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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Teddydogno1, post: 2004338, member: 71226&quot;]Just received this coin from Forum Ancient Coins.&nbsp; With all of the recent talk here about the &quot;first coins&quot; from this area of the world, I wanted to get something similar for my collection.&nbsp; Not being able to get a gold/electrum stater at this time, I opted for this.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359687[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359688[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the attribution info from the seller:</p><p>Silver siglos, Carradice Type IV (middle) B, Carradice Price p. 73 and pl. 19, 217 ff.; SNG Kayhan 1033; SGCV II 4683, aVF, 5.468g, 15.1mm, obverse Kneeling-running figure of the Great King right, dagger in right, bow in left, quiver on right shoulder, crowned, waist indicated, pellets on sleeves; reverse irregular oblong punch.&nbsp; Minted in Lydia, Anatolia while under Persian control, prior to Alexander the Great&#039;s conquest.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is pretty heavy for its size.&nbsp; Not mentioned in the description, but it looks to me like there is a secondary mark of some type to the right of the oblong incuse punch mark on the reverse.&nbsp; Originally I thought it looked like a ram&#039;s head, but now I&#039;m thinking its more of a free form design.&nbsp; Or it this an unintentional mark of some kind?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll try to get my camera to focus better and replace the obverse image soon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any and all comments are welcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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