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Help Identifying Ancient Bronze

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 Posted 01/11/2011  10:13 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add johnfariss to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I bought this for a quarter or so 40+ years ago. I like ancients, but never got into them--went towards early US & Confederate currency instead. Have looked through several books on ancients, but no success. It is bronze and appx. 15 mm dianeter. Obverse (?) is bust of a figure (female?) wearing headress, possibly helmet; reverse (?) is standing figure, with legend. Thanks!

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 Posted 01/12/2011  12:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's an ancient Greek bronze. The obverse has a soldier's helmet on the bust.

The fact that is has Greek script on the reverse suggests that it is Roman Colonial.

I'll leave it to others to take the attribution further.
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I'm thinking early roman(100 bc).Helmeted Athena or Roma possibly.Not worth alot in that condition
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