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I Need Help With Coins Please (Id: Apameia In Phrygia 133Bc)

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coin is brass weight 6.4 grams 20 mm diameter
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i see a helmeted person resembling Alexander the great on one side
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Looks old, worn out and middle eastern or Asian to me.
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here are a little better pictures hopefully it gets some results
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@nelson, those follow-up pics are way out of focus, but the lighting on that first one is quite good. Can you please re-take that pic with improved focus? Thx.
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here are 3 more pics. you can make out the helmet and nose
hope this helps closest I can find is a Drachma from around the period of Alex. the great
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 Posted 06/19/2021  12:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nelson9225 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
found it
APAMEIA in PHRYGIA 133BC Athena obverse Eagle reverse
weight 6.5 grams
still don't know why it's yellow for a coin that should be silver to bronze in color
it's a tetradrachm
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Ok good to know and glad you figured it out. I'll get this thread moved over to the ancients subforum.
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