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Four Greeks!

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 Posted 11/12/2014  08:26 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add OneDollarMule to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi Guys,

I was fortunate recently to win a small group of Greek bronzes and silver pieces (roughly 25 in total). Of the 25, these four coins are the last which I'm not able to pin down 100%. Any help would be great in identifying them.

Coin 1: Drachm, potentially Illyria:

Four-Greeks!

Four-Greeks!

Coin 2: Potentially Athena Right with Spear, legend: ΛYΣIM,Lysimachos?

Four-Greeks!

Four-Greeks!

Coin 3: Kappadokian Bronze, Ariarathes III?

Four-Greeks!

Four-Greeks!

Coin 4: LUCANIA Bronze:

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Four-Greeks!

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 Posted 11/12/2014  08:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ancientnoob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
All four of these coins are awesome. I am not sure which one I like more. I do love silver but man those counter marks are awesome. I like how both coins were CS without destroying the original design. That took skills.
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Thanks Ancientnoob! I will post up some which I have been able to identify specifically. I was very fortunate in winning these!
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Number 1 is the typical style from Illyria and from the inscription most likely Dyrrhachium (imo the inscription starts at the bottom with DYR), there is a reference for the various inscriptions but I can't recall the name.
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Very nice group, I particularly like the Illyrian one. I've been looking at them lately but haven't found one that I like and could afford. I wouldn't mind any of the others either.
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If the rest of the 25 are of a similar quality, then that is some 'catch'.

I am not that lucky at 'fishing'.
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