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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3355296, member: 96898&quot;]I am reading this with great interest – thank you for showing these coins! </p><p><br /></p><p>The lions on your second and third coin look very similar. Is it the same countermark, or does your second coin, as your first one, come from an engraved reverse die? I can&#039;t tell from your pictures, thus I am asking. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, if I see correctly, all three of your coins belong to the group Carradice classifies as type IV B. Do you think this is significant at all, or is it just coincidence?</p><p><br /></p><p>Just to be polite, here is my (fourrée) type IV C siglos:</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]888410[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Artaxerxes II – Darius III, Achaemenid Empire, fourrée siglos, ca. 375–336 BC. Obv: Great King kneeling left, holding dagger and bow, three pellets on chest. Rev: irregular punch. 14.4mm, 4.92g. Ref: Carradice 1987, type IV C (prototype).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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