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t0rress Pillar of the Community Bulgaria 843 Posts	Posted 02/11/2011 4:49 pm Any iedas? Report this Post to the Staff

t0rress Pillar of the Community Bulgaria 843 Posts	Posted 02/15/2011 03:55 am I can't find nothing.Help! Edited by t0rress 02/15/2011 03:55 am Report this Post to the Staff
maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2100 Posts	Posted 02/15/2011 04:46 am It looks like bronze. If so then it looks like a copy of a Thasos Tetradrachm with Dionysos on the obverse and Herakles on the reverse. Martin Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 02/15/2011 05:44 am A Wildwinds partial inscription search of ARWN came up with the answer: the city of Maroneia, which is still known by that name as it is situated in what is now northeastern Greece. Maroneia was a curious exception to the general rule that cities generally didn't issue bronze coins and silver coins with identical designs, which in this case is Dionysus portrait obverse, Dionysus standing reverse. Dionysus was really made a fuss of in that city; the coins get a mention on the Wikipedia page. In the period 200-150 BC they issued silver tetradrachms with this design; Wildwinds example. Then after 150 BC they issued bronze coins like the one t0rress posted; Wildwinds example. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
t0rress Pillar of the Community Bulgaria 843 Posts	Posted 02/15/2011 12:29 pm Thanks for the info.Is have vaule? Report this Post to the Staff
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