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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4871517, member: 85693"]An interesting thread. I'd say half or more of the ancients I buy are unattributed off eBay. The challenge figuring them out, I've come to find, is a lot of the fun. And bargains are to be had.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176405[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Crete, Knossos Æ 28</b></p><p><b>(c. 40-30 B.C.) </b></p><p><b>Kydas, magistrate </b></p><p>Laureate head of Zeus facing right, thunderbolt before chin / [K - Y] / Δ - A / Σ , in three lines across field, eagle standing right, open wings.</p><p>RPC I, 224, 934; Svoronos 142; SNG Copenhagen 388.</p><p>(9.78 grams / 28 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p> "...in the 30s B.C. Crete seems to have been governed by the confederation of the Kretaieis, under the supervision of Kydas the Cretarch. The whole 'dossier' shows a person by this name appearing on inscriptions, on coins and also mentioned in Cicero (<i>Phil</i>. 5.13)...." François Chevrollier. </p><p>Published in <i>Roman Crete: New <i>Perspectives </i>by Jane E. Francis, Anna Kouremenos. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>This Roman Republican denarius I recently posted elsewhere was unattributed as well:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176404[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman</b> <b>Republic Denarius </b></p><p><b>P. Accoleius Lariscolus</b></p><p><b>(43 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>Diana Nemorensis draped bust r., / Diana Nemorensis cult statue facing, supporting bar; grove of five cypresses; left figure holds bow, right figure holds [poppy]. </p><p>Crawford 486/1; Accoleia 1.</p><p>(3.39 grams / 17 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4871517, member: 85693"]An interesting thread. I'd say half or more of the ancients I buy are unattributed off eBay. The challenge figuring them out, I've come to find, is a lot of the fun. And bargains are to be had. [ATTACH=full]1176405[/ATTACH] [B]Crete, Knossos Æ 28 (c. 40-30 B.C.) Kydas, magistrate [/B] Laureate head of Zeus facing right, thunderbolt before chin / [K - Y] / Δ - A / Σ , in three lines across field, eagle standing right, open wings. RPC I, 224, 934; Svoronos 142; SNG Copenhagen 388. (9.78 grams / 28 mm) "...in the 30s B.C. Crete seems to have been governed by the confederation of the Kretaieis, under the supervision of Kydas the Cretarch. The whole 'dossier' shows a person by this name appearing on inscriptions, on coins and also mentioned in Cicero ([I]Phil[/I]. 5.13)...." François Chevrollier. Published in [I]Roman Crete: New [I]Perspectives [/I]by Jane E. Francis, Anna Kouremenos. [/I] This Roman Republican denarius I recently posted elsewhere was unattributed as well: [ATTACH=full]1176404[/ATTACH] [B]Roman[/B] [B]Republic Denarius P. Accoleius Lariscolus (43 B.C.) Rome Mint [/B] Diana Nemorensis draped bust r., / Diana Nemorensis cult statue facing, supporting bar; grove of five cypresses; left figure holds bow, right figure holds [poppy]. Crawford 486/1; Accoleia 1. (3.39 grams / 17 mm)[/QUOTE]
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