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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4583836, member: 110226"]The countermarks on the second coin, obverse might be the Aramaic letter for</p><p>shin</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, there was a progression, with minor variations here and there, in the development of the profile eye, which parallels the evolution of how the eye in the classical was depicted in art, at least that which as managed to survive to our times.</p><p><br /></p><p>This progression is well demonstrated by the coins you have posted. It continued to change through the heterogeneous tetradrachms of the third century and the new style tetradrachms of the second and first centuries, again with variations in quality and style, not only regarding the eye, but also the owl, lettering and symbols.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pi-Style III</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135204[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Heterogeneous</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135177[/ATTACH] </p><p>New Style 139-138 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135206[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>New Style 125-124 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135207[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4583836, member: 110226"]The countermarks on the second coin, obverse might be the Aramaic letter for shin Yes, there was a progression, with minor variations here and there, in the development of the profile eye, which parallels the evolution of how the eye in the classical was depicted in art, at least that which as managed to survive to our times. This progression is well demonstrated by the coins you have posted. It continued to change through the heterogeneous tetradrachms of the third century and the new style tetradrachms of the second and first centuries, again with variations in quality and style, not only regarding the eye, but also the owl, lettering and symbols. Pi-Style III [ATTACH=full]1135204[/ATTACH] Heterogeneous [ATTACH=full]1135177[/ATTACH] New Style 139-138 BC [ATTACH=full]1135206[/ATTACH] New Style 125-124 BC [ATTACH=full]1135207[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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