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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3106684, member: 51347"]Now THAT is a cool one, Ed! Big fun having that one. I have a few Achaemenid coins, and I am beginning to get interested in some of the Satrapal coins...</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand that Tetartemorions can be "unlisted" possibly "unique" due to how hard they can be to find and/or their relative unimportance and being dropped during everyday market transactions.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is a mystery (to me), that I have tried to get further attribution. Some great people on FORUM said the same that attribution may be ellusive. Fun to chase, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Seller's attribution)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]787264[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Uncertain of Western Asia Minor, ca. 5th c. BC, silver tetartermorion, 5mm, 0.15g</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Young male (female?) head r.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Forepart of bull r. <b>(No, it is not an MFB)</b></p><p><b>Reference:</b> Kayhan -</p><p><b>Grading:</b> VF+ , obv. o/c, slightly porous, toned, extremely rare</p><p><b>Comment:</b> This is an apparently unpublished type, with nothing matching the design in numerous references consulted. Lacking visible legends (and being almost certainly an anepigraphic type to begin with), the main clues would come from style, metrology and possible association with other types from the lot it came in. These are predominantly Western Asia Minor fractions (mainly in Attic or Milesian (hemi?)tetartemorion weight range) of the 5th c. BC. The forepart of bull with partly facing head is consistent with several types that K. Konuk in CNG Kayhan assigns to an "uncertain mint of Karia" - and more so than alternative depictions from, say, Magna Graecia or Cretan Gortyna - but they seldom appear facing right (cf. Kayhan 960) and even then invariably on larger denominations (cf. Kayhan 968). Above all, however, in those listings (which extensively cross-reference the related Keckman, Troxell, Rosen and Berry catalogs) there is no pairing with the present finely styled head, leaving this as another among the mysteries of Asia Minor fractional silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3106684, member: 51347"]Now THAT is a cool one, Ed! Big fun having that one. I have a few Achaemenid coins, and I am beginning to get interested in some of the Satrapal coins... I understand that Tetartemorions can be "unlisted" possibly "unique" due to how hard they can be to find and/or their relative unimportance and being dropped during everyday market transactions. This one is a mystery (to me), that I have tried to get further attribution. Some great people on FORUM said the same that attribution may be ellusive. Fun to chase, though. (Seller's attribution) [ATTACH=full]787264[/ATTACH] [B]Uncertain of Western Asia Minor, ca. 5th c. BC, silver tetartermorion, 5mm, 0.15g[/B] [B]Obverse:[/B] Young male (female?) head r. [B]Reverse:[/B] Forepart of bull r. [B](No, it is not an MFB) Reference:[/B] Kayhan - [B]Grading:[/B] VF+ , obv. o/c, slightly porous, toned, extremely rare [B]Comment:[/B] This is an apparently unpublished type, with nothing matching the design in numerous references consulted. Lacking visible legends (and being almost certainly an anepigraphic type to begin with), the main clues would come from style, metrology and possible association with other types from the lot it came in. These are predominantly Western Asia Minor fractions (mainly in Attic or Milesian (hemi?)tetartemorion weight range) of the 5th c. BC. The forepart of bull with partly facing head is consistent with several types that K. Konuk in CNG Kayhan assigns to an "uncertain mint of Karia" - and more so than alternative depictions from, say, Magna Graecia or Cretan Gortyna - but they seldom appear facing right (cf. Kayhan 960) and even then invariably on larger denominations (cf. Kayhan 968). Above all, however, in those listings (which extensively cross-reference the related Keckman, Troxell, Rosen and Berry catalogs) there is no pairing with the present finely styled head, leaving this as another among the mysteries of Asia Minor fractional silver.[/QUOTE]
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