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Not coin but I wanted to share this figure
52mm
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Could it be Hermes?
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 Posted 04/20/2012  11:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oxos to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Have no idea. Did you also find this little statue metal detecting? If you did, you must be in a very historical place, yes?
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no I bought it
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Pretty cool none the less!
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Nice piece from antiquity!

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Could it be Hermes?
I think that's a good possibility--it doesn't take much imagination to see a winged cap and a cadusces. Here is one from the Black Sea region--in the Odessa Numismatics Museum:

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Was it found in Bulgaria? Excellent piece.
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yes I bought it for 35 dollars
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Nice buy.
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You got a very good deal! Did they provide a date or any other info?
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Did they provide a date or any other info?

No but I bought it when was with mud and they think that it's Turkish.I clean it and I was amazed that is roman or greek
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