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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2657563, member: 83956&quot;]As I have mentioned on this list before, I&#039;m cataloging 32 coins given to my university. I&#039;m generally doing fine, but I can&#039;t find what the META on this Thracian diobol stand for, or what META means. Is it related to Mesembria in some way? I could understand MESA. But the references I&#039;ve seen say there&#039;s META between the spokes (not legible on my coin). Any help with this could be appreciated. I don&#039;t have weight and measure on this one yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and one more thing. The references I&#039;ve seen say it&#039;s supposed to be silver, but it looks greenish to me--not like toned Roman silver I&#039;ve seen. I would&#039;ve guessed the coin was bronze. Was there ever a bronze issue of this coin? I guess weight would be a clue here. Sorry I don&#039;t have that info at hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>RULING AUTHORITY: </b>Thrace-Mesembria</p><p><b>DATE STRUCK: </b>Ca. 450-350 B.C.</p><p><b>TYPE: </b>AR Diobol</p><p><b>OBVERSE: </b>Crested Corinthian helmet, facing.</p><p><b>REVERSE: </b>Wheel of four spokes, M-E-T-A between spokes.</p><p><b>REFERENCES: </b>SNG BM Black Sea 268; SNG Cop 653</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]588977[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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