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Tanman2001 Pillar of the Community United States 4410 Posts	Posted 05/22/2024 12:16 pm This one was thrown into a lot of Roman and Byzantine bronzes I recently got. It's not something I recognize and haven't found anything so far, so I could use some help with this one! 20mm 3.19g Reverse pictured as medal alignment: Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 05/22/2024 2:31 pm Not sure, but first thought is Celtiberian, like an Apollo obverse type (perhaps with eagle/aguila reverse) from Obulco. But not sure size would work for those. Report this Post to the Staff
Tanman2001 Pillar of the Community United States 4410 Posts	Posted 05/22/2024 3:43 pm I have gotten Obulco bronzes out of other lots from this auction that were similarly Roman/Byzantine heavy... I'll look more into that area. Report this Post to the Staff
Tanman2001 Pillar of the Community United States 4410 Posts	Posted 05/22/2024 4:01 pm @Kamnaskires I think you got it. Obulco Semis. Found this one, seems close if not a match: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6671797 Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 05/22/2024 4:17 pm Yeah. I was wondering, though, about bird/eagle reverses (rather than bulls) - although I'm not certain if that's what's depicted on your coin. I also like the correspondence of the shape of the obverse head on these, compared to your coin. And the first example in the comparison below (just below your coin) has a decent reverse match-up too. FYI, it seems that sometimes the obverse head on this type is identified as Apollo, and other times as a female. Links: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6048946 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8637114 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8219156 Edited by Kamnaskires 05/22/2024 4:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Tanman2001 Pillar of the Community United States 4410 Posts	Posted 05/22/2024 4:48 pm Ah I must have missed those in my search. Looking at it in hand, that does look like a well-defined beak on the reverse there. That seems very likely! Thanks for the help! Report this Post to the Staff
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