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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeptimusT, post: 4152073, member: 91240&quot;]I haven&#039;t gotten my hands on one of these yet, but I&#039;m a big fan of the style. Finding one that hits the spot is difficult, but I like the ones I see here!</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple similar archaic coins with incuse reverses are these from Kindya and Kolophon (the smallest coin I own, which even the fine photographers at Roma couldn&#039;t do justice to). You can also see some influence of the Persian sigloi in the <a href="https://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cultural/09476/afgh05-106.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cultural/09476/afgh05-106.html" rel="nofollow">early coins of Gandhara</a>, which show an evolution (via the Persians) from imitations of electrum Lydian bull coins to the more common bent bars and Satamana types. It take some imagination to see the influence by then, however.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, I wonder whether metallurgical testing could determine the source of the silver in the Parian drachms...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072284[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Obverse: </b>Head of Ketos (sea-serpent) left, with open jaws</p><p><b>Reverse: </b>Incuse geometric pattern</p><p><b>AR tetrobol of Kindya, Caria, <b>510 - 490 BC,</b> 12mm, 1.94g. SNG Helsinki 920, ex-Baldwin Maull collection</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1072285[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Archaic head of Apollo left</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Irregular incuse punch</p><p><b>AR tetartemorion of Kolophon, Ionia, 530 - 500 BC, 5mm, 0.19g. SNG Kayhan 343, ex Roma eSale 66 &amp; CNG eAuction 244.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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