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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3803271, member: 91461&quot;]Sooooo, this is nothing short of amazing and surely a must read to anyone who owns or is just Kindya<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> interested in the type. Thanks a ton Ed<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The things that grabbed my attention...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015145[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The previously mentioned kindya out Halikarnassos aside, plus that revaluation isn&#039;t quantified until the end of the study.(though so we&#039;ll that I&#039;m changing my attribution).</p><p>1-There are 58 different obverese types and almost as many reverse types!</p><p>The only comparable silver output for that period (500 BC) in Asia Minor is that of the mint of Miletos striking very large number of the lion types we all know and love.</p><p>Can you imagine if these sweet monsters were as readily and cheaply available as the miletos Lions!?!</p><p>2-However, the uniform absence of wear on the 260 coins from a hoard which came to light in 2002 showed that there was a very short period of minting.</p><p>It appears that they created the dies in advance. That&#039;s why they are so veried and few worn examples exist.</p><p>3- I&#039;d mentioned [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]&nbsp; and my right facing guys being more rare. Strangely despite almost 40% obverese dies that were right facing less than 20% of finds are rightys. Looking on AC search it seems like even less than that.</p><p>39.7% of the obverse dies recorded for the series as a whole have a</p><p>right-facing ketos, only 18.3% of the surviving coins are of this variety.</p><p>4-The most likely occasion for the production of the ketos hektai would be the Ionian Revolt of 499-494 BC. In Herodotos’ account, the Karians joined the revolt shortly after it broke out in 499 BC. The Persians sent an army south under Daurises to crush them.</p><p>That makes these fierce little hunks of metal emergency war Coinage by Greeks to resist and fight Persia!</p><p>Simply incredible stuff!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Again, I highly recommend reading this intriguing, very well written and presented and entertaining study![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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