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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7629022, member: 19463"]Are you saying that there exist today as many of these fractions as the larger coins? That would mean that the standard references and later sellers chose to illustrate every nomos they saw but hardly 1% of the fractions. In the case of the 'donkey head' coin, I have seen at least three from that die and no more than a couple coins from other dies while there seem to be a great number of dies for the nomos size. Perhaps at one time the fractions were abundant but where are those coins today? Usually having coins sharing fewer dies indicates fewer were made rather than an abundant issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the record, there is also the 1/3 nomos size. They seem less frequently illustrated that the larger ones as well. Mine has a double struck reverse that makes it look 'odd'.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1312507[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7629022, member: 19463"]Are you saying that there exist today as many of these fractions as the larger coins? That would mean that the standard references and later sellers chose to illustrate every nomos they saw but hardly 1% of the fractions. In the case of the 'donkey head' coin, I have seen at least three from that die and no more than a couple coins from other dies while there seem to be a great number of dies for the nomos size. Perhaps at one time the fractions were abundant but where are those coins today? Usually having coins sharing fewer dies indicates fewer were made rather than an abundant issue. For the record, there is also the 1/3 nomos size. They seem less frequently illustrated that the larger ones as well. Mine has a double struck reverse that makes it look 'odd'. [ATTACH=full]1312507[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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