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wwhitman Pillar of the Community United States 1415 Posts	Posted 10/05/2008 6:15 pm Can anybody help on identifying. It is rather small 14mm in diameter. On what I think the obverse has a spear head with C E. On the reverse there appears to be three trident shaped objects. The coin itself is rather black - the camera does me a favor and overexposes Any help would be appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16831 Posts	Posted 10/06/2008 03:45 am The closest I've found so far is a couple of Greek cities: Polyrhenion, a city in western Crete. It's not a perfect match, but the design and style appear similar; This one, particularly. This one from Selge on the south coast of Turkey is a better match for the spear-side, and the letters of the city (SELGE) match what we see on this coin (SE), but the reverse isn't as good a match. 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
wwhitman Pillar of the Community United States 1415 Posts	Posted 10/21/2008 09:55 am I have continued searching and still have not found a match. THANX Sap - for the info - maybe that puts us in the same park! I guess this begs the question - should I request assistance from the 'experts'? I have never made such a request before. I do realize that there are services available for ancients that will do the attribution. Does anybody know who and how much they charge for this service? And should I do it at all or just keep it as an unknown? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16831 Posts	Posted 10/21/2008 10:17 am From what I read on FORVM and elsewhere, David Sear's Ancient Coin Certification Service is the most reputable amongst ancients collectors. He's not infallible, but he's better than the TPG slabbers. Basic fee: $40, add $10 for a deluxe certificate that's got some historical background story for the coin and the city or king that issued it, add $25 for "priority service" to jump the queue. I'm not in America, so I wouldn't do it - shipping and insurance costs would increase to the point where it would only be worthwhile to do it for very valuable coins - so valuable that I'd be extremely uncomfortable about shipping them to America and back. 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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