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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1943247, member: 19463"]I missed where you told us but I think I am seeing a drachm a</p><p>(about 4g) rather than the more common tetradrachm. I like the style. Remember that most Greek coins do not bear the nomenative name of the city or ruler but the genitive so the OY on the end means we should really read the legend as "of Alexander". Coin with city names tend to be in the genitive plural so should be read as, for example, "of the Marcianopolitans".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1943247, member: 19463"]I missed where you told us but I think I am seeing a drachm a (about 4g) rather than the more common tetradrachm. I like the style. Remember that most Greek coins do not bear the nomenative name of the city or ruler but the genitive so the OY on the end means we should really read the legend as "of Alexander". Coin with city names tend to be in the genitive plural so should be read as, for example, "of the Marcianopolitans".[/QUOTE]
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