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This is a coin that I've had for a very long time and haven't been able to ID. I've posted here before but it was very difficult to get a good picture. I hope now I've been able to get better images. The coin is an AE14 with a weight of 4.4 grams. The obverse appears to be a half figure facing left with arm raised in from of him. The reverse is a galloping horse with the letters KB beneath. I hope you Greek experts can help ID it. Thanks   |
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Pillar of the Community
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 I'd love to be the hero but that's not gonna happen  Hope someone can narrow it down for you. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Is the top photo a bust right upside down?
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Pillar of the Community
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A few possibilities if that B is not a B, or the K is not a K:
KO - Below horseman, Choma, AE Unit, 1st Cen. BC, obv: Zeus
XY - AE Half Unit, State: Cyme, Period: -250 to -200, Obv: Female head r.; dotted border Rev: Horse standing r., l. foreleg raised
KA - Carthage, probably Sicily (horse standing with KA below, palm tree behind), ca. 300 BC
Half figures are less common than busts on Greek AEs obverses. Horses are plentiful on AE reverses.
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Pillar of the Community
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man, I have no clue ski....sorry...looks like jcm has caught the sent however.
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like a fossilized chocolate caramel
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Legends on reverses of Greek AE are either rulers or place names for the most part. They didn't tend to put much extraneous information on the bronzes, sometimes a title. If you can get 2 letters and some sort of image that's usually enough to work with for at least a bare bones identification.
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I don't know if it helps much but the figure looks something like this.  |
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Well back into the I don't know box again. Maybe one day I'll figure out what it is.
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I'm leaning towards Carthage, AE half unit. The portrait looks (if you rotate it 90 deg.) Like the thing you see as a staff is really a headband. That would also put it closer to a 180 degree die axis rather than the uncommon 90 degree axis.
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Maybe my eyes are playing tricks, but I clearly see a half figure facing left with eyes, nose and face. I've been looking for a match to this coin for a years and checked various references. I checked Carthage again. Thanks for your input.
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I notice the coin is spherical. Carthage might be a good place to start. They have many issues struck on Globular flans.
I have looked at it a couple of times, I don't think I see any text. I am confident with perseverance this coin can be IDed.
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I've been looking through Carthage coins, still no luck. Funny thing is that I know I've seen this type before, I just can't remember where.
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Posted 07/09/2013 9:43 pm
