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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 6461047, member: 91461"]Great thread idea [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] with some great coins ta boot! That is one sexy Sexton from Eutruria<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Bulky club and very fun patina colors<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here's a tiny double:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257941[/ATTACH]</p><p>IONIA, Phokaia(?).</p><p> Circa 6th-5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm or Diobol (10mm, 1.57 gm). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC Ionia pg. 215, 82; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Kayhan 514; SNG von Aulock 2116 var. (seal right). Good VF, porous, small flan. Ex-Savoca</p><p>Similar pieces with a seal behind the griffin's head are clearly Phokaian (as von Aulock 2116). Coins without the seal are possibly from Teos. Depending on the weight standard that might apply, this coin could be either a hemidrachm or a diobol.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Does that mean this is a whole as or just half as<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257936[/ATTACH]</p><p>Pretty sure it's a whole as.</p><p>And so by that math, this is about a whole and a half<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257939[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 6461047, member: 91461"]Great thread idea [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] with some great coins ta boot! That is one sexy Sexton from Eutruria:cigar: Bulky club and very fun patina colors:singing: Here's a tiny double: [ATTACH=full]1257941[/ATTACH] IONIA, Phokaia(?). Circa 6th-5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm or Diobol (10mm, 1.57 gm). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC Ionia pg. 215, 82; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Kayhan 514; SNG von Aulock 2116 var. (seal right). Good VF, porous, small flan. Ex-Savoca Similar pieces with a seal behind the griffin's head are clearly Phokaian (as von Aulock 2116). Coins without the seal are possibly from Teos. Depending on the weight standard that might apply, this coin could be either a hemidrachm or a diobol. Does that mean this is a whole as or just half as:facepalm:? [ATTACH=full]1257936[/ATTACH] Pretty sure it's a whole as. And so by that math, this is about a whole and a half:wacky: [ATTACH=full]1257939[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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