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Valued Member
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Hi Guys, Just wanted to share a recent acquisition of mine. What got me excited about this one was the possibility it could be something similar to: Anonymous, Bronze, Neapolis, after 326 BC, AE (g 2,70"; mm 16; h 3), Laureate head of Apollo r., Rv. Forepart of man-headed bull r., flank of bull decorated by star; above, [PO]MAIΩN. Crawford 1/1;" HNItaly 251 This coin weighs in at a hefty 5.54g (substantially heavier than other similar examples I could find. Its highly unlikely that it is something as rare as whats mentioned above but where better to ask! The images are not the best, trying to photograph this coin is really quite difficult.    Thanks for looking   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Seems to be clearly from Naples, the "OLIT" above the bulls head is easy readable.
Very nice coin.
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 Australia
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Similar yes, but the inscription is clearly different. Hope you have more luck than me to be able to fully attribute your coin, I still haven't found a reference for https://goccf.com/t/188664 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Nice coin, I don't have one yet. TIF brilliant link, thanks.
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Valued Member
Australia
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Thanks for the replies guys!
Yeah thats a fantastic resource, the coin looks to be very similar to:
Apollo left / Star with 4 rays, NEOΠ O(Above) ΣHT (behind, retro) IΛ (between legs), within circle (the line drawing in Sambon is incorrect, and shows a coin with Apollo facing right) (Sambon 563)
I have a couple more interesting Greek pieces to load up as well.
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New Member
United States
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Your coin is Sambon 564: Apollo right / star with 4 rays, NEOΠOΛITHΣ above (Sambon 564, SNG ANS 427, SNG München 260). I'd have to double check the SNG references but they are probably accurate. The Sambon reference definitely is.
The picture on our site of Sambon 563 is a mistake on the part of Sambon- he mislabeled his line drawing of 564 and accidentally labeled it as 563! As you can see, the descriptions clearly do not match. Perhaps my note indicating this much is not enough, and I should remove the picture :)
Anyway, nice coin.
Nick Molinari
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United States
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that's a great coin...i LOVE man head bull, he is awesome. I didn't really know he was on bronze coins as well, I had only really seen silver before.
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