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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3107751, member: 88829&quot;]Since no one else has shown one so far, I may as well embarrass myself.&nbsp; After 30 years of collecting these sigloi, mainly for the countermarks, I had never added a Carradice type I.&nbsp; Late last year I figured it was high time to at least fill the gap, so I broke down and got a spacefiller:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Type I</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]787763[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Such as it is, the type I features only the upper body of the &quot;Great King&quot; facing right wearing crown and holding a bow before him with both arms.&nbsp; This one stands at&nbsp; 14mm and weighs in at 5.17g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier this year I picked up from the same vendor a coin he called a type II 1/3 siglos.&nbsp; At 10mm, and weighing 1.77g that works out about right at least in relation to the weight above.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Type II, 1/3 siglos</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]787770[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Type IV, 1/6 siglos?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Back in 1999 I paid top dollar on eBay for what the seller, who works for a London auction house today, offered as a 1/6 siglos.&nbsp; This coin measures 8x9mm and weighs 1.27g.&nbsp; In relation to the weight of my first two coins here this seems 50% too&nbsp; heavy (should be ~0.86g).&nbsp; It&#039;s in range for a 1/4 siglos by these standards. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]787784[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Other opinions?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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