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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 7613922, member: 82322&quot;]Here is my mystery Sakkos:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1310635[/ATTACH] </p><p>Euboea, Chalkis (?), 1.28g, AE11</p><p>Obv: Female head wearing triangular earring right</p><p>Rev: Cross or Χ (Chi) upon circular shield</p><p>Ref: Pozzi 3359ter, otherwise perhaps unpublished</p><p>ex CNG, Triton VI, January 2003, lot 1563 (part of; David Freedman collection)</p><p>Described as &#039;Uncertain, possibly Selge&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no writing on this coin unless the shield symbol is a Chi.&nbsp; There was an example in the Pozzi collection.&nbsp; I believe the attribution to &quot;Chalkis&quot; rests entirely on the shield symbol and Chalkis being the largest city that begins with &quot;Ch&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s tiny.&nbsp; Tiny AE coins are mostly from Asia Minor.&nbsp; Such a small coin seems difficult to use.&nbsp; Books on Greek coins explain the need for small silver coins, but no one talks about tiny bronzes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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