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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4587104, member: 99456"]Thanks for sharing, inherently I want to give names to these coins when there are clearly different sizes - and the coins I can find in ACSearch all seem to fit a pattern of bronzes <a href="https://www.greekcoinvalues.com/introduction.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.greekcoinvalues.com/introduction.php" rel="nofollow">based on the tetradrachm</a>:</p><ul> <li>Tetrachalkon 4X (<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6009803" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6009803" rel="nofollow">this coin</a> @ 7.35g ~19mm)<br /> </li> <li>Dichalkon 2X (your coin @ 3.58g ~16mm)<br /> </li> <li>Chalkous 1 (my coin? @ 1.72g ~12mm)<br /> </li> <li>Hemichalkon 1/2X (<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5726642" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5726642" rel="nofollow">this coin</a> @0.82g ~9mm)</li> </ul><p>chalkous just meaning "bronze coin"</p><p><br /></p><p>I do like this coin, a lot! Mine is Bust Nose Sphinx Star - without Hand</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135899[/ATTACH] <b>Spain, Castulo</b>, mid-2nd century BC, Æ Unit, As</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed male head right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Sphinx advancing right; star to right[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4587104, member: 99456"]Thanks for sharing, inherently I want to give names to these coins when there are clearly different sizes - and the coins I can find in ACSearch all seem to fit a pattern of bronzes [URL='https://www.greekcoinvalues.com/introduction.php']based on the tetradrachm[/URL]: [LIST] [*]Tetrachalkon 4X ([URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6009803']this coin[/URL] @ 7.35g ~19mm) [*]Dichalkon 2X (your coin @ 3.58g ~16mm) [*]Chalkous 1 (my coin? @ 1.72g ~12mm) [*]Hemichalkon 1/2X ([URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5726642']this coin[/URL] @0.82g ~9mm) [/LIST] chalkous just meaning "bronze coin" I do like this coin, a lot! Mine is Bust Nose Sphinx Star - without Hand [ATTACH=full]1135899[/ATTACH] [B]Spain, Castulo[/B], mid-2nd century BC, Æ Unit, As [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed male head right [B]Rev: [/B]Sphinx advancing right; star to right[/QUOTE]
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