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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 8429326, member: 86498"]In response to [USER=1969]@david[/USER]@PC. We can be about as confident as possible though we must be always be aware that much of the dating of ancient coins especially the Greek series can be problematic. Some of these series have not been studied in decades and thus the underpinning evidence for their dating criterion may have changed. But in the main the chronologies are reasonably solid. With Alexander, the publication of Price's monumental book in 1991 sparked a flood of new research into the subject of his coinage. This flood of new research done by Le Rider, Troxell, Taylor and others has substantially deepened out understanding of his coinage. True there are some debates, as noted in the comment on the stater from Tarsus mentioned above.<span style="color: #ff0000"> THIS IS NOT MY COIN</span></p><p>Stater of Tyre 332-327 BC Leu Numismatik</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1494675[/ATTACH] </p><p>The early staters from this mint are undated. It should be noted that at the most the fight is over first place and may effect the dating by perhaps as little as 1-2 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 8429326, member: 86498"]In response to [USER=1969]@david[/USER]@PC. We can be about as confident as possible though we must be always be aware that much of the dating of ancient coins especially the Greek series can be problematic. Some of these series have not been studied in decades and thus the underpinning evidence for their dating criterion may have changed. But in the main the chronologies are reasonably solid. With Alexander, the publication of Price's monumental book in 1991 sparked a flood of new research into the subject of his coinage. This flood of new research done by Le Rider, Troxell, Taylor and others has substantially deepened out understanding of his coinage. True there are some debates, as noted in the comment on the stater from Tarsus mentioned above.[COLOR=#ff0000] THIS IS NOT MY COIN[/COLOR] Stater of Tyre 332-327 BC Leu Numismatik [ATTACH=full]1494675[/ATTACH] The early staters from this mint are undated. It should be noted that at the most the fight is over first place and may effect the dating by perhaps as little as 1-2 years.[/QUOTE]
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