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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8319235, member: 85693"]Interesting post, as always, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>In a collection full of low grade stuff, I hesitate to share this since it is awful even by my standards. It came in an unattributed lot, and I spent a lot of time poking around and, after a lot of poking, I think it is Achaean League issue, too beat-up to nail down to an individual area, but I can just barely make out AXA... on the reverse <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473286[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Arcadia, Achaean League </b></p><p><b>Æ Tetrachalkon</b></p><p><b>n.d. (c. 191-146 B.C.)</b></p><p>[?], Zeus standing left, holding Nike and sceptre / AXA[IΩN] [various locales]</p><p>Achaia seated left, holding wreath and sceptre.</p><p>Achaean League issued these for various locations; this illegible. </p><p>(4.76 grams / 20 x 17 mm)</p><p>eBay c. 2017 Lot Buy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8319235, member: 85693"]Interesting post, as always, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] In a collection full of low grade stuff, I hesitate to share this since it is awful even by my standards. It came in an unattributed lot, and I spent a lot of time poking around and, after a lot of poking, I think it is Achaean League issue, too beat-up to nail down to an individual area, but I can just barely make out AXA... on the reverse :oops: [ATTACH=full]1473286[/ATTACH] [B]Arcadia, Achaean League Æ Tetrachalkon n.d. (c. 191-146 B.C.)[/B] [?], Zeus standing left, holding Nike and sceptre / AXA[IΩN] [various locales] Achaia seated left, holding wreath and sceptre. Achaean League issued these for various locations; this illegible. (4.76 grams / 20 x 17 mm) eBay c. 2017 Lot Buy[/QUOTE]
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