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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 6380320, member: 86498"]This is one of my oldest coins Unknown Possibly northern Ionian. Electrum hekte 600-550 BC Obv. Swastika or mill sail pattern Rv Incuse quadripartite square. Anepigraphic Rosen 314 2.71 grms 11mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1252617[/ATTACH] Very little is actually known about this coin. It is an hekte and with XRF analysis this coin had a gold content of 58% which would suggest an earlier date of manufacture however some of these coins are known to have a "flattened" reverse which would suggest that these coins were still being struck during the reign of Kroisos as this design feature appears to have started sometime during his reign. Thus crudity in design is unfortunately no guarantee of age. My friend W. Hansen wrote two articles in the Planchet studying the purity of the gold coins that existed in our two collections. They are the January and March issue of that magizine. Link can be found below.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 6380320, member: 86498"]This is one of my oldest coins Unknown Possibly northern Ionian. Electrum hekte 600-550 BC Obv. Swastika or mill sail pattern Rv Incuse quadripartite square. Anepigraphic Rosen 314 2.71 grms 11mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1252617[/ATTACH] Very little is actually known about this coin. It is an hekte and with XRF analysis this coin had a gold content of 58% which would suggest an earlier date of manufacture however some of these coins are known to have a "flattened" reverse which would suggest that these coins were still being struck during the reign of Kroisos as this design feature appears to have started sometime during his reign. Thus crudity in design is unfortunately no guarantee of age. My friend W. Hansen wrote two articles in the Planchet studying the purity of the gold coins that existed in our two collections. They are the January and March issue of that magizine. Link can be found below.[/QUOTE]
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