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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1897075, member: 19463&quot;]That is a great coin with very strong detail inside the shield.&nbsp; I always liked this issue because of the idea of decorating the back side of the shield.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]323883[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is a 1/4 stater or hemidrachm depending on who you ask and I prefer to catalog it as a coin of Opus city rather than under the regional name but I know nothing of the political situation that caused some coins to be inscribed in this way.&nbsp; The smaller version has a snake inside the shield and this one has a minor type under Ajax that I will call a jellyfish (take that you animal collectors!).&nbsp; Need I mention that mine is not the finest known? </p><p><br /></p><p>There are coins inscribed&nbsp; LOKRWN which I would be more inclined to attribute to the regional name and many other minor types (none I have seen beats my jellyfish, IMHO, but I&#039;m prejudiced).&nbsp; The head is quite high relief making a weak strike likely to lose details on the body of Ajax.&nbsp; That full strike is what makes the OP coin so special. </p><p><br /></p><p>As AJ mentioned, it seems likely that the silver for my little coin came home from the wars with soldiers.&nbsp; I like to think mine was made by melting down dekadrachms and restriking the silver in more practical denominations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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