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Greek Silver Quartet

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Late last week I got to be the first to make selections from a baggie of ancient Greek silver coins (See: http://goccf.com/t/315738 ). I purchased three of them at that time. My subsequent research suggested most I had examined were from Kyzikos. Today I went back, and still nobody else had looked through them, so I did so again. My recollection was correct, the overwhelming majority of what remained were Kyzikos issues, but I also found some others mixed in, too. I brought four more home with me. I've numbered them proceeding clockwise from the upper left.

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#1 - This is obviously once again a Kyzikos, and at its present weight of .22 grams, I'm thinking it's yet another trihemitartemorion, albeit much more irregular in shape than the prior one I bought. Same sort of lion in an incuse field die used, though.

#2 - Dimensions are about 9 by 10 mm, weight is 1.1 grams. I'm thinking possibly Ormylia (Macedon) c. 500 BC?

#3 - 8mm in diameter, weighs .48 of a gram. Falcon's head (?) with a retrograde (backwards) "K". I feel like I've seen this motif before, but just can't remember with regard to what, so at the moment I'm stumped. The incuse square reverse suggests that like the previous coin, it's archaic.

#4 - Just over 8mm, .46 of a gram. I'm interpreting the reverse as depicting a kantharos, so perhaps Naxos (Sicily)?


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#2...Perhaps Sermyle, Macedon or Erythrae, Ionia? Or other?

#3 is a hemiobol from Kyme, Aiolis.

#4, a hemiobol (or obol?) of Methymna, Lesbos.
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Nice score.
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I'm really liking the Greek coins and seem to be adding them to my collection at an alarming rate. Glad to see someone else int he same boat as me.
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#3 is a hemiobol from Kyme, Aiolis.

That seems absolutely a lock. Turns out that it's regarded to be an eagle's head. Cataloged as Sear 4174. Not sure if the time frame (480-450 BC) keeps it in the archaic category.


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#4, a hemiobol (or obol?) of Methymna, Lesbos.

Obol cataloged as Klein 351 seems most likely. Struck 420-377 BC, which puts it in the classical period. At least I did identify the reverse device correctly as a kantharos. The portrait of Aethena on this example is more aesthetically pleasing than some others.


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#2 - I'm thinking possibly Ormylia (Macedon) c. 500 BC?


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#2...Perhaps Sermyle, Macedon or Erythrae, Ionia? Or other?

Would anybody else care to chime in on my "horseman" piece? Or is the motif so common that it must remain something of an unattributable mystery?

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