Share a quadripartite

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  1. MerlinAurelius

    MerlinAurelius Well-Known Member

    Phokaia 9mm diobol
    521-478 BC
    Archaic head of Athena
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    MerlinAurelius, Mar 18, 2017
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  3. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    I won the Collectors Universe "Numismatic Gladiator XI" cheap coin contest with this one. We had a $25 spending limit. The category for NG11 was ancient Greek. There's not too much archaic Greek silver <$25 out there! So I had to put up with a headless cow, but it was worth it to get a cool quadripartite-stamped piece.

    (This one has since gone on to live with @dadams.)

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    Ionia, Teos, silver trihemiobol, ca. 500-450 BC.
    Obverse- griffin seated right, forepaw raised.
    Reverse- quadripartite incuse square, bold partition lines forming cross, irregular (unknown) shapes within incuse quarters.

    (Those mystery shapes inside the punches intrigue and baffle me.)
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    lordmarcovan, Mar 18, 2017
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  4. Toto

    Toto New Member

    Hi to all, I am wondering anyone knows what is the meaning of the quadrapartes on the reverce of the coins? There are different patterns and I don't think the meaning is the same. Maybe it is some Persian alfabeth? Thank you!
     
    Toto, Nov 27, 2017
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  5. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    I don't think there is any particular meaning (or maybe there was, but as far as I know, that has been lost to history). It's just a geometric shape.

    I do know I like them.

    I added this one to my "Eclectic Box" collection since this thread was posted.

    Ancient Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): electrum hekte, Athena and quadripartite punch, ca. 478-387 BC
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    (NGC VF; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5)
     
    lordmarcovan, Nov 28, 2017
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  6. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Bing, Nov 28, 2017
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  7. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    :rolleyes: Absolutely!!!! Now that's a hekte I'd love to own!
     
    Mikey Zee, Nov 28, 2017
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  8. TuckHard

    TuckHard Well-Known Member

    Just like my reply to this thread, these Javanese coin showcasing an incused quadripartite appeared long, long after the Greek coins before them. The coinages that appeared in the maritime Southeast Asian kingdoms of Java and Sumatra around 800-1200 CE appear to have been indigenous inventions that coincidentally shared many geometric patterns and motifs with the very early Greek and related European coinages.


    800-850 CE (Circa) AR Massa 2.44g 12mm.png
    Mataram Kingdom of Java
    Present-day Indonesia
    c. 800-850 CE
    AR Massa | 2.44 grams | 12mm wide
    Obv: Incused quadripartite with sandalwood flower
    Rev: Nagari script ma character, early type

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    Unsure East Javanese Kingdom
    c. 930-1300 CE
    AR Debased Massa
    Obv: Incused quadripartite with sandalwood flower
    Rev: Nagari script ma character, late type

    1000-1300 CE (Circa) AV 1.32 Massa 'Sandalwood' 'Ma in Nagari script' 0.16g 5mm S3 Combined.png
    Srivijaya Kingdom of Sumatra
    c. 800-1300 CE
    AV 1/16 Massa | 0.15 grams | 5mm wide
    Obv: Incused quadripartite with sandalwood flower
    Rev: Nagari script ma character, Sumatran type​
     
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  9. Terence Cheesman

    Terence Cheesman Well-Known Member

    Kalchedon Ar Tetradrachm 387-340 B.C. Obv Bull standing left on grain ear. Rv Quadripartite granulated square. HGC 509 15.10 grms 23 mm Photo by W. Hansen kalchedon11.png
     
    Terence Cheesman, Jul 29, 2020
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