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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3641982, member: 97383&quot;]John, You certainly are a &quot;Unrepentant Fine Style Freak&quot;! The later version of the famous Naxos Tet, although very different, is also a masterpiece of Greek coinage <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, see photos below. Naxos, Sicily, circa 425 BC. AR Tetradrachm: 17.14 gm, 25 mm, 5h. This version is purely classical in style &amp; has lost remnants of the archaic style as seen in the older version. Silenos is older &amp; looks more human than the older version. Dionysos no longer looks severe &amp; appears very human too. This coin was offered for sale by <b>CNG</b> in association with <b>NOMOS AG</b> 7 years ago for $275,000.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Even the famous coin forger Karl Becker, was greatly impressed with this later version, &amp; made a beautiful copy of this coin before 1830, seen below the original. <b>CNG</b> sold this handsome forgery for well over $2,000.00 not long ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]977751[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]977752[/ATTACH] </p><p>Becker forgery, circa 1820, 13.28 gm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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