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<p>[QUOTE="NewStyleKing, post: 4549813, member: 106483"]<b>Athens New Style Tetradrachm c 93/2 BC</b></p><p>Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet</p><p>29 mm 16.15 gm Thompson issue (new) 73</p><p>Thompson catalogue: Obs: 1063 ? : Rev: NEW</p><p>ΑΘΕ ethnic</p><p>Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora</p><p>on which month mark l? control ΠEP below</p><p>3 magistrates : DEMEAS ERMOKLES LYSIM</p><p>RF symbol :Headdress of Isis</p><p>All surrounded by an olive wreath</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126320[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is Thompson obverse 1063 anyway and amphora month I. To the right of the obscure amphora mark at the bottom is a P in an incuse square punch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone like to check the Obverse I have classified as T 1063 rev New? My obverse die checking skills can be a bit dodgy. There are now 18 instead of 17 Obverses in Thompson's NSSCA, a new one was hound in the Hierapytna Hoard and I shall locate the plate for checking. Have fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin's symbol denotes Demeas has a connection to Isis cult and not a political symbol of the political faction of the times because a few years later a Demeas appears in the post-Sullan siege world as a 1st magistrate with another coin with an Isis image. This Demeas also could be a son, but it is likely the same one and survived the siege maybe meaning he was a pro-Roman sympathiser too?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NewStyleKing, post: 4549813, member: 106483"][B]Athens New Style Tetradrachm c 93/2 BC[/B] Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet 29 mm 16.15 gm Thompson issue (new) 73 Thompson catalogue: Obs: 1063 ? : Rev: NEW ΑΘΕ ethnic Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora on which month mark l? control ΠEP below 3 magistrates : DEMEAS ERMOKLES LYSIM RF symbol :Headdress of Isis All surrounded by an olive wreath [ATTACH=full]1126320[/ATTACH] I think it is Thompson obverse 1063 anyway and amphora month I. To the right of the obscure amphora mark at the bottom is a P in an incuse square punch. Anyone like to check the Obverse I have classified as T 1063 rev New? My obverse die checking skills can be a bit dodgy. There are now 18 instead of 17 Obverses in Thompson's NSSCA, a new one was hound in the Hierapytna Hoard and I shall locate the plate for checking. Have fun. This coin's symbol denotes Demeas has a connection to Isis cult and not a political symbol of the political faction of the times because a few years later a Demeas appears in the post-Sullan siege world as a 1st magistrate with another coin with an Isis image. This Demeas also could be a son, but it is likely the same one and survived the siege maybe meaning he was a pro-Roman sympathiser too?[/QUOTE]
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