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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2937334, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you Zumbly and Doug for the information and insights (and other examples).&nbsp; This has been most helpful - I appreciate that you took the time to clarify things for me.&nbsp; I hadn&#039;t clicked on the image on the Magna Graecia page (I had discovered the site before I posted here, but I skipped over it, since I didn&#039;t think my coin was shown).&nbsp; But yep - C14 it is! </p><p><br /></p><p>I like Doug&#039;s take on attribution - despite my desire to &quot;nail down&quot; an ancient coin&#039;s denomination and issue date, in so many cases it just isn&#039;t possible.&nbsp; The thing that throws me sometimes is the string of authoritative &amp; rather intimidating attributions I find in various VCoins or Wildwinds descriptions that are <i>different</i>, but apply to what look to me like <i>several examples of the exact same coin</i>.&nbsp; This is the case with my Octopus OP - I feel as if I am missing some key part of the puzzle.&nbsp; As Ed pointed out in an earlier post, it seems as if R. Calciati&#039;s <i>Corpus Nummorum Siculorum: La Monetazione di Bronzo</i> would be a helpful reference.&nbsp; If I could find it.&nbsp; Or read Italian...</p><p><br /></p><p>And yet for me the attribution is only a part of any ancient coin&#039;s appeal.&nbsp; These Octopus issues of Syracuse are beautiful, I think.&nbsp; The way those Greek artists could keep things so simple and yet so...profound? </p><p><br /></p><p>I am looking forward to digging deeper into Syracuse&#039;s interesting history (and coins).&nbsp; Thanks again to all for all your help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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