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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8352857, member: 118780&quot;]While I suspect both of these coins are from Egypt, I don&#039;t believe either should be attributed to Sabakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the CNG coin case, their time period could very well be right, but as they note themselves that period can be attributed to multiple rulers/satraps.</p><p><br /></p><p>One possibility that I read recently (sadly I couldn&#039;t find the attribution), is that the unmarked Athens tets were minted by warlords along the Nile. When I read that statement, I doubted it given the number of dies and the quality. However, these issues seem to have fewer dies and lower quality, so perhaps the paper was wrong to classify <i>all</i> Egyptian unmarked tets in that basket, but correct in that <i>some</i> of them were minted that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that there are papers such as <a href="https://www.academia.edu/794964/_Two_unpublished_hoards_and_other_owls_from_Egypt_American_Journal_of_Numismatics_14_2002_pp_59_71" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/794964/_Two_unpublished_hoards_and_other_owls_from_Egypt_American_Journal_of_Numismatics_14_2002_pp_59_71" rel="nofollow">this one</a> that provide some information on the countermarks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Comparing your coin vs the CNG coin, IMHO they&#039;re not from the same time period. The first has a characteristic test cut seen on practically all Sabakes tets from that period. Sabakes clearly labeled his own tets, but that seems to indicate their coin was in circulation in roughly the same time period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin has a punch and much more elaborate bankers marks (those from Sabakes&#039; time seem simpler). I have no idea when that would place your coin, except to say it&#039;s unlikely the same time as Sabakes. I suspect further research into the bankers marks may provide some insight.</p><p><br /></p><p>For reference, here&#039;s my Sabakes tets that I&#039;ve posted before.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1482282[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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