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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 8336842, member: 86498"]I guess mine is in that group as well</p><p>Kassander Ar Tetradrachm Amphipolis 317-305 BC In the name and types of Philip II of Macedon. Obv Head of Zeus right laureate. Rv. Youth seated on prancing horse right. Le Rider pt 46 17-18 Troxell Group 9 323-325 14.10 grms 25 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1478127[/ATTACH] Over the last few weeks I have been going through the on line catalogues found on the Neuman Numismatic Portal as well as r Numis. I have noted that there have been a rather large number of this type in auctions during the 1990's and the early 2000's principally on sites like Superior Galleries and HJ Berk. I suspect that the reason for this influx of similar coins would be the dispersal of a hoard. While it is true that in most cases finding absolute die matches in ancient coins is unusual, a hoard which was deposited very soon after the coins were minted could change that. There are a number of coin types that I can think of such as the MAI issue from Himera and one fairly common issues from Leontini where virtually every coin known of that type is from a single pair of dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 8336842, member: 86498"]I guess mine is in that group as well Kassander Ar Tetradrachm Amphipolis 317-305 BC In the name and types of Philip II of Macedon. Obv Head of Zeus right laureate. Rv. Youth seated on prancing horse right. Le Rider pt 46 17-18 Troxell Group 9 323-325 14.10 grms 25 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1478127[/ATTACH] Over the last few weeks I have been going through the on line catalogues found on the Neuman Numismatic Portal as well as r Numis. I have noted that there have been a rather large number of this type in auctions during the 1990's and the early 2000's principally on sites like Superior Galleries and HJ Berk. I suspect that the reason for this influx of similar coins would be the dispersal of a hoard. While it is true that in most cases finding absolute die matches in ancient coins is unusual, a hoard which was deposited very soon after the coins were minted could change that. There are a number of coin types that I can think of such as the MAI issue from Himera and one fairly common issues from Leontini where virtually every coin known of that type is from a single pair of dies.[/QUOTE]
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