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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 25315899, member: 82322&quot;]For a long time I thought these came from Olbia, not Parion.&nbsp; I now believe these come from Thrace, perhaps Bizya, rather than either of those places.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER] you described your coin correctly.&nbsp; Everyone believes these come from there.&nbsp; It&#039;s not Parion, though.&nbsp; No examples have ever been found near the ancient site.&nbsp; I believe that Richard Payne Knight confused everyone by donating his examples to the British Museum and saying they were from Parion -- without evidence.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1617209[/ATTACH] </p><p>THRACE. Biyza or the Asti? (AKA “Parion”). Circa 515-480 BC. 3.86g 13mm</p><p>LHS Numismatik, auction 100, April 2007. Said to be ex Dr. Roland Maly, founder of Bank Leu, who received on 16 April 1968.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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