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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2255311, member: 56859&quot;]Looks like I need one more Macedonian monkey coin to complete the set <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]446859[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There really wasn&#039;t any reason I should have purchased the second one, other than I simply wanted it and it is slightly better than my first.&nbsp; As [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] pointed out though, now I&#039;m obligated to buy a third <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen a few right-facing monkeys, so I&#039;ll probably try for one of those.</p><p><br /></p><p>The newest member, 6 mm and 0.28 gm:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]446860[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The first, 5 mm and 0.26 gm:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg_srb_p_700_353_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>When I purchased the first and until recently, I&#039;ve seen these listed as &quot;Macedon, Pangeion region&quot; but now I&#039;m seeing them as &quot;Macedon, uncertain&quot; or &quot;Thraco-Macedonian, uncertain&quot;.&nbsp; The dates are imprecise, some listed as &quot;c. 500 BCE&quot; and others &quot;5th century BCE&quot;.&nbsp; Let&#039;s just say they are <i>very</i> <i>old</i>... as if the style and reticulation didn&#039;t already give that away.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here&#039;s how I&#039;m writing the attribution:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>MACEDONIA, uncertain</b></p><p>5th century BCE</p><p>AR trihemitetartemorion (trihemiobol)</p><p>Obv: monkey squatting left</p><p>Rev: round shield or pellet within incuse square</p><p>Ref: &quot;Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II&quot;, Nomismatika Khronika (1998, Tzamalis), 67</p><p><br /></p><p>Little is known about these coins.&nbsp; From one auction blurb:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s about all of the &quot;scholarly&quot; information I can give.&nbsp; So... let&#039;s talk monkeys!</p><p><br /></p><p>Did you know that the Three Wise Monkeys (also called Three Mystic Apes) have names?&nbsp; I didn&#039;t, but then I&#039;d never bothered to read the origins of the saying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kikazaru (&quot;hear no evil&quot; monkey) (聞か猿)</p><p>Mizaru (&quot;see no evil&quot; monkey) (見猿)</p><p>Iwazaru (&quot;speak no evil&quot; monkey) (言わ猿)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Three Wise Monkeys probably originated in Japan, incorporated into the Koshin folk religion in medieval times, 1333-1568 (Moromachi period).&nbsp; You can read more about Koshin beliefs and rituals <a href="http://www.three-monkeys.info/1/ORIGIN/KOSHINBELIEF.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.three-monkeys.info/1/ORIGIN/KOSHINBELIEF.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think any or many of the CoinTalk regulars have one of these Macedonian monkeys, so please feel free to post anything remotely relevant to the coin.&nbsp; Your silver fractionals, unusual animals, highly reticulated coins, whatever <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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