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Sap Moderator Australia 16861 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 02:53 am I recently bought several small Greek silver coins from a local dealer. Among them was this little hemidrachm from Rhodes, circa 170-150 BC (Sear 5065). I don't have a magnifying glass in the house powerful enough to let me try to read the magistrate's name, so I put it on the scanner and cranked up the DPI to 2400. Here's the result: Now I can read the name clearly enough, or, well, almost. It appears to be LOANODWR, or something similar. Can anyone offer a clearer interpretation, or point me in the direction of a list of Rhodian coinage-magistrates I can search through? 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

Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1045 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 04:57 am Way outside my area but could the last two letters be missing for Athanodoros? Edited by Biancasdad 11/11/2016 05:05 am Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 05:28 am @sap, that first letter (alpha or lambda) is interesting. I'm having a hard time finding another coin with a similar tail like like that on wildwinds. I do agree with biancasdad that it seems more like an alpha. "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 11/11/2016 09:11 am The last two letter are a bit odd, near as I can make out it looks like AOANODOR. Report this Post to the Staff
Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1045 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 09:24 am Just found this coin on acsearch. It is either your coin or a die match and is in fact attributed to Athandoros: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3340385 Report this Post to the Staff
Athalbert Pillar of the Community Spain 629 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 09:57 am I think that is the same reverse die... Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16861 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 6:39 pm I think it is the same coin, judging by the shape of the flan, the location of the square on the flan, and the little V-shaped dimple at 10 o'clock . Thanks for the provenance info! And thanks to all for the correct reading. 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
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