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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 974532, member: 19463&quot;]We really have no idea what the minor types meant on many coins.&nbsp; There are situations where the code is understood but because the type meant something on one series from one town means nothing elsewhere or even on other issues from that town.&nbsp; For example: a minor type could indicate workshops like the Romans later felt necessary on some of their coins.&nbsp; Perhaps the team leader was from Ephesos?&nbsp; Just as well it could be a code for the source of the silver like the English coins marked LIMA used.&nbsp;&nbsp; Perhaps it is a date device.&nbsp; Rather than asking about the bee, perhaps we need to figure out a link between amphora, bee and cow skull (abc would be more impressive if I had done it in Greek)&nbsp; but there is no reason to believe that the three are linked.&nbsp; Perhaps each was selected by a different official (mint or city).&nbsp; Perhaps the answer is given in a good book from previous centuries but we have not read it.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Another link:</p><p><a href="http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/sicily.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/sicily.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/sicily.html</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; near the bottom under Syracuse - Hicetas, B.C. 288-279.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH]93245.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>The image is from a plaster cast but it is with the bee.</p><p><a href="http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/figs/fig106.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/figs/fig106.jpg" rel="nofollow"></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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