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Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 09/12/2016 09:05 am This is an unlabeled coin from a collection I have been entrusted with. I suspect it is Greek but I seriously don't know. (The label on the outside of the book this coin is in says "Ancient East" with "Greece" and "Parthia" under it). Some other coins from this collection are posted here. https://goccf.com/t/267639 br / Please help me identify this coin!! Thank you! Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 09/12/2016 2:27 pm Interesting coin. It is a Roman Provincial which might be from Hierapolis in Phrygia. Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 09/12/2016 2:46 pm Thanks Echi! I had a feeling you would be able to help narrow this this down. It's pretty big, heavy and knobby (not flat faced). Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 09/12/2016 10:05 pm I'm not condemning the coin, but just to add to the conversation: the similar (not identical, but similar) coins below were condemned in a couple of threads at Forum by fellows much more knowledgeable than I. According to Andrew McCabe, for example, "this type...is a well known and common souvenir made for tourists. There exists no ancient coins of this type. I think they date from the 19th or early 20th century..." Edited by Kamnaskires 09/12/2016 10:05 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 09/12/2016 10:40 pm Yep, it's an old "tourist coin", not a genuine ancient coin, sorry. Perhaps it's the prototype of the notorious "pig-herder" fantasies, and probably of a similar origin and vintage (early 1900s). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 09/12/2016 11:22 pm Ouch. Oh well. Better to know than not. Thanks folks! This is why I asked for your help. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34437 Posts	Posted 09/13/2016 7:53 pm very interesting and educational for me! "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
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 09/13/2016 9:15 pm I was wondering why I couldn't fine a match. Report this Post to the Staff
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