Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NewStyleKing, post: 5006097, member: 106483&quot;]. <u>Theoi Kabeiroi Syrioi.</u> This intriguing coinage, generally attributed to the small Cycladic island of Syros, was probably one of the largest wreath issues, a fact disguised by its relatively poor survival rate. Nicolet-Pierre and Amandry have observed twelve obverse dies among seventeen specimens, numbers that suggest an original size somewhere between 24 and 47 obverse dies.32 The attribution to Syros is unlikely to be correct. Instead we are dealing with a coinage issued in the name of gods,33 the mint of which is not explicitly stated, but will undoubtedly have been clear to issuers and initial recipients. Once more, the absence of such a substantial coinage from the Gaziantep hoard suggests that it must postdate 143 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Gaziantep Hoard CHX[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in