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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3042989, member: 56859&quot;]I thought I had a lot more coins that would fit the list but am thrown by the dates.&nbsp; Corinth, for instance, is in the 500-400 BCE slot but most Corinth staters are from 400 on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does this coin tick the first two boxes?</p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">pre-500 BCE:</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">—1 c. 600 BCE</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">—1 Lydia (Alyattes/Croesus)</span></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_d6bcd43a7ea240d0bea94dfa7f215c91%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_d6bcd43a7ea240d0bea94dfa7f215c91%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3D13aeeb67753c1a66b76a9f743d5b210d&amp;hash=e8644cbd37f9b988c75c06388533f683" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS OF LYDIA, temp. Ardys - Alyattes</b></p><p>c. 630s-564/53 BCE (dates from a CNG listing of a similar coin*; I do not have the reference books nor have I read the latest thoughts)</p><p>Electrum trite, 4.8 gm, 13.4 mm. Sardes mint.</p><p>Obv: head of roaring lion right, sun with four rays on forehead</p><p>Rev: two incuse square punches</p><p>Ref: Weidauer Group XV, 64; BMC 2</p><p><br /></p><p>* &quot;Recent research (mostly forthcoming in publication, but cf. White Gold p. 20) has shown that the earliest Lydian electrum had begun before circa 630 BC, predating our traditional attribution to Alyattes. This redating affects Weidauer Groups XV, XVII, and XVIII, as well as the lion paw fractions and boar head coins that Spier linked to the early Lydian coinage (see the following lot).&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>c. 500 BCE:</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">—1 city state in Asia minor</span></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_dfc8bccfc9804bd8bbbb328880145268.jpg_srb_p_800_400_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%26hash%3D5d60f575722baf59bdefcaea600c59c5&amp;hash=bd3a645b15b19ed790658e7b61517f13" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IONIA, Samos</b></p><p>510-500 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 13.7 mm, 3.2 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar left</p><p>Rev: facing lion scalp with dotted square, within incuse square</p><p>Ref: SNG Cop 1673</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>500-400 BCE</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">—1 Aegina (naval power, rival to Athens)</span></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_ba176498fc414002adb0d8aea1e69825.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_ba176498fc414002adb0d8aea1e69825.jpg&amp;hash=011bc748a82c442fae9c710c44bd390d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>ISLANDS OFF ATTICA, Aegina</b></p><p>456/45-431 BCE</p><p>AR stater; 20mm, 12.32 g</p><p>Obv: land tortoise, head in profile, with segmented shell</p><p>Rev: large square incuse with skew pattern</p><p>Ref: SNG Delepierre 1774ff; BMC Taf. 24.11</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Past my bedtime.&nbsp; More tomorrow <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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