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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 8199763, member: 86498&quot;]Well it is Saturday Night well actually morning. One of the additional benefits of the NYINC was that one of my coins finally got a home. It is this one.</p><p>Heraklea Pontika Ar Tetradrachm 235-220 BC in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Obv. Head of beardless Herakles right wearing lions skin headdress. Rv. Zeus Aetophorus seated left. Stancomb 840 var Price 936 var. 17.01 grms&nbsp; 27 mm Photo by W. Hansen [ATTACH=full]1436674[/ATTACH] When I bought the coin in 2014 the auction house said it was from Audoleon one of the Kings of Paeonia. Once i had examined it I concluded very quickly that it wasn&#039;t. I came to the conclusion that it actually came from Kallatis. The problem was at the time most of the coins ascribed to that mint were being shifted over to the mint of Kalchedon. At this point I contacted Constantin Marinescu who is working on the coinage of the region and he said. &quot;No not Kalchedon&quot; So the coin went back to Kallatis, though I was none to happy about this. Just before I went to New York I had another look at the coin and thought. I got to talk to Constantin again. On Saturday when things were somewhat more quiet at the show. I sought him out and showed him a pic (The one you see above) and he indicated that it was not from Kalchedon but probably came from Heraklea Pontika. This suggestion came like a bolt from the blue, and when consulting the SNG Stancomb, I could see that his suggestion had merit. Actually Price had included this group of coins Price 936 to Kallatis. I am now more confident that my coin has finally been given its proper home. (I hope)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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