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<p>[QUOTE="NewStyleKing, post: 4948679, member: 106483"]The arrival of the new Dionysos was the final death knell of the NewStyle coinage in silver and bronze. After the 3rd and final Mithradatic wars the number of NewStyle obverse's begins to drop off the wall and soon begins to appear to be a personal small striking, sort of commemorative coinage. The striking of Roman denerii in Athens rendered the Athenian standard coinage redundant.</p><p><br /></p><p>A known Athenian, Diokles minted 3 issues of very late Newstyles, naming his last 2 issues as Diokles for the second (3 obverses) and Diokles for the 3rd ( time) (2 obverses).</p><p><br /></p><p>This very rare late NewStyle is of Diokles for the 2nd time within a few years of the arrival of the new Dionysos. I bought it from e-bay for £160 incl. p&p!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23982/BOYJ_DIOKLES_SILVER.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Athens New Style Tetradrachm c 47 BC</b></p><p>Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet with tr-partite earings</p><p>27mm 17.04gm Thompson (new) issue 105</p><p>Thompson catalogue: Obs: I260 Rev:NEW</p><p>Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic</p><p>Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora on</p><p>which month mark A: control ΣΩ below</p><p>2 magistrates : DIOKLES TO DEY MEDEIOS</p><p>RF symbol : Hygieia</p><p>All within a surrounding olive wreath[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NewStyleKing, post: 4948679, member: 106483"]The arrival of the new Dionysos was the final death knell of the NewStyle coinage in silver and bronze. After the 3rd and final Mithradatic wars the number of NewStyle obverse's begins to drop off the wall and soon begins to appear to be a personal small striking, sort of commemorative coinage. The striking of Roman denerii in Athens rendered the Athenian standard coinage redundant. A known Athenian, Diokles minted 3 issues of very late Newstyles, naming his last 2 issues as Diokles for the second (3 obverses) and Diokles for the 3rd ( time) (2 obverses). This very rare late NewStyle is of Diokles for the 2nd time within a few years of the arrival of the new Dionysos. I bought it from e-bay for £160 incl. p&p! [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23982/BOYJ_DIOKLES_SILVER.jpg[/IMG] [B]Athens New Style Tetradrachm c 47 BC[/B] Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet with tr-partite earings 27mm 17.04gm Thompson (new) issue 105 Thompson catalogue: Obs: I260 Rev:NEW Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora on which month mark A: control ΣΩ below 2 magistrates : DIOKLES TO DEY MEDEIOS RF symbol : Hygieia All within a surrounding olive wreath[/QUOTE]
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