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Deam New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 9:26 pm Hi all, New user here - been going through the coins I collected as a child and I'm trying to identify a few of them. Been having trouble with this one - any help is appreciated! The back has the word "SANDOZ" stamped at the bottom Deam Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 9:38 pm to the community Sadly this is a reproduction of a Greek coin. A genuine coin wouldn't have latin style letters in the legend. Report this Post to the Staff
Doucet Pillar of the Community United States 1315 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 10:31 pm Welcome Deam I'm very sorry to say but I tend agree with echizento. It would be interesting to know why it was marked SANDOZ below. Your coin maybe trying to resemble one like this. Kyrenaika, Kyrene (c.308-277 BC), Silver Didrachm More detail here: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=599786 Report this Post to the Staff
Doucet Pillar of the Community United States 1315 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 10:55 pm Update............ Found this on forvms fake site: "Swiss pharmaceutical firm Sandoz give these as gifts c. 1960's to physicians." I bet maridvnvm could tell us the whole story. I wonder if it's the same SANDOZ that developed LSD in the 60's. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16862 Posts	Posted 04/05/2013 01:35 am The ancient coin which this replica is based on is a silver drachm from Kyrene, a city-state in what is now eastern Libya. The plant depicted on the coin is the silphium plant, a now-extinct herb related to fennel. It was Kyrene's chief claim to fame. Ancient historical records show the plant was not only tasty, but had numerous beneficial medicinal properties, far more effective than most other herbs and remedies known to the ancients; it was the "wonder drug" of the ancient world, which is why these replicas were given away by a drug company. Unfortunately, the plant steadfastly refused to be domesticated and was eventually harvested to extinction. Pliny reports that the last one ever found was eaten by Emperor Nero. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 04/05/2013 1:04 pm Yeah...as soon as I read Sandoz, I assumed it was a fancy promo piece for doctors. Trivia...Sandoz has a bit of a colored reputation in Europe, partly due to a nasty factory fire and agrichemical spill in the Rhine in 1986. Report this Post to the Staff
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