dave. The OP looks legitimately ancient to me, but whether an official issue or not, I dunno. Report this Post to the Staff
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