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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 6644232, member: 26302"]Bill Daehn is one of the members of my coin club, and one of the world leaders on these. From the fragments I remember, the highest quality coins are Thasan, then when they got a mine on the mainland they struck coins "of the Thasians" also. Later, the Macedonians took over the mine and Thasos. In the meantime, since Thasos struck so many of these, there were tons of celtic imitations of various quality. I think bill said once the vast majority of these out there are celtic imitations. Only the best style coins are from Thasos proper. Bill claims he can tell the difference between Thasan, Thasans on the mainland, and celtic imitations. [USER=117904]@Ryan McVay[/USER] , anything I am missing from Bill's talks? (Bill LOVES to talk about Thasos coinage <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 6644232, member: 26302"]Bill Daehn is one of the members of my coin club, and one of the world leaders on these. From the fragments I remember, the highest quality coins are Thasan, then when they got a mine on the mainland they struck coins "of the Thasians" also. Later, the Macedonians took over the mine and Thasos. In the meantime, since Thasos struck so many of these, there were tons of celtic imitations of various quality. I think bill said once the vast majority of these out there are celtic imitations. Only the best style coins are from Thasos proper. Bill claims he can tell the difference between Thasan, Thasans on the mainland, and celtic imitations. [USER=117904]@Ryan McVay[/USER] , anything I am missing from Bill's talks? (Bill LOVES to talk about Thasos coinage :)).[/QUOTE]
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