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matnik New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 1:30 pm My wifes grandad found this coin on his allotment recently and despite extensive searching on the internet, we are none the wiser to its origin. Any info would be very helpful. Thanks in advance Matt Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 2:24 pm the lettering appears to be greek, but I am not sure of the translation. Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2869 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 4:09 pm It's not a coin - it must be some sort of tourist token or medal. Looks fun though My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16807 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 7:28 pm It's not ancient, though aspects of it are copied from several different ancient coins. I think it's a tourist medal from Delphi. The lettering is Greek - well, most of it - but on ancient Greek coins inscriptions usually ran sideways, not vertically. The obverse inscription reads "Delphoi Aniochoy" - "Delphoi" is the modern Greek spelling of the city of Delphi, and "Aniochoy" probably a mis-spelling of "Antiochoy", the form the name "Antiochus" takes on Hellenistic coinage; this side was probably copied from a Seleucid coin. As far as I can tell, Delphi issued no coins during the Seleucid period. On the reverse, we have a tripod, much as is seen on the coinage of Syracuse and certain other Greek cities, though it's occasionally seen on coins of Delphi, too; example on Wildwinds. The inscription here reads "delphoi pythia". The Pythia was the priestess-oracle of Apollo at Delphi. 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
matnik New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 04/05/2011 12:53 pm Thanks for the info, very interesting if not valuable! Report this Post to the Staff
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