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<p>[QUOTE="KParsons, post: 3204308, member: 32926"]I agree that the A2/A3 distinction isn't meaningful at this time. While there are clearly larger coins and smaller coins (and pretty much everything in between) - and the style/feel of the coins seem different - there doesn't appear (yet) to be a hard line that you can draw based on weight, size, or variety such that what's an A2 and what's an A3 is apparent. I agree with David, who said in an earlier post:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That, to me, is the key. Get crystal clear on the major varieties (and the minor variations of these varieties), redo the classification (hopefully chronologically), and then see if any natural divisions emerge (such as A2/A3) that are clear to understand and explain.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here are my tables of numbers. There are 3 tables here - excavation/hoard/stray finds, museums/major collections, and the Mardin "hoard" (which has way different ratios than the others, so I kept it separate as an outlier). I kept these separate because I think valid conclusions that can be drawn from each table are different.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]830057[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]830058[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]830059[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KParsons, post: 3204308, member: 32926"]I agree that the A2/A3 distinction isn't meaningful at this time. While there are clearly larger coins and smaller coins (and pretty much everything in between) - and the style/feel of the coins seem different - there doesn't appear (yet) to be a hard line that you can draw based on weight, size, or variety such that what's an A2 and what's an A3 is apparent. I agree with David, who said in an earlier post: That, to me, is the key. Get crystal clear on the major varieties (and the minor variations of these varieties), redo the classification (hopefully chronologically), and then see if any natural divisions emerge (such as A2/A3) that are clear to understand and explain. And here are my tables of numbers. There are 3 tables here - excavation/hoard/stray finds, museums/major collections, and the Mardin "hoard" (which has way different ratios than the others, so I kept it separate as an outlier). I kept these separate because I think valid conclusions that can be drawn from each table are different. [ATTACH=full]830057[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]830058[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]830059[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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