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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     775295      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Greek Region:     MESSENIA City:     Messene Date Ruled:     Late 1st century BC Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     Trichalkon Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC Late 1st century Diameter:     16 mm Weight:     3.54 g Die Axis:     5 h Obverse Description:     Bare-headed and bearded bust of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin around neck Reverse Legend:     ME Reverse Description:     Club; ME monogram to left, wreath to right Primary Reference:     Grandjean 676a corr. = BCD Peloponnesos 760 (this coin) Reference2:     SNG Cop - Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=89169 Grade:     VF, green patina Notes:     Extremely rare, one of about 3 known. From the BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 760.Practically the entire entry for these rare coins is erroneous in Grandjean: the head is listed as laureate, the obverse dies are all the same (not different), two of the reverse dies listed (R597 and R599) are the same, the photos for her 675 and 676 are switched, and the cast for this coin was so poorly made that the obverse appears to have been double-struck.

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