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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3703022, member: 82322&quot;]The interesting thing about these coins is that they can be dated to the month.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]992589[/ATTACH] </p><p>ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm (16.5g), June 13 - July 13, 97 BC. New Style coinage. 27mm</p><p>Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet</p><p>Rev: AΘ-E / NI-KH-THΣ, ΔIO-NY-ΣIOΣ, EMΒI (=<i>Athens, Niketes, Dionysios,</i> and <i>Embi-</i>) Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields; gorgoneion to right; M (= month 12) on amphora, MH below; all within wreath. </p><p>Ref: Thompson 961 (Seems to match the obverse die for Thompson 961, reverse die of 958a) </p><p><br /></p><p>The dating for coins with the Medusa symbol is usually given as 98/97 BC.&nbsp; This one has the month M which is the last month of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attic_calendar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attic_calendar" rel="nofollow">Athenian year</a>.&nbsp; The coins use a lunar calendar (there is an occasional N for month 13) but there was no N in 97 BC. </p><p><br /></p><p>According to <a href="http://astropixels.com/ephemeris/phasescat/phases-0099.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://astropixels.com/ephemeris/phasescat/phases-0099.html" rel="nofollow">http://astropixels.com/ephemeris/phasescat/phases-0099.html</a>, the moon was new on Jun 13, 97 BC and on Jul 13, 97 BC.&nbsp; So the dies were made for coins to be struck during those days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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