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Arcadius New Member Vatican City State (Holy See) 19 Posts	Posted 12/21/2018 4:44 pm Hi again. This is another mysterious coin for me. I can see a tripod on the first side and a head in the other side. Can you tell my where is this coin from? Diameter 9 mm; weight 1.53 * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 12/21/2018 7:40 pm Here's one clue: research KROTON: Delphic Tripod Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/21/2018 8:05 pm I agree with Albert. I would certainly follow that line of research on Google Images, as well as Google. Report this Post to the Staff
jskirwin Pillar of the Community United States 616 Posts	Posted 12/21/2018 10:08 pm From Vatican City? Wow. I'm a big fan of your museum. Report this Post to the Staff
Arcadius New Member Vatican City State (Holy See) 19 Posts	Posted 12/22/2018 03:40 am Thanks to all! I thought about Kroton, but I found only two coins with tripod and head, and both of them have a more "heavy" tripod and the legend KRO. Instead my tripod is different and you can read something like ITA or IGL (Greek letters) on the left side. Edited by Arcadius 12/22/2018 03:41 am Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 12/22/2018 06:10 am I agree with Albert, but I'll add that I have suspicions about its authenticity - looks to me like it has been cast. Report this Post to the Staff
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 12/22/2018 12:13 pm I don t think it is a coin from Kroton .There is a legend at left and maybe also at right .Many Greek cities had coins with tripods , so check : Greek coins,tripod and compare the style of the tripod . I don t think it is a fake , the quality is to bad . albert Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 12/22/2018 3:11 pm Quote: ...you can read something like ITA I suspect that may be the "ITA" of TAYPOME-NITAN of a Tauromenion issue. Like Ben, I have concerns about authenticity. Report this Post to the Staff
Arcadius New Member Vatican City State (Holy See) 19 Posts	Posted 12/22/2018 3:15 pm After a long search, I think this coin is from the Sicilian town of Tauromenion. I can barely read P..M and ITAN, that could be part of TAYPOME / NITAN The problem is that I'm not able to find this type of coin on wildwinds or other online catalogue. Tripod is different and Apollo's head is oriented to left (others are right oriented). Report this Post to the Staff
Arcadius New Member Vatican City State (Holy See) 19 Posts	Posted 12/22/2018 3:26 pm And this is the edge. Sorry but I'm not able to take a better photo. Report this Post to the Staff
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