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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2033012, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Well, I must love these Ionia examples, for I probably have at least twenty of &#039;em!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... but in this particular case, I&#039;ve randomly scored myself a 3rd example of an Ionia &quot;Miletos&quot; coin from the third and/or fourth century BC ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I think that these examples are very cool ... and my latest example is apparently quite a catch ... I hope that you like it (all of &#039;em) </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Cheers</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Ionia, Miletos AE10</span></b></p><p>4th century BC</p><p>Diameter: 10.1 mm</p><p>Weight: 2.2 grams</p><p>Obverse: Lion walking left, head forward; monogram in front, ΑΛΙ above.</p><p>Reverse: Star</p><p>References: Ashton and Kinns, 2003: 6, pl. 1B</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #5900b3">Characteristics: According to Kinns, these coins with lion facing forward predates those with head turned and are the &quot;earliest inscribed coins from Miletos&quot;. Only 2 others known to him</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]370174[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]370175[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... so fricken cool ... </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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