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Thank you @JKK, I'll keep digging and give gorgon option a go

Thanks as always, @JKK, for the pointers and guidance. I am still pursuing all the leads from above. It's interesting how once the mind sees something, it's difficult to ignore it - which is why I didn't mention the design interpretation myself, wanted to keep it unbiased for your review. But since you've looked at it already, I attached two pics below with the outline of what I thought I saw, and wanted to get your opinion if I am just crazy and my mind is playing tricks on me: In the first one, the side with the square border, it's some beast, like a dog with a tongue out. Maybe a Molossus breed from Greece, perhaps Cerberus itself. The other side has what appears to me at least do be a bust with a Corinthian helmet (outlined), but admittedly, the face is weird and kind of punched in, but I can't come up with anything else. Thoughts?

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Hi all - came across another piece that I cannot attribute. Seems like the small ones are the ones that get me every time: 2.11 grams, 13 mm on long axis. Looks to be bronze. I cannot find anything matching the design - what does it look like to you? Hoping @JKK and other experts can nudge me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.

Thanks @Woods020 - interesting example and helps nudge me in the direction that indeed the portrait is of Alexander. But it also adds to the mystery because in the gold version, the deified head of Alexander is mated to an athena on the back, with words BASILEWS LUSIMAXOU. Those examples is what I found in silver as well, but not in the two sides like mine (where it's Zeus instead of Athena and with Alexander as the name). Thanks for looking this up, knowing it's Alexander will hopefully narrow down my research.

just an addition to the question above - the horn above the ear on the coin, what I referred to as horn of Ammon, seems to indicate that the bust is of a dietefied Alexander or someone else. In some pieces with a similar bust that's what it was referred to, but again, on the other side was sitting Zeus but with ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ behind Zeus, not AΛEΞANΔΡOY.

Thanks as always, @JKK, for the quick reply. I'll spend some more time on it with your pointers in mind...hopefully will find something to update the post. Thanks again!

Another week another mystery, for me as a newbie at least. @JKK, any help you can offer on this one? It's an 18mm, 4.55 g coin, by size/weight looks to be a drachm. It has a AΛEΞANΔΡOY next to what I think is seated Zeus holding an eagle with an owl beneath? What confuses me is that all of the examples I find online with "AΛEΞANΔΡOY" are of Heracles or Alexander in lionskin, whereas this one is a diademed head with Ammon horn? I can't find any example of that combination - thoughts?

thanks again @JKK

Hello again @JKK and others on this forum. Hoping to tap into your expertise once more. I have a piece that I think is from Corcyra (bronze 6.74g, 21mm), but having a hard time finding other examples. The obverse appears to be a Herakles covered in lionskin typical for Corcyra, and the reverse is a prow of a galley. The lettering is what intrigues me and is giving me trouble at the same time. I think it's greek ΔAMO CTPATOC / Damostratus I found an old reference from an 1883 book in google books that seems to match my hunch, but no pictures, so I am a bit curious why there is no other indication of this coin online: https://books.google.com/books?id=zg-zb0OC7AUC&pg=PA147&lpg=PA147&dq=DAMO+CTPATOC+coin&source=bl&ots=8YD0D0lsvb&sig=ACfU3U0izY538bGymke0xcqLrzRynXC0-Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitzqDLltf1AhXBN30KHUXJB08Q6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q=DAMO CTPATOC coin&f=false A rare example, or I am entirely wrong in my search? Thanks in advance 6.74g, 21mm

Thanks @JKK, will do as you suggested

@JKK - thanks again for the help on the 1st question. If I may, since no good deed goes unpunished , ask you for your opinion on 1 other piece: This one weighs .67 g and is 9.1 mm wide. I can find some obol examples with a rooster/hen/gamecock, but the other side, which I think is a beast with a human face, is giving me trouble. Any thoughts on what it could be?: thanks in advance

Thank you, @Woods020 and @JKK. JKK, I think you are spot on the money, definitely looks to be the donkey piece from the link you sent, I will follow that thread. Thanks again for such quick help. Follow-up question if I may - are these coins tough to find / rare in good grades? I was lookup up horse instead of donkey, but even with the proper search, don't seem to find many fine examples

Sorry, totally blanked on adding weight and diameter when posting - here it is: .33 gram weight and 6.4 mm wide