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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2243942, member: 26302&quot;]Hey [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] I have shown some here over the years. I figured most wouldn&#039;t want the whole shebang. I was in contact with Steve about his purchase. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Its just an interesting area, with tons of coins most western collectors have never seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>This particular one used to be very rare until about 3 years ago more started coming out of the fields. Now its only much rarer than most Roman coins, not dramatically rarer.</p><p><br /></p><p>My problem with the timeline they use to attribute this is:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Its a imitation of a Seleucid coin</p><p>2. Hirkod silver coins stylistically came after it</p><p>3. By the 3rd century the Silk Road had moved north through Sogdia, and they were swimming in Persian silver coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, why the heck would they be minting imitations of Seleucid silver coins 600-700 years after they circulated, in an area with more Persian silver than you could carry? My dating, looking at all of the issues in the area, would place the dating more around 0-100 AD, with the horse head obols being 200-0 BC, and the Hirkod issues being from 100-200AD. After that, Persian silver would have circulated freely in the area. Even Hunnic silver in the area started by 370AD, so again no sense why they attribute this one so late.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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