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gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
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Can anyone Identify this coin and tell me the design. I picked it up from a pot-luck assortment of ancients. I thought it had a boat on one side, but I am looking at it and thinking.. maybe not :)

So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998

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  • gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭

    There was one more I was interested in identifying - this is a big ticket coin that was on auction. I can't find the auction entry though.

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • JohnnyCacheJohnnyCache Posts: 1,908 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 18, 2026 4:33PM

    AI Overview
    The item pictured is an ancient bronze coin, specifically a Cilicia, Seleukeia on the Kalykadnos AE.
    Era: Struck in the 2nd to 1st Century B.C.E.
    Design: The reverse features the forepart of a horse to the right with the inscription "ΑΘΗ" above.
    Material: Bronze.
    Dimensions: Approximately 19.8mm in diameter, weighing 3.79 grams.

    AI Overview
    This item is an ancient Greek silver drachm coin from Larissa, Thessaly, dating back to approximately 400-340 BC.
    Design: The reverse side pictured shows a horse grazing or preparing to roll.
    Inscription: The Greek letters above the horse typically spell the city name, "ΛAPIΣA" (Larissa).
    Value: Authentic examples can range in price, with some valued around $1,450 depending on condition.
    Authenticity: While many original coins exist, there are also sterling silver cast reproductions available.

  • gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭

    what is the Obverse?

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,518 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mrbrklyn said:
    what is the Obverse?

    Of the bronze coin? It's the head of Apollo, apparently, facing right, according to the example the AI found - here is the source article: https://zuzimcoins.com/cilicia-seleukeia-of-kalykadnos-ae-very-fine-after-164-b-c-e/

    The city of Seleukeia-on-the-Kalykadnus, one of several cities named "Seleukeia" hence the need for further location descriptors, is now known as Silifke, Turkey, on the south coast road not far from Tarsus.

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  • gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    edited February 19, 2026 7:25PM

    I think it found my exact coin so that is what my dealer said. I was looking to substantiate that with real knowledge, like maybe a reference to a compendium or other descriptions?

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭

    Inscription: The Greek letters above the horse typically spell the city name, "ΛAPIΣA" (Larissa).

    That is not what it says on the coin I posted, but you are close.

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
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