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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4948155, member: 10461"]<p style="text-align: left">I don't have any from the 430's AD. This one's date range <i>overlaps</i> the 430s <i>BC</i>, but since it can't be pinned to that specific decade, perhaps it's an invalid play.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">For that reason, I'll leave your same theme in play.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><b><br /></b></p> <p style="text-align: left"><b>Next: Coin from the 430s AD or BC.</b></p> <p style="text-align: left"><b><br /></b></p> <p style="text-align: left"><b><br /></b></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): electrum hekte, ca. 478-387 BC</b></font></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-ionia-phokaia-electrum-hekte-athena-and-quadripartite-punch-ca-478-387-bc.316710/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-ionia-phokaia-electrum-hekte-athena-and-quadripartite-punch-ca-478-387-bc.316710/"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/RHiHsO3mRQJMayBDu1jT_Hekte-gradient.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse: </b>Helmeted head of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena" rel="nofollow">Athena</a> right, dolphin (partially off <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planchet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planchet" rel="nofollow">flan</a>) swimming left below.</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quadripartite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quadripartite" rel="nofollow">Quadripartite</a> incuse square.</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Issuer:</b> Phokaia (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phocaea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phocaea" rel="nofollow">Phocaea</a>) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia" rel="nofollow">Ionia</a>.</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Specifications:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrum" rel="nofollow">Electrum</a>, 9 mm, 2.53 g.</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Grade:</b> <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4280918-001/NGCAncients/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4280918-001/NGCAncients/" rel="nofollow">NGC VF</a>; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5; cert. #4280918-001. Purchased raw.</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reference:</b> <a href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/ionia/phokaia/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/ionia/phokaia/i.html" rel="nofollow">Bodenstedt Ph.91</a>.</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Provenance: </b>Ex-Germania Inferior Numismatics, Netherlands, via VCoins store, 9 June 2017.<a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/robertson/229/product/el_hekte_ionia_phokaia_478387_bc__head_of_athena_left_/827563/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/robertson/229/product/el_hekte_ionia_phokaia_478387_bc__head_of_athena_left_/827563/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">*</a></font></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Notes:</b> the world's earliest coinage was struck in electrum, and many had simple punch mark designs like the reverse of this one.</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Comments:</b> This was my first electrum coin. It is a tiny masterpiece.</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-ionia-phokaia-electrum-hekte-athena-and-quadripartite-punch-ca-478-387-bc.316710/#post-4587932" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-ionia-phokaia-electrum-hekte-athena-and-quadripartite-punch-ca-478-387-bc.316710/#post-4587932"><b>Additional images</b></a></font></font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4948155, member: 10461"][LEFT]I don't have any from the 430's AD. This one's date range [I]overlaps[/I] the 430s [I]BC[/I], but since it can't be pinned to that specific decade, perhaps it's an invalid play. For that reason, I'll leave your same theme in play. [B] Next: Coin from the 430s AD or BC. [/B] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): electrum hekte, ca. 478-387 BC[/B] [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-ionia-phokaia-electrum-hekte-athena-and-quadripartite-punch-ca-478-387-bc.316710/'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/RHiHsO3mRQJMayBDu1jT_Hekte-gradient.png[/IMG][/URL] [B]Obverse: [/B]Helmeted head of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena']Athena[/URL] right, dolphin (partially off [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planchet']flan[/URL]) swimming left below. [B]Reverse:[/B] [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quadripartite']Quadripartite[/URL] incuse square. [B]Issuer:[/B] Phokaia ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phocaea']Phocaea[/URL]) in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia']Ionia[/URL]. [B]Specifications:[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrum']Electrum[/URL], 9 mm, 2.53 g. [B]Grade:[/B] [URL='https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4280918-001/NGCAncients/']NGC VF[/URL]; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5; cert. #4280918-001. Purchased raw. [B]Reference:[/B] [URL='https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/ionia/phokaia/i.html']Bodenstedt Ph.91[/URL]. [B]Provenance: [/B]Ex-Germania Inferior Numismatics, Netherlands, via VCoins store, 9 June 2017.[URL='https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/robertson/229/product/el_hekte_ionia_phokaia_478387_bc__head_of_athena_left_/827563/Default.aspx']*[/URL] [B]Notes:[/B] the world's earliest coinage was struck in electrum, and many had simple punch mark designs like the reverse of this one. [B]Comments:[/B] This was my first electrum coin. It is a tiny masterpiece. [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-ionia-phokaia-electrum-hekte-athena-and-quadripartite-punch-ca-478-387-bc.316710/#post-4587932'][B]Additional images[/B][/URL][/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT][/QUOTE]
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