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Giovanni Miceli Puperi Valued Member Brazil 67 Posts	Posted 08/21/2016 12:40 pm * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum, whereby some ancient experts will see it. * Hi, I'm a brazilian numismatist and collector. I have a few roman and greek coins and I've been classifying then slowly but there these two wich I just cant find anything about. Can someone please help me? I'm not even sure if the pictures are in the right angle... Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/21/2016 3:02 pm to the community It's going to be difficult to ID these, there really isn't enough detail to tell for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 08/21/2016 3:24 pm If I had to guess for number one, I'd say Chios, Ionia, with a seated sphinx obverse and amphora reverse. For comparison: Edited by Kamnaskires 08/21/2016 3:37 pm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/21/2016 4:06 pm Bob I don't know how you do it. I would never gotten that from that little detail. Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 08/21/2016 4:23 pm Outstanding, really. Report this Post to the Staff
TypeCoin971793 Pillar of the Community United States 6370 Posts	Posted 08/21/2016 8:01 pm Quote: Bob I don't know how you do it. I would never gotten that from that little detail. One has to be very knowledgable in these coins to do that. I am continually impressed by Bob's knowledge in almost everything. I can ID low-grade Chinese coins, but very little else. Edited by TypeCoin971793 08/21/2016 8:02 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 08/21/2016 8:17 pm Credit Photoshop. Without the ability to enlarge, lighten, and rotate images, I'd be at a loss. I mean, at first, this is what I was seeing: Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34413 Posts	Posted 08/21/2016 9:22 pm "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Giovanni Miceli Puperi Valued Member Brazil 67 Posts	Posted 08/22/2016 08:56 am Wow, thats exactly it! Thanks for the help! I once tryied to compare it to all the coins at wildwinds.com ,guess I just didn't see that one xD Bob, I also saw the chicken there hahahahaha Report this Post to the Staff
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