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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3250887, member: 83845"]Thank you for the excellent reply [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] ! My new stater is certainly on the light side of the weight range. I looked into the weight when I first received the coin because the unexpected seam made me a little nervous. A paper by Ross [5] from 2013 luckily catalogues the known coins from seven museum collections (including the British Museum) with weight for the Dyrachium staters ranging from 9.66 to 11.26. About 6% where in the 9.8 range. So my example is just at the acceptable limit for weight. Interestingly the catalog also uses the ca. 450-350 BC dating. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is also a relief that your examples show evidence of the same fabric. Some of the coins shown on Petrányi's website seem to show evidence of a two part mould as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]852960[/ATTACH] </p><p>Possible mould seam between 3 and 6 o'clock. Photo courtesy of <a href="http://asklapiadas.ancients.info/02General.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://asklapiadas.ancients.info/02General.html" rel="nofollow">http://asklapiadas.ancients.info/02General.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I also noted that CNG was one of the auction houses that started using the mid 4th century date range. I wish I knew where this came from specifically. Who proposed this updated chronology and on what evidence? I wish I knew.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where these staters struck at Corcyra for use in Dyrrachium and Apollonia? Where they local issue staters? If 340 BC is the start date why did these cities wait so long to begin their own emmisions? (seems strange based on what we know of their histories and how long the Corcyra staters were issued) These are some of the questions I hope to find some time to research eventually.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, thanks for sharing your thoughts and coins Z!</p><p><br /></p><p>[5] Ross, Scott (2013) An assessment and up-to-date catalogue of the coins of Apollonia and Dyrrhachium between the 5th and 1st centuries B.C. MPhil(R) thesis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3250887, member: 83845"]Thank you for the excellent reply [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] ! My new stater is certainly on the light side of the weight range. I looked into the weight when I first received the coin because the unexpected seam made me a little nervous. A paper by Ross [5] from 2013 luckily catalogues the known coins from seven museum collections (including the British Museum) with weight for the Dyrachium staters ranging from 9.66 to 11.26. About 6% where in the 9.8 range. So my example is just at the acceptable limit for weight. Interestingly the catalog also uses the ca. 450-350 BC dating. It is also a relief that your examples show evidence of the same fabric. Some of the coins shown on Petrányi's website seem to show evidence of a two part mould as well. [ATTACH=full]852960[/ATTACH] Possible mould seam between 3 and 6 o'clock. Photo courtesy of [url]http://asklapiadas.ancients.info/02General.html[/url] I also noted that CNG was one of the auction houses that started using the mid 4th century date range. I wish I knew where this came from specifically. Who proposed this updated chronology and on what evidence? I wish I knew. Where these staters struck at Corcyra for use in Dyrrachium and Apollonia? Where they local issue staters? If 340 BC is the start date why did these cities wait so long to begin their own emmisions? (seems strange based on what we know of their histories and how long the Corcyra staters were issued) These are some of the questions I hope to find some time to research eventually. Again, thanks for sharing your thoughts and coins Z! [5] Ross, Scott (2013) An assessment and up-to-date catalogue of the coins of Apollonia and Dyrrhachium between the 5th and 1st centuries B.C. MPhil(R) thesis.[/QUOTE]
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