Can you make out any letters near the trunk?
Most just like us. Some have things from excavations which they were granted permission to keep. Others have just taken things—one friend got...
I know several professional archaeologists, art historians, and classicists who collect archaeological materials. Not many would say so...
I bet you’re correct.
Wow—what a fabulous collection!
My response is to buy more large lots of coins from overseas.
Here it is, as a downloadable PDF: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338067863_Tesoro_con_tetradracmas_atenienses_de_Afganistan
Some say 350-300 BC, others 281-261 BC. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1370411 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3052333
Very rare. I don’t have the attribution in digital format and I’m not near my notes, unfortunately. I believe it is a bit later.
Ralf identified this one for me, also from Ilion, just this week: [ATTACH] Larger than your specimen. About 18mm.
Here is mine from there, but mine appears to be a slightly different variety: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-135635
Perhaps: MYSIA: Perperene MYSIA, Perperene, 4th century BC. AE 10. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΠΕΡ, grape bunch with vines. SNG France 2310;...
Ok, I’ll send him an email soon.
An Italian or Spanish journal I think. I’m not sure the author gave me the journal name—but I could get you the article if you’re interested.
I still question the interpretation that the grasshopper has something to do with the plague— I believe we’ve discussed this here before.
There was a hoard found in Afghanistan recently. It was supposed to be published in Koinon II but another journal, who had initially declined the...
The geographic approach is certainly much more difficult when Roman influence becomes a factor. I have a few coins that are in the grey area...
I basically go by geography except for my specialty collection of man-faced bulls. I also divide by metal type but since the vast majority are...
That’d been missing for a few years now I think.
They arrived :) [ATTACH]
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