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mruseful New Member United Kingdom 29 Posts	Posted 10/14/2014 07:28 am Hi all. I am back after a long time while I repaired my PC. (I threw it aginst the wall) Anyway, I have a coin that is puzzling me somewhat. I think it may be Greek but not sure. I am sure someone out there will know. You are all so clever! (I've found flattery gets you a lot done) Thanks to anyone who replies. Report this Post to the Staff

Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 10/14/2014 07:38 am Need a better image, at this size cannot determine enough details. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 10/14/2014 07:41 am From the pics, all I can say is "I suspect you're right" about it being "Greek", as I think I can see Athena-wearing-Corinthian-helmet on the obverse. But beyond that, I can;t make anything out, and Athena appeared on the coins of far too many city-states for that to be of assistance in narrowing anything down. 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
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/14/2014 08:08 am to the community The pictures are a bit too small to say for sure, but I suspect that Sap is correct. Report this Post to the Staff
mruseful New Member United Kingdom 29 Posts	Posted 10/14/2014 09:12 am Hi. Thanks for the replies and you correct that the images are not good enough. It asked for them to be 100 pixels I think which is a bit too small to show good detail. I can get good images but at that size they are not good. Cheers Report this Post to the Staff
bpoc1 Rest in Peace United States 4078 Posts	Posted 10/14/2014 3:36 pm Mruseful, sorry I can not help you out with your coin question but, Quote: I am back after a long time while I repaired my PC. (I threw it aginst the wall) Believe me. Me and the wife have been there but have not done that YET. We are both retired and came into the computer world late. Just picked up a new I-Pad and it is driving us nuts. We even have an old Mac OS X. Good luck in your search. ps they ain't soccer balls. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 10/14/2014 6:01 pm Quote: It asked for them to be 100 pixels... No, it asked for the file size to be 100kB. For a typical JPEG, you should get at least a 400x400 pixel square fairly easily into that size limit. Crop your pictures nice and close to maximize the available space for the coin itself. 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
Arael Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 10/15/2014 03:54 am I have good eye-sight, and I think that that's Athena on the obverse, but even for me it's very difficult. Give us a better picture! Report this Post to the Staff
mruseful New Member United Kingdom 29 Posts	Posted 10/24/2014 2:02 pm Hi all. Thanks to everyone who replied about this coin. It seems that it may be Athena with Pan on the reverse erecting something. Just not sure what. Just so you can all see it I have put the pic up again. the reverse is much better but considering the coin could be as old as 250 BC, its not doing badly I will also be putting another poser for you all shortly so dont go anywhere yet. Report this Post to the Staff
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