Help For Attribution #3: Greek Bronze Ae11-Ae12 Bust Right, Plant Or Grain, Long Slender Design Rev?

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paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12041 Posts	Posted 12/28/2024 12:45 am Picked up a decently sized lot of unidentified bronzes. I am going to do my best with them (already got two identified, I think) but otherwise I'm calling on the CCF detective squad. This tiny little coin is only 11.3mm diameter, but it's 3.5mm thick and weighs 2.3 grams. (Hemichalkon?) The obverse appears to show a bust right, perhaps surrounded by traces of a legend, or even a border of dots. The reverse is a bit more clear: a plant of some kind, or grain, or something along those lines. To one side of it is what appears to be a long slender design. On the other side of that you can see traces of a "W" or "V, maybe. I'm hoping that the reverse will make it recognizable to someone! It's a chunky little coin. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse 12/28/2024 01:15 am Report this Post to the Staff

Novicius Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1143 Posts	Posted 12/28/2024 6:58 pm With the third image rotated 180 degrees it does does resemble a coin from Selge in Pisidia with a thunderbolt and arc reverse. Similar to: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10319980 There are around a dozen of this type on ACSearch from 11 to 13 mm in diameter and 2.3 to 2.38 gr in weight. Can't say it's a definite match for the OP coin, but could be a starting point. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12041 Posts	Posted 12/28/2024 7:12 pm A thunderbolt! I had not even thought of that, but it does seem to match to an extent. Time to do more research but I think this is nearly a match. It's possible mine is simply worn down, or is a fractional unit. https://mrbcoins.com/cgi-bin/lotinfo.pl?id=59460 Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse 12/28/2024 7:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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