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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kavax, post: 3780204, member: 107774&quot;]This hoard is an interesting issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was at the numismata coin fair in Munich in march. I thought i would see tons of owls from that hoard on dealer trays but I haven&#039;t seen a single one of them.... but there were plenty of rumour about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The hoard is supposed to have been found in Turkey in the area of Konya. As far as we know so far, it contains Flament Group II and III tetradrachms so the last decade of the fifth century is a plausible closing date for the hoard burial. It could be linked to the &quot;Ten Thousand&quot; expedition. </p><p><br /></p><p>cf Xenophon Anabasis book I chapter II.19 :</p><p><br /></p><p>ἐντεῦθεν ἐξελαύνει σταθμοὺς τρεῖς παρασάγγας εἴκοσιν <b>εἰς Ἰκόνιον</b>, τῆς Φρυγίας πόλιν ἐσχάτην. <b>ἐνταῦθα ἔμεινε τρεῖς ἡμέρας</b>.</p><p><i>Therefore <i>he walked 3 stations, 20 pharasangs, <b>to Iconium</b>, last town of Phrygia. <b>Here he remained 3 days.</b></i></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Iconium was the name of actual Konya.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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