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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3364386, member: 96898&quot;]It&#039;s generally interesting to see which coins currently enter the market in great quantity. </p><p><br /></p><p>One obvious example are Athenian tetradrachms, another are the Lycian 1/6 and 1/3 staters which CNG auctions off by the dozen. There seems to be a similar situation when it comes to the early &quot;warrior staters&quot; of Aspendos. These were considered rare and expensive when I started to take a serious interest in Greek coins five years ago, now imperfect examples almost go for a song. The coin below, for example, was sold for about $40 after fees.</p><p><br /></p><p>I somewhat doubt that it&#039;s a mere coincidence that all these coins point to a provenance in southwest Turkey and come from roughly the same time period. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]892251[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Aspendos, Pamphylia, AR stater, ca. 465–430 BC. Obv: Warrior walking r., holding sword and shield. Rev: Triskeles, two test cuts. 17mm, 10.91g. Ref: SNG France 1–11. Ex Savoca, Blue Auction 14, lot 366.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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