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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4152100, member: 96898"]Thanks for the write-up!</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I see, there is some serious doubt whether these really come from Parion. A while ago, [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] suggested in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/staring-at-the-gorgon-drinking-wine.339109/#post-3526764" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/staring-at-the-gorgon-drinking-wine.339109/#post-3526764">another thread</a> that they might actually have been minted at Olbia. To quote his post, which in my opinion presented convincing evidence:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> My tag for this "Parion drachm" therefore reads "probably Olbia:"</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072289[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">"Mysia, Parium" (probably Olbia), "drachm," ca. 480 BC. Obv: Gorgoneion. Rev cross-shaped incusum. 12.2mm, 3.14g. Ref: BMC 4–8; Sear Greek 3917; SNG Copenhagen 256, SNG von Aulock 1318.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4152100, member: 96898"]Thanks for the write-up! As far as I see, there is some serious doubt whether these really come from Parion. A while ago, [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] suggested in [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/staring-at-the-gorgon-drinking-wine.339109/#post-3526764']another thread[/URL] that they might actually have been minted at Olbia. To quote his post, which in my opinion presented convincing evidence: My tag for this "Parion drachm" therefore reads "probably Olbia:" [ATTACH=full]1072289[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]"Mysia, Parium" (probably Olbia), "drachm," ca. 480 BC. Obv: Gorgoneion. Rev cross-shaped incusum. 12.2mm, 3.14g. Ref: BMC 4–8; Sear Greek 3917; SNG Copenhagen 256, SNG von Aulock 1318.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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