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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 5609436, member: 110226&quot;]Very nice examples posted in this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s probably the best griffin in my collection, acquired from CNG some time ago, as I recall.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thrace, Circa 520-492 BC</p><p>AR&nbsp; Oktadrachm</p><p>Abdera</p><p>Period II</p><p>Magistrate EP.. EΠ</p><p>Griffin seated left, foreleg raised, EP before / Quadripartite incuse square.</p><p>Cf. May 48; SNG Lockett 1109; SNG Spencer-Churchill 96</p><p>Toned good VF</p><p>Some light old scratches on reverse.</p><p>Rare</p><p>29.3 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242057[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my notes for this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>Comprising denominations larger than those being struck by any other mint at the time, with the sole exception of the regal Macedonian coinages and those of the Bisalti, these ‘medallic’ pieces are probably to be associated with the payment of tribute to the Persians during their occupation of the Thracian coast. This theory is corroborated by the presence of large numbers of octadrachms in hoards found within the territories of the Achaemenid Empire where they are far more plentiful than in their region of origin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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