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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3903341, member: 87809&quot;]Great opportunity to show and ask about modest ones<b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Kingdom of Macedon</b>, Cassander, Half-unit</p><p>Pella or Amphipolis, ca. 317 - 305 BC</p><p>18 mm, 3.68 g</p><p>Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 1140; SNG München 991; Sear sg6753</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: head of Herakles to r., wearing Nemean lion headdress</p><p>Rev.: KAΣΣANΔΡOΥ, lion reclining right; N in right field</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1028830[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028831[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ionia, Kolophon</b>, Æ 14, ca. 330 - 285 BC</p><p>13 x 14 mm, 2.65 g</p><p><br /></p><p>The bronze coins from the earlier half of the fourth century all have a magistrate names. This type has the head of Apollo on the obverse, and on the reverse ΚΟΛ, an armed horseman with spear couched and the magistrate’s name, which on this coin is worn;&nbsp; KEΣIOΣ (?) which could be magistrate Ikesios (KOL IKEΣIOΣ). It could also be&nbsp; magistrate POΣEIΣ. The weight and diameter of the coin correspond to the ones published at wildwinds for magistrate Ikesios and not for magistrate Poseis at wildwinds. So I attributed it using Ikesios:</p><p><br /></p><p>SNG Cop 174; Milne 155A-C; Hunter 4</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Laureate head of Apollo right. Lyre control mark in front of neck</p><p>Rev.: Horseman galloping right, holding spear. Part of magistrate name (KOΛ I)KEΣIOΣ in ex.</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1028834[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028835[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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