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perseus New Member Greece 3 Posts	Posted 09/21/2008 01:10 am Can you help me identify a greek coin? I'm a new collector and I don't have enough knowledge. So,any help would be wellcome. Image: a13.jpg 53.16 KB Thank you in advance. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16836 Posts	Posted 09/21/2008 08:54 am The face looks familiar... it's much the same as my avatar, pictures to the left of my post. My coin is from Rhodes, but coins with portraits like this (on mine, it's the sun-god Helios), shown in 3/4 profile, were issued not just from this city. The reverse of your coin is a bull's head, which as far as I can tell isn't a normal type for Rhodian coins. With no readable text, it's going to be hard to track down. Here's what I've been able to find so far... Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, issued coins with a very similar design - here's an example on CoinArchives. Trouble is, these are much older stylistically than yours, and made of the wrong metal. It's probably just a coincidence. Several other places issued coins with either that style head, or that style bull, but I can't find one that did both. Perhaps some context might help. Do you know where it was found? Bronze coins rarely travelled far from their place of origin. 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
perseus New Member Greece 3 Posts	Posted 09/21/2008 3:59 pm Thank you for the interest. I,m sorry but I don't know where it was found due to the fact I've just bought it in an action. Is it possible the coin to be from Phokis?Because,I think I can discern greek letters Phi; Omicron; Kappa; Iota; above bull's head on the reverse. Perhaps,is Apollo on the obverse. The coin is only 10mm. Report this Post to the Staff
perseus New Member Greece 3 Posts	Posted 09/21/2008 4:04 pm I' m so sorry.It seems that it's impossible to write in greek.So,the greek letters translated in latin alphabet are: F O K I Report this Post to the Staff
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