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Solace-ian Valued Member Canada 94 Posts	Posted 03/03/2015 6:28 pm Please help me Identify this coin. It weighs nearly 4 grams and I suspect is made of Bronze. I have seen other Greek coins depicting lyres but I can't find a positive match for this one. Here are the pictures. Thanks in advance! * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Moved to the Ancient/Medieval coin section. Report this Post to the Staff

Solace-ian Valued Member Canada 94 Posts	Posted 03/04/2015 12:39 pm At this point I'm not entirely sure it is Greek. I have seen several photos of coins that have similarly shaped Lyres on the reverse that are from Ancient Israel. On the other hand, I'm fairly sure that this coin depicts Apollo with his Lyre which would fall under the Hellenistic religions of Greece and Rome. I am entirely unfamiliar with ancient coins so I'm finding this quite difficult. Does anyone out there on the forums have an idea of where this coin is from and what denomination it might be? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 03/04/2015 2:26 pm if you have a lot of time: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ Report this Post to the Staff
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 03/04/2015 3:46 pm maybe Cyrenaica,Cyrene,AE with the head of Apollo , on the reverse you haveat left : K ,at right : Y / A , I think at keft a R ( in greek P ) is missing .albert Report this Post to the Staff
Solace-ian Valued Member Canada 94 Posts	Posted 03/04/2015 9:40 pm Thanks for the responses Petrus and Antwerpen2306. After searching the Wildwings website for the keywords Lyre and Apollo I still haven't found any match to the Reverse side. I did, however, notice that many coins do share a very similar bust of Apollo. If that is the case would they change the Reverse from denomination to denomination? That would help narrow down the search parameters. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 03/04/2015 11:26 pm Pretty sure Albert (antwerpen2306) is right. It's from Kyrene: http://www.ancientimports.com/cgi-b....pl?id=32413 http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ga...p?pos=-43074 Report this Post to the Staff
Solace-ian Valued Member Canada 94 Posts	Posted 03/05/2015 12:43 am Thank you guys so much for the guidance and help! Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 03/05/2015 05:23 am When it comes to identifying Greek coins it helps to know what to search for. To search for Lyre will get you very few hits. The Greek word for Lyre is "kithara". Another word used (less often in my experience) is "chelys". It helps to have a reference to look up what you need to search for: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/mo...lossary.html Report this Post to the Staff
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