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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3157754, member: 56859&quot;]And an elusive Iguanasus from Tiphonia.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sng-tiffily-2-jpg.446926/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>TIFFILY, Tiphonia</b></p><p><b>c. 5th century BCE</b></p><p>AR18, 7.4 gm, and AR 17, 7.4 gm</p><p>Obv: Forepart of winged iguana left</p><p>Rev: Monogram within dotted square, incuse</p><p>Ref: SNG Tiffily 2, respectively</p><p><i>This, and one other of similar size and weight, are puzzling. Metallurgic analysis shows them to be 99.9% silver yet they are somewhat porous. Perhaps the copper leached out over the centuries.&nbsp; Some scholars believe this exemplar to be a contemporary counterfeit.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/iguanasus-struck1-jpg.446900/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></i></p><p><b>TIFFILY, Tiphonia</b></p><p><b>c. 5th century BCE</b></p><p>AR 16, 6.0 gm</p><p>Obv: Forepart of winged iguana left</p><p>Rev: Monogram within dotted square, incuse</p><p>Ref: SNG Tiffily 4</p><p><i><i>This coin is missing from the research lab and it is feared that an unscrupulous member of the archaeology team has sold it on the black market.</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sng-tiffily-5-jpg.446918/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></i></p><p><b>TIFFILY, Tiphonia</b></p><p><b>c. 5th century BCE</b></p><p>AR 16, 7.5 gm</p><p>Obv: Forepart of winged iguana left</p><p>Rev: Monogram within dotted square, incuse</p><p>Ref: SNG Tiffily 5</p><p><i><i>Most of the coins, including this one, are of terrible workmanship. One would probably be correct in thinking these mint workers had no idea what they were doing. Clearly there was no quality control.&nbsp; Testing shows this coin to be 90% silver and 10% copper.</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/iguanasus-tetradrachm-jpg.446901/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></i></p><p><b>TIFFILY, Tiphonia</b></p><p><b>c. 5th century BCE</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm (Rhodian standard), 15 gm</p><p>Obv: Forepart of winged iguana left</p><p>Rev: Monogram within dotted square, incuse</p><p>Ref: SNG Tiffily 10</p><p><i><i>This coin is also missing and feared sold.</i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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