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<p>[QUOTE="Jay GT4, post: 8245567, member: 88526"]Lovely examples and great pedigree [USER=17304]@kazuma78[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p>Until fairly recently these have always been called staters or didrachms but I see more and more auction houses and dealers use the term Nomos. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one of mine that is quite rare:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452004[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">Head of Demeter right hair bound with fillet, wearing earring. Punch mark on ear.</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">METAΠON (retrograde) Ear of barely with leaf to right; on which palmette.</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">circa 400-340</font></p><p><font size="5">6.09g</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">Noe 485b. Jameson 287. SNG Lloyd 365. SNG ANS 367. HN Italy 1540.</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">An extremely rare variety, only two specimens cited by Noe</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">This example has the reverse ethnic in retrograde and low weight but in hand shows no evidence of being plated.</font></p><p><font size="5"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jay GT4, post: 8245567, member: 88526"]Lovely examples and great pedigree [USER=17304]@kazuma78[/USER] ! Until fairly recently these have always been called staters or didrachms but I see more and more auction houses and dealers use the term Nomos. Here's one of mine that is quite rare: [ATTACH=full]1452004[/ATTACH] [SIZE=5]Head of Demeter right hair bound with fillet, wearing earring. Punch mark on ear. METAΠON (retrograde) Ear of barely with leaf to right; on which palmette. circa 400-340 6.09g Noe 485b. Jameson 287. SNG Lloyd 365. SNG ANS 367. HN Italy 1540. An extremely rare variety, only two specimens cited by Noe This example has the reverse ethnic in retrograde and low weight but in hand shows no evidence of being plated. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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