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...gotta say that these couple recent ones are even further gone than most that we see on CCF.
Sadly, that's true - especially of this one. What do we have here? A bearded fellow - presumably that's the obverse - and a completely worn away, slightly cupped, reverse, struck on a thick planchet, of the dimensions you provided, Coinnewbie3.
That's a lot more than nothing - but is it enough for a definitive attribution? Maybe, maybe not.
Without even searching, I'd be inclined to think the bust is Herakles but, geez, there are so many other possibilities where bearded busts are concerned: Poseidon (and Neptune), a bearded Dionysos, Sipylos (a mountain god), Asklepios/Asclepius, Jupiter, Seuthes (of Thrace), Demos, etc.
Even if we are certain that we are dealing with a Herakles, and of course we know the size and can observe the fabric, there
may still be quite a few possibilities.
Granted I haven't had time to hunt for this particular one (I've had 8 houseguests for more than the past week), but I fear the best you'd be able to do is to narrow down the possibilities - as opposed to definitively i.d.'ing the coin.
It's never very satisfying to have a "possibly" attached to an attribution, but that may be required here. However, as I say, I haven't even had time to poke around. Have you? What are you leaning towards here? It might be easier if you would hunt around, let us know what your thesis is - and we can then offer up opinions.
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Can you post some details about how you got the coin or how it was labelled by the seller?
Spence asks an excellent question here - I too am really curious where you're finding all of these unattributed Greek AE's. Buying them by the lot? Fill us in, please.
And bear in mind, Coinnewbie3, that one of the most satisfying, fun aspects of the hobby is attributing coins. I suspect I'm preaching to the choir, but just want to make sure you're attempting to indulge in some of that fun yourself...
Posted 07/03/2018 4:10 pm
