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Odd Coin/Medal? | Copper Replica Of Coin Of Thourioi

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 Posted 12/13/2011  6:09 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add cryptonate to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
My grandfather gave this coin/medal to me to see if I could identify it. I'm hoping someone here can help.

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 Posted 12/13/2011  7:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chrisild to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The inscription and the design suggest Thurii, a Greek city in what today is Calabria, Southern Italy. This map shows the location* of the place: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corigliano_Calabro

Your piece will probably (I am not an expert) be a modern copy, or a medal based on ancient designs. More about the coins from Thurii is here: http://www.willamette.edu/cla/class...nfo/028.html

That article also explains what is depicted on your piece. More images of similar coins:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...Thurium2.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ri%2B%2B.jpg

(* The precise location of Thurii is apparently not known. Here is a Wikipedia text about the place: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurii )

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Thanks for the detailed information.
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