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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2863043, member: 82322&quot;]The PELLA database is incomplete.&nbsp; It only holds coins donated to a small number of museums and that have been photographed.</p><p><br /></p><p>For some ancient mints there will be a die study listing every known die and all of the known pairings.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if there has been a die study of Amphipolis in the 320s BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>At some ancient mints there were many dies in play at the same time.&nbsp; It is believed a worker would pick up any pair and start striking.&nbsp; This is the most common pattern.</p><p><br /></p><p>At other mints, there would be a single pair of dies until a die wore out and was replaced.&nbsp; At these mints it would be surprising to see a pairing of dies that are normally far apart in a &quot;die chain&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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