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New Member
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Hi everyone, I am just starting out collecting a cleaning coins and have come across a few greek coins I can't seem to find anything on. I can't even find anything similar. The one coin seems to be a 3 string lyre and possibly a vase? The second I have no idea what it is :(. Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks a bunch :).  
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Pillar of the Community
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 Please re-post with better/clearer the pictures. No need for a large frame around the coin, get the coin image as large as you can get either by uploading it to an image hosting site (and using the 'insert image' tag on top of the (make/reply) screen or the 'upload image' feature.
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New Member
 Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Aeolis, Myrina issued bronzes with amphora/lyre reverses like the first coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
Third of the larger images appears to be a ship's prow...rotate 90 degrees clockwise.
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Pillar of the Community
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Can't find anything that matches the one with the amphora and lyre. The character to the right of the base of the amphora doesn't look Greek to me but maybe Phoenician. The other side of the coin seems to show a portrait - could be the eye at one o'clock. Perhaps after some soaking in olive oil more details become visible and the inscription makes sense. The other though I think is a Roman post-reform Triens, here an image from a catalogue (not your specific type):  Turn the upper picture 90 degrees clockwise and you'll notice it looks like the prow of galley reverse. The bottom picture is the right way round, notice the pellets on the top? Hopefully someone else recognises the other one.
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New Member
 Canada
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Thanks Bob Quote: ""Aeolis, Myrina issued bronzes with amphora/lyre reverses like the first coin."" *Edit* Look like it may be it, or very close :) *** Edited by Staff to add quote tags. Please use them in the future. Posts are very difficult to read without them.***
Edited by StrykeRXL 01/01/2015 12:28 am
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Pillar of the Community
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'StrykeRXL', you can't hot-link images from Wildwinds - has been blocked to not waste bandwidth from Wildwinds.
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New Member
 Canada
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Thanks for the info Medieval, I'm gonna do some hunting around that :)
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Pillar of the Community
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Found it and yes, it would be a very similar type to that one (can attribute it as cf./var) - your obverse is more off centre struck and the reverse is slightly different, but seeing the image makes sense of what is visible of the inscription on your coins.
All props to 'Bob_L'.
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Moderator
 United States
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Others have answered your question so I just want to  you to the community and hope that you visit and post often.
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New Member
 Canada
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Thanks Echizento. I may be posting a few more in the next few days. The wife picked me up some packs of uncleaned from crusty romans for Christmas. Soooo many I have no idea where to start :).
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