Greek Identification

Question 1

obv - turtle

Answer 1

aegina

Question 2

obv - seal

Answer 2

Phocaea

Question 3

obv - varying types (with simple rev punches)

Answer 3

Athens’ Wappenmünzen, 550-25

Question 4

obv - gorgon

Answer 4

Athens Goegoneia series 525-15

Question 5

obv - unwreathed helmeted Athena

Answer 5

unwreathed owls 515-480

Question 6

obv - Pegasus

Answer 6

Corinth, or associated ally (indicated by ethnic)

Question 7

obv - bull

Answer 7

Sybaris

Question 8

obv - lion head

Answer 8

Lydia

Question 9

obv - ear of corn

Answer 9

metapontum

Question 10

obv - pointy beard soldier on horse

Answer 10

Tarsus (Persian type)

Question 11

obv - Wreathed Athena, full profile eye, and classical helmet décor

Answer 11

athenian owl early 4th century BC

Question 12

obv - Wreathed Athena, full profile eye, and pi-style helmet

Answer 12

mid to late 4th century BC

Question 13

obv - cockerel

Answer 13

Himera

Question 14

obv - griffin

Answer 14

Abdera

Question 15

obv - lion scalp

Answer 15

Samos

Question 16

obv - celery leaf

Answer 16

Selinus

Question 17

obv - quadriga

Answer 17

Syracuse / early Rome

Question 18

obv - mule driven cart

Answer 18

for Anaxilas’ games victory at RHEGIUM

Question 19

obv - head of Dionysus

Answer 19

Naxos (Sic. Island)

Question 20

obv - Satyr head

Answer 20

Aetna (town on the volcano’s slopes)

Question 21

obv - dolphin in sickle shaped harbour

Answer 21

Zancle

Question 22

legend - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

Answer 22

‘king’, Macedonian/Eastern leader

Question 23

rev - 2 small square punches, one central rectangle punch

Answer 23

Early Lydo-Milesian standard

Question 24

rev - incuse square with random lines

Answer 24

zig-zag pattern

Question 25

rev - four smaller incuse squares

Answer 25

window pattern, North Aegean

Question 26

rev - window with extra diagonal split

Answer 26

large skew pattern

Question 27

rev - X like punch

Answer 27

wheel pattern

Question 28

rev - union jack (last development incuse punch

Answer 28

Aegina or Corinth

Question 29

rev - facing owl but NO olive sprig or crescent moon

Answer 29

pre-persian war owls

Question 30

rev - Facing owl, leaves, and crescent moon + ethnic starting at head

Answer 30

classical and early 4th century owls

Question 31

rev - crab

Answer 31

Akragas

Question 32

rev - prow of Samian galley

Answer 32

Samians at Zancle

Question 33

rev - basic drawing of magnifying glass

Answer 33

Corinth (ethnic = archaic kappa)

Question 34

rev - three legs in rotation

Answer 34

triskeles, originally of Aspendos

Question 35

rev - galloping hare

Answer 35

Rhegium = origin

Question 36

rev - bunch of grapes

Answer 36

Naxos (Sic. Island)

Question 37

rev - detailed image (eg. alongside eagle on pine tree) of reclining Zeus Aitanos

Answer 37

Aetna

Question 38

rev - shell in geometric pattern

Answer 38

early Zancle