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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3198934, member: 98035&quot;]Nice coins [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] and [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d be really curious to know what sort of context these things are found in; e.g. mixed with later Seleucid coins? Roman denarii? Indo-Greek? Or maybe they have only ever been found individually or in small groups of the same type? I would imagine that would be the best way to ascertain at least a better timeframe.</p><p><br /></p><p>It must be mentioned that Hyrcodes bears an uncanny resemblance to the Kushan/Yueh-chi king &quot;Heraios&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827443[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The little scyphate pieces are even less mysterious, and aside from some stylistic parallels, seem to come more directly from Seleucid coinage, as the earliest iterations bear the legend BASILEWS ANTIOXOY. I do have a few later types:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827444[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827445[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827446[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Their style and fabric I feel would be easier to accept as a product of very late antiquity or even the early medieval period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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