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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 7763046, member: 96635&quot;]It is indeed Archaic, I have done a write up about these early coins from Kolophon: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/early-coinage-of-kolophon.373897/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/early-coinage-of-kolophon.373897/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/early-coinage-of-kolophon.373897/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You have got yourself an obol, dated 530/25-500 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tetartemorion variant:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/7EB96lw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Ionia, Kolophon. AR Tetartemorion. Circa 530/25-500 B.C. Persic standard.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Archaic head of Apollo left.</p><p><b><b>Reverse:</b> </b>Incuse square punch.</p><p><b>Reference: </b>Kim &amp; Kroll pp. 84–103; SNG Kayhan 354.</p><p>0.21g; 4.5mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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