✅ SOLVED Coin ID

[vince76]

Hi guys.
I'm trying to ID these coins but no results yet.











Probably Greek !

Thanks guys

 

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[jeff of pa]

Pretty sure the first one is roman

 

[Mackaydon]

First coin:
Greek city of Pella in Macedonia
Struck circa 148-31 B.C.
Reference: Sear 1446; HGC 3, 615; Moushmov 6453; SNGCop 266ff; SNG ANS 7, nos. 598-617
Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right
ΠEΛ-ΛHΣ, bull (ox) grazing right.
Don....

 

[Mackaydon]

If you turn upside down the coin that appears as a flower, it now appears as a figure standing upright with its arms outstretched.
Don..

 

[vince76]

First coin:
Greek city of Pella in Macedonia
Struck circa 148-31 B.C.
Reference: Sear 1446; HGC 3, 615; Moushmov 6453; SNGCop 266ff; SNG ANS 7, nos. 598-617
Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right
ΠEΛ-ΛHΣ, bull (ox) grazing right.
Don....

That's great Don, thanks so much. For the second I thought the same, someone with open arms but I don't have any results yet.

 

[Tom_Restorer]

They are all greec. Just check a greec coin database.

 

[Mackaydon]

Vince,
By the way, the original name of Pella was Bounomos ("Grazing Ox"), and is alluded to and shown on some of the coins from the city with the grazing bull (ox)--like yours.
Don........

 

[vince76]

Don, I think my coin is not Pellas but Tessaloniko. I found this one. Macedonia, Thessalonica, AE18mm, 158-149 BC.

Obverse.Helmeted head of Athena right

Reverse. QESSALO-NIKH above and beneath bull butting right or grazing right

You can notice the written under the bull : NIKH

 

[vince76]

They are all greec. Just check a greec coin database.

Macedonia, Thessalonica, AE18mm, 158-149 BC.

Obverse.Helmeted head of Athena right

Reverse. QESSALO-NIKH above and beneath bull butting right or grazing right

 

[Mackaydon]

Your probably closer than mine.
Here's another with the NIAKH, but misattributed to a horse grazing right:
Thessalonica, Macedonia, AE19. 187-31 BC. Head of Athena right / QESSALONIKH, horse grazing right.

Don......

 

[Mackaydon]

I find it interesting that Pella was once the port city on the Thermaic Gulf (on the North Aegean Sea), connected to the Gulf by an inlet--which eventually silted up leaving Pella landlocked. The A-L-A National Park occupies the silted up area today and Thessalonia now is the port city on that gulf.
Don.....

 

[vince76]

Your probably closer than mine.
Here's another with the NIAKH, but misattributed to a horse grazing right:
Thessalonica, Macedonia, AE19. 187-31 BC. Head of Athena right / QESSALONIKH, horse grazing right.

Don......

I was closer but you nailed it. They look identical. Both have four lines in front of the helmet. The cow and the written identical too. Great!

 

[vince76]

I forgot to post a pic. This was mine.

 

[Mackaydon]

The "lady standing" coin is,I believe, a Dephic Amphictyonic League Coin[h=2]Ancient to Medieval (And Slightly Later) History - Rare Delphic Amphictyonic League Coin This is one...[/h]

[FONT=Roboto, sans-serif]And another:
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[FONT=Roboto, sans-serif]Note that each example has the Greek letters in the same sequence as your coin; namely, Alpha, Mu, Phi, Iota.
I haven't found the exact coin but maybe you or another member may nail this one.
Don......[/FONT]

 

[vince76]

Hey Don, I found it!

 

[vince76]

What we thought was a person with open arms is just a stalk of grain

http://coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=206039

 

[Mackaydon]

Vince, congrats !! So now we know: Not a flower and not a lady, but a stalk of grain.
Great ID.
Don....

 

[Mackaydon]

Here are a few other samples to choose from:
https://www.google.com/search?q=AMP...3dPYAhUN2WMKHb8tAQYQ_AUIDCgD&biw=1367&bih=740
Keep you eyes open for gold staters !! You're in the right area.
Don........

 

[Mackaydon]

A candidate for your second coin:

Byzantine coin (1st century) with a bust of Artemis (Diana) on the obverse and an eight-rayed star within a crescent on the reverse side.
Coin may have come from Byzantium (Istanbul, today).
Don......​

 

[vince76]

A candidate for your second coin:

Byzantine coin (1st century) with a bust of Artemis (Diana) on the obverse and an eight-rayed star within a crescent on the reverse side.
Coin may have come from Byzantium (Istanbul, today).
Don......​

That's the only I could find too. I was thinking too about Artemis on Sicilian coins but they have thunderbolt on the reverse!