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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7363058, member: 86498"]Looking through one of my boxes for another coin I stumbled on this one. I bought it last year and because I had such a great year I kind of put this one away and more ore less forgot about it. This year I am not doing all that well so when looking at this coin I could not help but to think that this design has been used by one authority or another for something like 240 years or more. </p><p>Odessos Ar Tetradrachm 90-80 BC in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Obv Head of beardless Herakles in lion skin headdress. Rv. Zeus Aetrophoros seated left Price 1181 16.64 grms 32mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1283336[/ATTACH]The style of this coin is way more crude than most of those that have preceded it, though it is interesting that the design is still recognizable and the lettering is still good. It does say something about the trust that people had when they accepted this coin. Price postulates that this coinage ended sometime around 70 BC but I wonder.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7363058, member: 86498"]Looking through one of my boxes for another coin I stumbled on this one. I bought it last year and because I had such a great year I kind of put this one away and more ore less forgot about it. This year I am not doing all that well so when looking at this coin I could not help but to think that this design has been used by one authority or another for something like 240 years or more. Odessos Ar Tetradrachm 90-80 BC in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Obv Head of beardless Herakles in lion skin headdress. Rv. Zeus Aetrophoros seated left Price 1181 16.64 grms 32mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1283336[/ATTACH]The style of this coin is way more crude than most of those that have preceded it, though it is interesting that the design is still recognizable and the lettering is still good. It does say something about the trust that people had when they accepted this coin. Price postulates that this coinage ended sometime around 70 BC but I wonder.....[/QUOTE]
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