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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1841413, member: 57463&quot;]Sinope. Likely struck under the authority of <b>Diogenes the Cynic </b>before he fled to Athens.&nbsp; My collection was built around the times and towns of philosophers.&nbsp; I had Thales to Hypatia.&nbsp; This was one that I kept after I divested.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below: Drachm (of the heavy standard) of Sinope. 415-365 BCE. 5.6 grams.&nbsp; Sear GCV 3692.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]305880[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]305881[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note DIO under the wing of the eagle.&nbsp; Note also the test cut obverse.</p><p>That substantiates the story that Diogenes fled from Sinope after a problem with the coinage in his term as moneyer.&nbsp; (Others suggest it was with his father&#039;s term of office and he was merely complicit.) I had sent it to the ANA for a measure of absolute gravity and it came back <b>90% silver.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So many are so cool, but I do have a soft spot for Sicilian bronze.&nbsp; I have none of my own: never found the perfect girl, I guess; but I admire everyone else&#039;s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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