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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:     831859      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Greek Region:     ARGOLIS City:     Argos Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Triobol Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC Circa 90-50 Diameter:     14 mm Weight:     2.31 g Die Axis:     1 h Obverse Description:     Forepart of wolf left Reverse Legend:     A Reverse Description:     Large A; I-E/P-Ω/N-Σ in three lines across field; below crossbar, eagle standing right on thunderbolt; all within incuse square. Mint:     Argos Primary Reference:     BCD Peloponnesos 1177 (same rev. die) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=148645 Grade:     VF Notes:     Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales). The LHS sale notes: “It would be interesting to suggest that the eagle on thunderbolt on the reverse of this coin refers to Cleopatra and that this issue, and others similar to it (with the massive wolf on the obverse), ought to be down-dated to the 30s. The fact that this issue definitely seems to have been struck in haste (many of the specimens known to us are mis-struck), might be evidence for this theory, but it unfortunately does not seem to be compelling at this time.”

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