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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 8349958, member: 86498"]After about twenty five years of unrequited love I finally managed to get one of these</p><p>Ephesos Ar Tetradrachm 350-340 BC Obv Bee seen from above. Rv Forepart of a stag kneeling right head reverted. palm tree to left. Kinns Class G obv 119 15.26 grms 21 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1481345[/ATTACH] When I started collecting Greek coins I thought that acquiring one of these should be a piece of cake. Well thanks for playing....Once I did get on I found the coin to be interesting on a number of levels. First the coin is remarkably chunky. At the time this coin was minted generally the flans are thinner and broader. This coin resembles the fabric of the Athenian "Mass coinage" minted over 50 years previously. The second was the historical context. This coin would have been minted roughly at the time of Philip II of Macedon's abortive "reconnaissance in force" in Asia Minor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 8349958, member: 86498"]After about twenty five years of unrequited love I finally managed to get one of these Ephesos Ar Tetradrachm 350-340 BC Obv Bee seen from above. Rv Forepart of a stag kneeling right head reverted. palm tree to left. Kinns Class G obv 119 15.26 grms 21 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1481345[/ATTACH] When I started collecting Greek coins I thought that acquiring one of these should be a piece of cake. Well thanks for playing....Once I did get on I found the coin to be interesting on a number of levels. First the coin is remarkably chunky. At the time this coin was minted generally the flans are thinner and broader. This coin resembles the fabric of the Athenian "Mass coinage" minted over 50 years previously. The second was the historical context. This coin would have been minted roughly at the time of Philip II of Macedon's abortive "reconnaissance in force" in Asia Minor.[/QUOTE]
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