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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3570783, member: 96898&quot;]Your siglos is fantastic, [USER=75799]@Loong Siew[/USER] – congratulations on this acquisition!</p><p><br /></p><p>Some recent and from my non-expert perspective convincing scholarship on the later sigloi and dareikoi argues that these types constitute Lydian regional issues instead of Achaemenid imperial coins. An English-language article on this topic can be found <a href="https://www.academia.edu/17412646/A_New_Thesis_for_Siglos_and_Dareikos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/17412646/A_New_Thesis_for_Siglos_and_Dareikos" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and it has been discussed on CT <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-king-is-in-a-hurry.338278/#post-3507902" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-king-is-in-a-hurry.338278/#post-3507902">here</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Following this thesis, your siglos would have to be considered a widespread Lydian type minted in but not for the Achaemenid empire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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