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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 3165614, member: 44357&quot;]They had a specific use in commerce (to raise a navy for Athens against Sparta and to cover other war costs) and for that reason, they were melted down rather quickly. </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s always the possibility that a hoard exists but because Athens was so strapped for cash and kept meticulous records of what was melted, it would probably only be coins given to an individual which would inherently be relatively few in number due to their value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the scarcity in the private market as well as in public sales, I don&#039;t think there are many others floating around.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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