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Mikish Valued Member Canada 160 Posts	Posted 12/07/2015 7:15 pm It's about 13mm in diameter and weighs 3 grams. Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/07/2015 7:19 pm Picture is much too dark. Can you take a better one? Report this Post to the Staff
Arael Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 12/07/2015 7:24 pm Agreed, I'm seeing some things on the obverse and the reverse, but we need more light so we can see the details. Report this Post to the Staff
Mikish Valued Member Canada 160 Posts	Posted 12/07/2015 7:58 pm Here are enhanced originals Here is my attempt in somwehat better light. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/07/2015 8:08 pm Not much detail to go by, it looks thick so it's probably not Roman. This is just a guess it might be Seleucid. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 12/07/2015 8:40 pm Interestingly, less than a week ago we had a coin from Selge, Pisidia posted to this board, with a "Bearded bust of Herakles right, club over shoulder" obverse. I am by no means sure, but this coin's obverse does seem like it could match that description too. I am reading the shape at lower left on the obverse as possibly a club. And of course the portrait shows a heavy brow and perhaps a prominent chin/beard. The reverse is too worn for me to see anything. Other areas/cultures besides Pisidia used the same obverse iconography (the Kingdom of Galatia, the Indo-Greeks, etc.), but Pisidia does seem to be more likely since some of their issues were right in the 13mm, 3gm range. This is just speculation, of course. The coin is, after all, REALLY worn. For comparison, some images below. Report this Post to the Staff
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