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    Sigloi

    NO E

    NNU M SMAT CSO C E T

    T1 56 TH S T R E E T

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    E S R V E D B Y

    NNU M SMAT CSO C E T

    G R M AN

    N G U C S TA D T

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    T S AN D M O NO G R A H S

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    T S AN D M O NO G R A H S

    eatiseson sub ectsrelating

    y medalsanddecorations.

    N CO M M T T E

    N C ha i rm a n

    E L L I NG R

    O TT

    .MO MMS N

    STA F

    S S R d it or

    L S O N A ss oc ia te d it or

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    255innumber appearedonthe

    ummerof 1950.Noinformationas

    ndcould beobtained.I twas

    upportingev idence thattheycameby

    nceofasingle Croesushalf-stater

    Minor.Mostof thecoinshadbeen

    observablewhethertheoriginal

    iform.Theywereofferedintwo

    twentycoins includingthehalf-

    hadbeenselectedfor theirsuperior

    235innumber anda llsiglo i w ere

    anthatforthefirst lota priceso

    at therewasslighthopeof finding

    that theoriginalfindermusthave

    m.I twasaverredthatthese

    entirehoard. I nmy j udgmentthere

    thlotscamefroma singlehoard.

    mpublishedhoardscontaining

    Alargefindis knowntohavebeen

    3 butasidef romthestatementthat

    ndsigloialongwithsatrapalissues

    very litt le information. O fahoard

    63wearetold thatforty-fourstaters

    Croesusweree aminedalongwith

    terestingpara lle lto thepresenthoard.

    son A Silversmith sH oardf romMesopotamia in

    1 9 50 , p p . 49 f f. R e f e r re d t o as R o b i n so n s M e so p ot a mi a n H o a rd .

    B ibliographyofGreek CoinHoards( SecondE dit ion

    o. 1 9 .

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    anSiglo i

    ardfromSmyrnain theConstanti-

    innumber manycountermarkedand

    fourinhalves thecondition

    shouldthisbull ion hoardsomeday

    y . Mr. Newell sC il icianH oard

    ostwhichweresohackedandcounter-

    dentificationdif f icult. I n1916 a

    whichcamefromSmyrnawasde-

    tonMilne andsomeimportantfacts

    ed.A segmentofahoardpublished

    containedtwosiglo iw hicharede-

    reversedie asadaric.A recent

    fthe samewriterdescribesseven

    nhoardwhichhaslong beeninthe

    Museum. A discussionof thebear-

    ofourhoard willfollowthecata-

    sw hichfo llow noattemptismade

    ediesbecausewearor thee igen-

    ntyas toanydieidentitybetween

    ese uentialorderisestablished

    yfromthenumericalrepresentations

    oupI thepiecesf romthesame

    L A T I andarefurtherindicated

    mbering. Amongthepieces

    Nos. 165 1 4aref romthesame

    urof these( andoneenlargement are

    ceshavingobverseorreverseen-

    asterisk.Manyof thecoinsselected

    eferredtoasNewell sC il icianH oard.

    1 95 0 , p. 47.

    upI I , there isbutasinglepunchdieforeachgroup.

    toF .

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    nchoseninorderto showtheir

    ecountermarkswhichoccuron the

    A T X V . F ortheothercounter-

    ade w herepossible to identica lor

    onta inedinMr. New ell s A

    mi s ma t ic C h ro n ic l e 1 9 14 p . 5 o r t o th e

    ueforArabia Mesopotamiaand

    i i a bb re vi at ed t o H . ( = H i l l No . .

    orepartso f l ionandbull f acing.

    res theoneatthe le f tthe

    U P I . ( 2 2 )

    ingork neelingtoright crow ned

    andys w ithquiverathis

    ndandbow inle ft. Thear-

    unchesinlots indicated

    omonetothree w iththose

    formbeinggiven prece-

    reverse cf . E. B abelon L es

    es P l . I , 3 4 . 5. 56

    verses f law atle f tedge tw of leck storight

    mthreedies. 5. 47 5. 60 5. 55

    nedge countermark P L A T

    C A r ab ia c x x v ii N o. 8 I . 5. 43

    at e d to H . 8 1 ( i . e. H i l l N o . ) .

    verses. Note irregularf lanofNo. 9.

    hshow sf ish-shapedelementto le fto fcenter.

    w ssnak e- lik ee lementatlef tedge. 5. 55 5. 56

    esof f lans. 5. 45 5. 43

    hroughened impressdeeper. 5. 53 5. 45

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    Sigloi

    ttom.O nobverse sur-

    withtiny chiselmarks

    . 55

    enlargement . No. 21hassmall

    d inle f tf ield. 5. 62 5. 55

    epunch. 5. 5 5. 33

    maybearecutstageforthat

    entica lw ithCil icianH oard

    New ell butinhisco l-

    ft fieldofobverse.Counter-

    erse.5.6

    earwelldef ined headdispro-

    5

    ppliedthreetimes( cf.No.6

    Tw oaddit iona lonedge:

    2 a n d b . s im i la r t o H . 9 5 . 5. 5 3

    erse.5.66

    e ve rs eA ( 2 9 3 9

    punchdie( A dist inguished

    oleftof center.Theleft

    ownand uniteswiththis

    sworn.

    T X V , 1 3 o n e dg e a s on N o s. 5

    . 1 9 . P L A T X V , 8 . 5 .5 5

    5 .4 5 5 . 5 , 5 . 5

    arksonedge.a.P L AT

    50. Onobverse gouge( notcounter-

    H . 6 P L A T X V , 3 a nd

    incomplete.5.43

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    . R eve rse B ( 4 0 6 5

    nch-dieB , markedbyan

    ey-corntotherightand

    A bove andnearthetop a

    erleft.5.57

    5. 60

    ntermarkatlowerleftonob-

    5. 47

    m ar k o n ob v er s e P L A T X V , 4

    5. 5

    ctiveedge.5.45

    triske les obversebadly

    pressed.5.46

    sedonroyalfigure cf.H. 205.5.62

    obverseasonNo.45.5.55

    mark resemblingH. 6orH . 7and

    ofobverse cf.Newell20

    mark ? ) inle f tf ieldofobverse .

    apedcountermark ( cf . H. 3 )

    ess.5.5

    inright fieldhasreceived

    urtherbubblesshowonedge.5.52

    auseofpunch impact.Note

    remeright.5.52

    ma rk P L A T X V , 4 o n ob ve rs e

    dge countermark slightly re-

    57

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    Sigloi

    a d to r ig ht P L A T X V , 7 c ou nt er -

    strationinvertedonplate.5.43

    remote ly lik eH. I o . 5. 53

    R e ver se C( 6 6 8 3

    chdieC. Acrescent-shaped

    s itsslightlythickened

    ef tedgeof thepunch anir-

    hecenter isinsomespeci-

    peredgebyathinline . This

    oardbutthecoin onwhich

    Newellas Notdescribed.

    rksuperimposedonregalfigure

    asecondstampresemblesa

    X V , 8 ) a n d t w o go u ge s m ay h a ve

    ewell26.5.57

    tweakbecausereversepunch

    sbecauseof tNre lationof the

    snearly complete.5.5

    arkonobverseatlowerright

    ? ) h e ad ( P L A T X V , 9 t o le ft . 5. 47

    onNos.45and4 .5.46

    eftfieldbelowtopof spear

    oardI I . 5. 56

    blancetolamination.5.57

    erse animalhead( P L AT

    h at o n r ev e rs e o f No . 7 o ( b o a r ) a n d

    andleftportionofobverse

    onatleft.5.46

    bverse edgebubbled. 5. 55

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    interlacedorrepeated

    ceptionallyroughandthick

    ssed.E dgecountermark

    I . 5.5

    ve rs eD ( 8 4 9 6

    .Ashort triangle-shaped

    etop edge.Theleftedge

    midpoint.Thelarge element

    dergoesmodifications ablunt-

    shapeshow ninNo. 86rather

    anearlierstateofP unchE.

    otstraight.5.60

    obverse.5.5

    rescenceatright. 5. 57

    hrelie f ( recut ) ; notecurveto

    P L A T X I . 5 .6 0

    53

    ofsmallnessofobversedie-

    ie . 5. 5 , 5. 62

    e ve rs eE ( 9 7- 13 )

    unchdieE . L ongelement

    tendsf romtheupperrightto

    e.A tinyfissureshowsat

    timesanotherfissureshows

    e(notcountermark behindhead. 5.57

    5 .5 5

    k ontorsoof f igure. 5. 53

    .5.57

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    Sigloi

    o.21.5.53

    5 . 57

    n.5.60

    e linrightf ie ld. 5.62

    geattopand gougeinright

    2 13 arealikeandcon-

    e.Suchdifferencesas are

    plainedasduetoineffectual

    culationwear.D ie-flaws

    oins areoff-flanonothers.

    represented thecopyinghas

    5 . 60 5 . 60 5 . 40 5 . 62 5 . 60

    ardoublingof theupper

    eeninNo. 121. There isa lso

    eatthe lowerleft ap-

    rseof atinychiselin an

    f thefigure.

    5 . 52 5 . 53 5 . 67

    5 .5 3 5 .5 3 5 .5 6 5 .4 0

    5 . 5 , 5 .5 0 5 . 5

    . F i r st S ta te o f R e ve rs e F ( 1 39 1 64

    uivalentfish-shapedele-

    ef t j o inedatthetoptothe lef t

    htlyhigheronthef lanandtothe

    hem andslightlytothe

    mtoptobottom asmall

    55

    differsfromNos.45 4 and71.5.59

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    rkonobverse( cf.H .I oo .

    k sim ilartoH. 94. 5. 53

    oreindeterminatecountermarks

    e countermark shapedlik e

    f lane tendsthroughtothe

    s duetoflannot having

    .5.55

    5 . 5

    wingonthereverse.5.54 5.4

    a l f lanthick ertorighto fob-

    arkonobverse.5.47

    untermarklikethaton

    y perfectimpressofpunch

    eof theflan.5.54

    erse:( 1 X ( cf.72and

    w i th in s u ar e. 5 .5 4

    o bv e rs e ( 1 X ( c f . 15 6 ; ( 2

    . 6 ) ; o n e dg e ( 3 s i mi l ar t o

    14 3 o n r ev e rs e ( 4 t e tr a sk e le s ( c f .

    ruck.5.49

    aresult bow notstruck up. 5. 57

    hapedlikeaspreadlambda.5.53

    le.5.62

    ou nt er ma rk ( P L A T X V , 1 3 a s

    4 3 a nd 1 5 7. 5 .5

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    rmarklikeoneonNo.143but smaller

    t er m ar k ( P L A T X V , 1 5 . 5 . 52

    markedinrightfieldofobverse.5.47

    4 5 .5 6 5 .5 5

    fobverse bubblesonedge. 5. 54

    pression.5.44

    ed. 5.57

    5 . 65 5 . 52

    da-shapedcountermarkintriangular

    5 .5 6 5 .5 , 5 .5 5 5 .5 5 5 .5 0

    5 . 49 5 . 53 5 . 53 5 . 5

    lineofspearstra ight. 5.52

    eldandline ofspear.5.53

    , inw hichhavebeenplacedthose

    punch-dieswhichnumberthree

    eensegregatedintogroups eachfrom

    theco insinGroupI I w erea ll

    G r ou p I I I w i th P u n ch B , a n d so o n .

    f thegroupsisdeterminedby the

    h.U singtheacceptedprinciples

    themorenumerousgroupsarecon-

    progressivelylessnumeroustheear-

    nchF , therearetw ostatesof thedie

    hef irststate( GroupV I I ) and91

    I I I ) . Thosefromthemodif ieddie

    t he l a te r a n d si n ce G r ou p V I I I i s

    hoard it isinconse uenceto

    sw ell. B y thesametoken GroupV

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    ersianSiglo i

    epunch-diehas beenplacedto

    hforty-twocoinsfromanotherre-

    oups however hasnotbeen

    rof piecesfromthesamereverse

    rion sty le hadtobeca lledinto

    g P L A T S I X a n d X a r e th e c oi n s

    ththesecondstateofF asthe irreverse

    o u t of 3 9 o n P L A T X h a ve a

    rf inishedsty le . ThoseonPL A T I X

    s show astylethatisfarf rom neat

    ecauseoftheirgreatercrudity

    I X ordinarilymightbeconsidered

    er wereitnotforthe factthat

    e samepunchdie.Thefollowing

    betweentheneatandcrude style

    ergroups.

    e

    F I 4 I O

    9 I 5

    6

    3I 5

    O 2O

    comparisononthebasis ofstyle

    orkmanshipandprovidessupport

    eatstyleindicatesone( ormore

    cuttersattheproducingmint.The

    sisso unsatisfactoryandincon-

    unabletosatisfymyselfthat the

    more thanonegroup.

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    ditiontoofferingevidencecon-

    supportthecomparisonsofsty le.

    ficationhaveattemptedtofind

    heroyal featureswhichmight

    idualrulers.Theenlargedob-

    hatonewouldliketodiscover

    Throughoutthecoinageuntil we

    ourhoard( inwhatwehavecalled

    ef igure ispresentedw ithaheadmuch

    ody towhichit isa f fi ed. I nthe

    ureshaveasimplifiedform.Thenose

    t linewithapelletto theleftto

    eis almond-shapedorglobular.

    la rshapehascomeaboutastheresulto f

    to fourgroups theeyehasnotyet

    which itisgivenon somany

    ( cf . enlargementsofNos. 221and

    rliestissuesinthehoardarerepre-

    swhich givethemunduepromi-

    ardiseffectiveinconcealingany

    eadandthetorso.

    onofthe royalfigureasrunning

    Akneelingrulerwouldhardlyhave

    r butneitherisroyaltyto be

    venhurrying.B utevenifrunning

    n thesuccessofthepresentation

    ausethee erguall ine isf re uently

    eofanyr elationtoaground-linepro-

    owingtotheunduelengthof the

    dlatestissuesin thehoardthereis

    hcanbebest observedintheen-

    103and109. Heretheroya lfeatures

    binedwithabutton noseanda

    eminto strongcontrastwithpre-

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    ersianSiglo i

    smusthavebeencontemporaneous

    chdies. I ftheyareto becon-

    tyleratherthanthemarksof indi-

    utters theirnumberseemsto

    a briefperiod.

    w il lshow thevastimprovementin

    redtoasthe neat sty le. The

    ow naturalistic withnotableim-

    ntoftheeye.The head though

    gehasabetterrelationshipto the

    msto beaslightreductionin the

    soccasionallypermitsthebowto

    urbingline ofthespearseems

    . I t isinthehead how ever that

    stoberecogni ed.

    ard 91innumber arefromthe

    .B utalthoughtheobversesin

    eatstylepreponderate thepro-

    ecruder style similartowhatwe

    isimpressive.Thediesinthe neat

    somuchso infact asto leadoneto

    efromthe samedieandthatthe

    etodie alterationsorrepairscom-

    ngsorwear.Certaincoinswithin

    estionablyfromthesamepairofdies

    wostates isthemostremarkable

    . F or a f terhav ingitsdeta ilsa ltered

    saddedwhatappearstobe theGreek

    da . Thisletter if le tteritbe isra ised

    uentlymusthavebeenengravedon

    epeneddie comparetheen-

    Nosimilaroccurrenceof aGreekletter

    sk nowntome andI havenoe pla -

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    dcatetheuseofhingeddies They

    ofthepunchis uniformlyoppo-

    heheadof thef igure . Thismighthave

    ingamarkor notchoneachofthe

    scould bebroughtintoalignmentor

    king.O rdinarily thiswouldresultin

    nd how ever anoccasiona ldev iation

    elativelyslight angle andthis

    imperfectorincompleteobverse

    udgmentthisdeviationisnotintentional.

    t ionsfoundinthishoard w emay

    ationsin si eandtheirregularities

    oi.Thereisno indicationofthe

    dofpreparingblanksusedin

    e lucidatedbySirGeorgeHill. I n

    thesiglo iarethick andthisaf fords

    cewhichisnotreachedby eitherof

    edgesoccasionallyshowsmall

    es ( N o s. 5 , 8 3 2 4 5 , a n d fr e u e nt l y

    6 6 2 21 , r id ge s ( N o s. 1 2 4 4 2 30 o r

    7 6 1 3 9 1 4 6 1 5 3 1 5 ) . S u rf a ce - ho l es

    heenlargementofNo. 80 ( thereare

    arenotf re uent buttheysome-

    Suchconditionsmusthavebeen

    rocess.

    tedfromthe globulewhichwasobtainedby

    castin asphericalmouldmadeoftwo hemi-

    alflowedintothej ointbetweenthetwohalves

    oria lridgearoundtheblank. Theglobulew asthen

    placedbetweenthetwodies.CfNumChron.

    22 , p .6 .

    asplitt ingof thef lan(cf . No. 146 suchasiscommon

    isusuallye plainedashavingbeencausedby

    stil lheatedbecauseofannea lingNos. 5 139

    ctions whichseemalmostseparatedfromthe

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    ersianSiglo i

    us canthecausebededuced?

    factors

    htvariationintheweightsof the

    showsfifty-threepiecesrangingbe-

    . 52 I O I rangingbetween5. 53and

    om5. 5 to5. 62. Thereareonlyseven

    n5.62 theheaviestpieceinthe

    areonly37 coinsweighinglessthan

    w 5. 33. Thispiece( No. I O ) w eighs4. 6

    unchdie how ever isthesameas

    weighs5.5 .Thereare157sigloi

    d5.62.TheweightoftheCroesus

    ng sestimatefortheCroeseidnorm

    w eightgivenbyhimis5.3 . The

    f filingorothereffortto modify

    ces.Theremusthavebeen some

    pro imationtouniformityin

    usthavebeeninherentin thecasting

    fthe irregularitiesintheshapesof

    w ama ority thatareoval. Theob-

    eenanoval flanratherthanaround

    y circular.Thosewhicharevery

    mallproportion buttheyarethe

    oinsaregenerallyrounded and

    tohavebeen presenteveninthe

    ans.To obtainsuchcastings may

    fclayorsomesuitablematerialin

    seappropria tesi ehadbeende-

    rowsofovalholesordepressions

    mentwouldhaveproduced

    arydepthandwouldhavepermitted

    hefinishedcoinsthat havesurvived.

    1 915 , p .9 .

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    that theseholesintheclay could

    sto secureaproperweightofmetal

    ouldthishavebeennecessaryif

    erwhichwouldhave helda

    suchas wouldhavegiventhede-

    aga in hav ingbeendeterminedby

    adle couldhavebeenofama-

    rdid notadhereorwhichcould

    chuse.

    hapedcoins withridgedor

    eingP Suchbubblesseemtohave

    of themoltensilverbeingpoured

    clay.I ntheearlystagesof pour-

    ow f ree ly intoeachho leandf il l it . B ut

    to cool itwouldflowlessreadily

    tw ouldno longerf low itw ould

    thefire.I ntheirregularlyshaped

    6 212 andtheonesw iththeridgedor

    4 8 3 , mayw enotseecastingsw hich

    cedfroma particularmelting

    alflowedpartwayinto thede-

    olidifiedbeforereachingtheper-

    msofAthensforthelate fifthand

    wconditionswhichareanalogous

    toa similarityinthecasting

    havebeenaf la tteningof the

    nvolvednomorethanplacing

    nd givingthemahammerblowof

    sotherthanontheedges wouldhave

    wwhichflattenedthe castingtoa

    was usedmaybeobservedfrom

    allof whichaflattenedfieldbeyond

    hepunchoccupies aconsiderable

    plain fieldfre uentlyshowsa

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    ersianSiglo i

    hichmusthavebeen duetothe

    eblankafterithad beenflattened.

    ver whichshowasecondplanein-

    andthiscouldhavebeenproduced

    teningthecastingswasnot per-

    eredgeonone sideastheresult.

    heimperfectimpressions( Nos.9.

    ; t h e me t al w a s no t f or c ed i n to t h e ob v er s e di e

    affectedbythebevel.

    this hoardshowthatbothob-

    punch-reverseareover-largeforthe

    ebeenrecorded.Theyalso show

    uasinglee ceptionhasbeenasyet

    thatthediesare uniformlyina

    other. O ntheobverse w ef indasa

    theflanthatthetype isalmost

    nally thereversepunchwillbe

    thatis unusuallyspread.The

    walip orside-pro ection.Thereis

    ttressingpro ectiononanyofthe

    hat isevenmorenotableis that

    ofarimor bordertotheobverse

    ohavebeencutinaf la tsurfacew hich

    sides. Whenthepunchw asheldina

    n theresultshouldhavebeena

    adtheflanbeen ofuniformthick-

    rhand thepunchinthestrik ingw ere

    pendicular thetopofthepunch

    erblowmightbecomeaffectedin

    presentforsubse uentstrik ingsa

    asnottrulyhori ontal.Thisdevi-

    a lwould inturn becommunicated

    esultthatthe flanwouldhavere-

    de thanontheother.A metal-

    ebehaviorofmoltensilver would

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    e evidencepresentedbythese

    duceaconv incinge planationof the

    ntermarksonthesigloi inthis

    g. I nthef irstplace the irpaucity

    mbersof coinsfromthesamedie-

    rpretedasindicatingthattheir

    been farfromthemintin which

    nceofthesebankers ormoney-

    doublesignificance: ( 1 Theco ins

    edasacceptablewithoutthe

    mark thatis w hatcirculationthey

    de anareainwhich therewas

    purityofthe metalofwhichthey

    therconditionthat wasthecause

    rked.Thatthecoinshadseen

    tfroma glanceattheplates but

    delyand thecountermarks

    beenappliedforcertifyingthat

    eght. (2 O f the254siglo iinthis

    termarked.Someofthesefortybear

    rk andoccasionallythesame

    rethanoneof them.Thenumber

    sfoundontheedge fourteen is

    sthecircumstancethattheoccurrence

    ariably incon unctionw itha

    obverseorreverse.I nonlytwo

    66 isthemark placedonthebodyof

    placementuponthe royalfigure

    ous. O ntheobverse themark is

    nthe le f tf ieldw here itw il lnot

    nthereverseit occursoneither

    lsow ithinthepunchitse lf. ( 3 I f the

    el A C i li c ia n F i n d N u m. C hr o n. 4 t h se r . X I V

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    rsianSigloi

    thecauseforthese countermarks

    hecorrectone theymusthaveeither

    ance.Thereseemsnogoodreason

    ebeena small-scale inter-

    gnets. B uteventhentheywouldhave

    ndacceptance andwhateverthe

    avebeengivenrecognitionwithin

    notherhoardasiglos hasbeenfound

    evenofthesemarks. Thelargest

    thishoardisfour( No. 157 . A

    eenpublishedbyMr. Hil l inB MC

    ii butthismak esnocla imtocompleteness.

    oardbearmarksoccurringin that

    snothitherto recorded andbe-

    gementsaremoreaccuratethanline

    roducedinthatmanner.Amongthose

    s. 43and62representaneagle shead

    V , 4 . N o . 63 h a s th e h ea d o fa c a lf o r r am

    A T X V , 7 . N o . 77 i s l es s c le a rl y

    b ea b oa r s h ea d ( P L A T X V , I o ; i t

    adontheearlyissues ofP haselis.

    rgedonP lateX aredistortedby

    o s. 1 1 1 6 2 1 a nd 3 1 , w he t he r d ue t o

    deepor theopposite.

    ntermarkswhichusesomeform

    e le s ( N o s . 2 5 2 7 4 5 4 , 7 , I 4 0

    associatethesew ithLyciaandtoreca ll

    nimateformsamongthecounter-

    he coinsofSelgeandAspendus.

    plicationsofthesecountermarks

    hthat twoindependentoccur-

    esignet-die . I do f ind how ever four

    shoardamongthoserepresented

    ia n H o a r d ( N 9 7 wi t h 23 ; N 1 14 w i th

    e r X V I ( 1 91 6 , p . 2 n o . 5.

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    n d po s si b ly 5 0 N I 5 w i th 6 6 . T h es e

    hanbeingidenticalsignets.An

    223isunusuallydistinctiveand

    p re v io u sl y p ub l is h ed ( P L A T X V 1 5 .

    lanalysisofone ofthecoinsof

    nificant weturnedtoone ofour

    ostgenerouswithhishelp on

    f . EarleR . C a leyofO hioStateU ni-

    eisprintedin full:

    analysisofthespecimenofa

    nt inMay.Theresultsareas

    96 . 35 %

    teonly fourpreviousanalysesof

    vesresultsofdeterminationsofthe

    mensandB ibra giveschemical

    etwospecimenslistedby L enor-

    nd94.0%, and theseresultswere

    ssay.Theanalysesmadeby

    results:

    o 9 %

    4%

    / 6

    L a mo nn ai ed an s l a n t i u i t ( P a r i s 1 7 - 1 7 9 , V o l . 1 p .1 90 .

    b e r al t e E i s e n- u n d Si l be r - u n de ( N r n be r g an d L e i p i g

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    anSigloi

    thesilvercontentof thespecimenyou

    anthat ofthefourpreviously

    hismeansintermsofchrono logyor

    unabletosay asw elack thenecessary

    I be lieve how ever thatitmaybe

    eoffinenessis usuallyassociated

    ueinagivenseries andthismaybe

    ead andthelowgoldcontentof

    atthesilver wasobtainedfrom

    ygalena andnotf romelectrum.

    pportunityofanaly ingthisspeci-

    C a l ey

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    scribedhoardwasreadyforpubli-

    argerfind cameintomyhandsin

    severalseparateparcels andits

    have beenTchal asmalltown

    myrna.Thecoins wereoffairly

    arance.Afewwerepartlycovered

    tionwhichrefused toyieldto

    s.

    ed652coins:212 half-statersof

    thehalf - figureof thek ing 127w ith

    wand spearand260drawingthe

    vableconnectionwiththeprevi-

    inthe relativelysmallproportion

    repetitionof someofthem.The

    hesiglo i strangelyenough w as

    ntire ly f reefromcountermark s the

    eststhat thisgroupwaslaterthan

    asthe circumstancethattheCroe-

    dmoreoftenthanthesigloi afew

    arksmadewithatinychisel as

    rd itw aspossibletogroupthe

    erse punches.I twasalsopossible

    thesamemanner andtherewere

    henthiswasdone.The conclusions

    eparingtheflans ofthesigloibe-

    dfromthepiecesin thefirsthoard

    s largernumber anditseemed

    onditionsalsoe tendedtoprepa-

    eCroeseids.

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    anSigloi

    presentedproblems.Thelarge

    inH oardI I asw ellasthecondit ionof

    epossibilityof reproducingevery

    wever itwasimportanttomakea

    The coinswerearrangedcarefully

    rminedbythe si eoflotshaving

    nphotographedinthat order.This

    attheAmericanNumismatic

    ilableforstudyingthe coinswas

    oursehadto betakenwithoutclean-

    happytoacknowledgethegreathelp-

    enson w hovolunteeredtow eighmost

    ishe lptomeincheck ingq uestions

    obligationtohima veryheavy

    Society toac uirethemostsigni-

    re il lustratedonPL A T sX I I to

    usha lf - staters1 w erese lected o f the

    12 o f thegroupw iththeroya l

    ndspear hereinconsideredthe

    piecesw erechosen( H oardI , ac-

    ntained254coinsof thistype ; o f the

    hereinconsideredtheearliest w ith

    walone 26outof260 werese-

    eredictatedbytheunusualedge

    resultthatsome piecesarewornand

    fo llow s minutevariationshavenot

    possible thepieceshavebeencom-

    descriptionspreceding.Aswith

    termark identit iesarenumberedaccordingto

    A r a b i a p . c x x v i i a n d t hi s r ef e re n ce

    il l . F orcountermark forms most

    nyofwhichareedgecountermarks

    A T X V .

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    occurrencesofeitherofthe

    eenidentifiedin thishoard.

    epartso f lionandbull f acing.

    res theoneatthe le f tthesmaller.

    :

    16 b. X V , 1 7 c. X V , 3 ? 5 .2

    i f fo n h ea d P L A T X V , 1 5 . 4O

    on alsooccursonreverseof

    5. 2

    .4 onobverse b.H .43

    .5.37

    2P onobverse H .43onedge.5.30

    53( twiceonreverse , occurs

    ntonobverse H. 5075. 3

    aretwo specimensfromthe

    .156onobverse5.34-5.24

    X V , 31onedge5. 31 5. 26

    a.H umanfoot X V , 19

    r . X V , 2 0 5 . 46

    termark H . 90 5. 32-5. 30

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    anSigloi

    feringobversesbutthesame

    0-5.3

    .

    eespecimensof whichoneor

    dies areidentical.( Certainty

    nimpossible

    dif ferent R eversessmallpunch2/1

    rent R eversesidentica l5.36 5. 41 5. 37

    dif ferent R eversesidentica l5.35 5. 29 5. 36

    ldif ferent R everses smallpunch2/ 1

    ldifferent R everses la rgepunch2/ 1

    s al l d if f er e nt R e v e r se s i de n ti c al 5 . 37 5 . 30 ? 5 . 22

    ark H. 43

    identica l No . 85bearscountermark H . 195

    X V , 3 3 N o. 8 7 b ea rs t hr ee c ou nt er -

    b. Grif fonhead( tw ice ;

    2 3. 5. 22 5 .1 , 5 .2 4

    rspecimenson oneormoreof

    mallpunchesofthe reverse

    epunches.

    0 t w o c ou n te r ma r ks a . H . 4 3 b . H . 2 2 O n

    3 5 . 32 5 . 37 5 . 33 5 . 35

    5 . 32

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    menshavingidentitiesineither

    mallpunch3/ 2w t. 5. 225. 36

    meforall fivepieces5.25-5.39

    amefora llf ourpieces5.32 5. 37

    edgecountermark ason1575. 32

    esameforall fivepieces5.325.37

    bversesthesame 5. 25-5. 46

    esameforall fivepieces5.30-5.3

    esameforall fivepieces5.305.39

    cimenshavingidentitiesin

    hdies.

    fora llsevenpieces No. 136

    plustestchise lcut No. 137

    e e P L A T X I I ) ; b . S i m il a r to

    o . 144hasonobverserepeated

    s ee P L A T X I I ) , b . re ve rs e ma rk

    rminatecountermark5.335.41

    llsevenpieces smallpunch

    4 7 an d 1 51 p u nc h b . sa m ef o r I 4 ,

    un c h c. 1 4 6. N o . 15 h a s an e d ge

    g o at P L A T X V , 2 5 . 5. 2 7 5 . 3

    .

    imenshavingbothofthe

    m ar k s a. P L A T X V , 2 6

    a nd 5 73 ; c . P L A T X V , 2 7 a ls o

    . 5 4 ( r e pe a te d ; e . H . 4 3 . N o. 1 5

    A T X V , 3 1 N o . 15 9 h as e d ge

    X V , 3 1 a s on N o s. 1 5 a n d 19 7 .

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    Sigloi

    I

    menshavingbothpunches

    ak H . 9o ; No. 16 anin-

    P L A T X V , 2 5 . 23 - 5. 3

    untermark sim ilartoPL A T

    h as c ou nt er ma rk s a. P L A T X V , 3 1

    X V , 2 9 on e dg e c . on r ev er se

    ecimenseachhavingboth

    ve s a me o b ve r se d i e N o . 1 7 b e a r s

    X V , 3 0 . 5. 2 9 5 . 3

    m ar k P L A T X V , 3 1 N o . 19

    s No.199hasonobverse

    adle f tonlion ssnoutand

    3 2 ( H . 1 3 3 r e ve r se d o n e dg e . 5. 2 7- 5 .4 0

    cimenseachhavingboth

    secountermark of tw opelle ts com-

    No. 212hasedgemark P L A T

    E I ( B O W MAN

    toright w earingcrownand

    awingbow andw ithquiverathisback

    uentlyof f -f lan. R everse: O blong

    figureandsimplifiedreverse.5.32

    edies5.34 5.26

    reversedie5.3 -5. 40

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    Sigloi

    I I ( H A F - I G U R E )

    ngrightandwearingcrown in

    ngpara llelto thevertica la is

    w oarrow sw ithpointstoright.

    e No.474countermarkedas

    1. 5 .3 4- 5- 35

    e.5.35-5-37

    e reversesidentical. 5. 09 5. 3

    . 4 9bearss uarecountermark

    surroundedbyfoursmall

    o o c f . No . 30 6 N o . 49 0 H . 5 3

    a . S im i la r t o P L A T X V , 3 3

    44. 5. 30-5.40

    esdifferinscale.5.30-5.40

    bverseswithdifferencesin

    markonobversefigure

    k onobversef igure acy li ?

    E I I I ( S E AR AND B O W )

    w earingcrownandk andys

    ee ling att itude inle f thandbow

    diagonallyacrossbody w ith

    w ithtip( f re uentlyof f -f lan in

    e:O blongpunch-impress.

    R eversepunchsimple inform. 5. 34

    R eversesimple. 5. 29

    R everselesssimplesingle-

    le R eversedeveloped. 5. 2 5. 37

    k( theonlyoneforthis

    A T X I I I a nd N o. 1 57 a ls o H . 5 4.

    e.5.32 5.3

    mereverse O bversedieA

    possibleadditions Obverse

    thtwopossibleadditions.No.257

    others5. 24-5. 4

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    enpiecesfromsamereverseF ivesingletons

    omsameobversediesre-

    m sameobversediesre-

    ustedcoinswithidentification

    23-5.43

    F - S TA T R S 2 1 2 pi ec es

    difficultyinmakingcomparisonof

    oeseids.I nadditiontothe custom-

    dition w hetherasaresulto fw earon

    incrustationanddiscoloration

    ftenwithsub-groupsfromthesame

    bedisturbingvariationsin the

    hichseemtobedueto adifferencein

    blowreceivedfromtherespective

    ryunusualfor boththelionandthe

    ncompletely.Thusthedetails

    ndareat thecenteroftheflan and

    pressedmoredeeplyinthe metal

    llbea resultingweaknessofeither

    ne tto impossibletocompensate

    s. B ecauseof this andbecause in

    ndoesnotlend itselftosharp

    uently impossibletobesurethat

    e half-statersareun uestionably

    nthoughtheirreversesareobviously

    oupseachofwhich containedfive

    seemtohaveallfiveobversesfrom

    howsadivision whichappearstobe

    nce there islitt le re liancetobeplacedon

    sasidefromwearandthat criterion

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    anSigloi

    eofthesub-groupshavingthe same

    eenusedtodeterminethearrangement.

    osesthevariationsforthe re-

    sing.Alterationsor mendingsof

    ok place havenotbeenrecogni ableas

    nwhich thesamelargepunchis

    mallpunchesandalesser number

    isconnectedwithtwodiffering

    hconditionsarerelativelyrare.

    gtwospecimensfromthe same

    ehaveidenticalobversesandsome

    mtobedif ferent. I tfo llows be-

    avebeenvariationsin thelivesofthe

    andthatreplacementofeithercould and

    ceof thishoard how ever seemsto

    irw ereusedinj u taposit ionmore

    ged.Thiswouldimplythat in

    cardedatthesametime.Notwith-

    ons thenumberofspecimenson

    punchesisnotduplicatedin the

    and to j udgef romthew earon

    tgiveindicationof beingtheearliest

    Croeseidsse uentiallywas

    gevidenceofwearandfromspeci-

    ersesasoutlinedpreviously.

    ablelotsinwhichboth obverse

    edencouragedanefforttoe plain

    woreversepunchesoftheCroe-

    spreviouslybeennotedthat the

    punchesw as w ithoute ception

    everse whichmadeitcomeoppo-

    ebull whilethelargerpunchwas

    C L y d i a p . 5 . T h e on l y e c e pt i on s t o

    veryrareinstanceswhereboth of

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    enearly identicalinsi e . Thes uare

    e ception inthesamere lativepo-

    anceofdieposit ionsw asf irste -

    onaldinhisdelightfullyclear

    tica heobservedthatinhis

    diesoriginatedinsouth-westAsia

    ervationisnow abundantly

    ditionshowedthatthetwoele-

    eseparatepunchesandnot asingle

    nasmall butnotnegligiblenumber

    herofthetwois foundassociated

    ofthe otherpunch.Although

    theother somemeansofclamping

    mtogethermusthavebeenused for

    whoseuniformityofwidth( orits

    f romwhichitmaybededucedthat

    tant.

    tcoiningmethodsisdrawn

    whichdatecenturiesafterthe

    utw ithf i eddiesandpunches

    d wemayconcludethattheob-

    eanvilor cutdirectlyinan anvil

    ghandheavyenoughto withstand

    king.I fthereversepuncheswere

    aybevisualisedashavingbeen

    ouldhaveadef initeandaf i ed

    achwouldfurtherhavetomain-

    respect totheotherpunch else

    nsratherthanrepeatedrecurrences

    nthecoins.

    econceptionthatinsteadofa

    chthere wasasinglearminto

    ttedor slotted.I nsupportofthis

    rsesshowthepunchessogrownto-

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    anSigloi

    h av e b ee n f us e d ( N o s . I 9 9 2 I ) .

    avebeen used oneisforcedtothe

    mmerblowwasused onthecoins.

    I ( B O W M AN 2 60 pi ec es

    calgroupofH oardI I consisted

    lfigureholdingabow.O fthefif-

    tedinthisgroup oneisrepresented

    whileothersshowthirty-seven

    tw enty -seven tw enty -oneandnine-

    e.Thissuggestsa mintingmethod

    yascribedtothe Greekcenters.

    typewhichsuggestwhatthis

    hesefivepiecesarestruck highon

    gualspacethatisunusua llye tensive

    To fN o4 34 .

    ervew eareabletoseethetopofa

    gurewearsinallof thesigloi.

    nowninother mintswhichSir

    duponinhise ce llentdiscussionof

    e whereitsoccurrenceis illus-

    ples a ll how ever drawnf romcoins

    gHill: O necanonlyconcludethat

    diewascarelesslyhubbedinto the

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    herthatitw asimpossibletostrik ea

    gettinganimpressionofpartof

    tionalproofthathubbingwas

    hardlysupposethat suchamistake

    hecourse ofthemuchslower

    Withoutgivingconsideration

    pressedregardinghubbingonlater

    there ectede planationistheonethat

    repeatedportionofthe designis

    eformofthis crowndiffersfromthat

    thissamediewherethereare

    ee ergualonehasf ive . I tseemsmore

    was largeenoughtopermitthe

    erse-typedies andtheremayeven

    hichmorethan twowerecut.Such

    rtlye plainthelargenumbers

    sfoundinthesetwohoards.

    w herethesef ivepiecesunderdiscussion

    han elevenpiecesfromthissame

    ondgroupcontainseightspecimens

    bothlotssharingthesame punchdie.

    engreater foramongthethirty-

    punchdiesomewereencrustedor

    sibletobesurethat theydidnot

    woobversedies.U nfortunately

    discoveradiewhichembodiesthe

    thee ergueof thef ivecoins.

    inthescaleof theroyalfigure

    hichismuchgreaterthanfor

    theillustrationofNos.242 and30 with

    Noristhis trueofthefigurealone

    uswhentheheadsarecompared.

    perhapsslightly too largeforthebody

    osslydisproportionate nearly or

    er V I I ( 1 94 7 , p p. 1 73 1 74 .

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    anSigloi

    e lengthof theforearm. I nNo. 319 the

    vethe royalarm andthelower

    sbeautifully aconditionob-

    ns.Theupperhalfof thebow-

    ise ly le f tto the imagination. A vo iding

    s thereasonw hy theuppertipof the

    close tothecrown.Thefigure

    ratherthanmoving whichisas

    I I 5 3pi ec es

    chmay beappliedintryingto

    uencewithinthisgroup: ( a w ear

    changesordif ferencesinthetype

    sub-groupshav ingthesamepunches. None

    terminative.

    emustplaceNos.504-525asthe latest

    ertainlybecontemporaneous that

    struckwithinthe lifeofthereverse

    nsider( b . Withinthissub-group

    servethatNo. 524bearsatypew hichis

    mallerinscalethan theothers.

    soto befoundinthe twosub-

    n s i e t o t hi s o ne ( c f . No . 4 93 e a ch

    nstwelvee amplesascompared

    aclearindicationthatthesmall-scale

    rani ntervalwhichwascovered

    by the lif eof threereversepunches. The

    efigurein whatweconsiderthe

    504-525 isonlyonceamongits

    encethe constrictioninscalemay

    rtheuseof this the latest punch

    milarsmall-scalefigureinthe

    reconsideredtheearliest wecannot

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    smalltobroad typeoffigure.W ith

    ch-diesintheha lf -f iguretype( I I ) , it

    small-scalefigurewasbriefand

    rewithbowandspear , 127pieces

    Nos.572 652 fromthesame

    havestrongclaimtobeingcon-

    thehoard.Theyarethefreshest

    eofmoney-changers counter-

    ee ception may imply lesscircu-

    fidenceintheirgenuineness.

    containsissuesw ithtypeslaterthan

    neofTypesI I andI I I .R obinson sMeso-

    e includedTypeI I I pieces butnone

    andthathoardisdatedbyhimf rom

    aboutthemiddleofthe first

    en t ur y , i . e. 3 9 0 3 5 . H o a r d

    thesingleC roese idw hichM. Seyrigcon-

    supportstheimplicationsofthe

    S O F T H E M O N Y CH A NG R S

    ngthecountermarkswhich

    remostnumerousontheCroesus

    X I I , w i th t h ir t y- f iv e ( o u t o f 2 12 b e ar i ng

    ontrasttothesi outo fatotalo f

    pwiththehalf-figuresandthe

    er X V I ( 1 91 6 , p p. 1 -1 2.

    ( 1 950 , p .47.

    chlumberger Tresorsmon ta iresd A fghanistan

    p .5 7.

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    rsianSigloi

    inthesiglo iw ithbow . I nTypeI I I

    uto f127specimens isfoundonthe

    hereitisveryinconspicuouslysuper-

    thespear. Of thesi tycounter-

    ad( tw oarequestionable forty-one

    k e levenhavetwo( ontw ocoins

    ntermarksisimpressedtwice ,

    ions( aga in one isrepeated anda

    hasf ivedif feringsignets oneofw hich

    r moresignetswhichoccuron

    threew hicharefoundonthree. One

    dw iththefootshow ingbeneath a l-

    i ableonlywithdifficultybecause

    co ins.

    hthosefoundinother hoards

    econdhoardarenotablysmaller

    nthesiglo io fe itherR obinson s

    r o r N ew e ll s C i li c ia n F i n d . L i k e-

    cein thepositionoftheirimpress on

    agreaterproportionhasbeenapplied

    antotheobverseorreverse . I tseems

    conditions pointtoaconsiderable

    a lo fourH oardI andtheseother

    ingamongthecountermarks

    he humanfootonNo.3

    1 9 a n d th e c ro w ne d f ac i ng h e ad o n N o. 1 5 7

    2 6 .

    swereappliedtocoinswhich

    their genuineness.No.3 of

    o leontheobverse. Someof theothers

    pittings whichsuggestplating but

    detected.I tiscustomarilyac-

    ngle signetispresentthateach

    eofthepieceat theshopofthe

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    rsuchaninterpretation theco inwith

    57ofH oardI I ) w ouldhaveseen

    fcit ies or tousethee treme

    elargecity.

    h I b e l i ev e t o be l a te r t ha n H o a r d I I , t h e

    .TheanimaltypesofH oardI

    4 7 a n d 9 s h o w mo r e de v el o pm e nt t h an t h os e

    A T X V , 2 0 2 4 2 5a nd 31 , a nd th is is tr ue

    ntermarksareappliedto either

    e uentlythantotheedgeson the

    dI ) . Thistendency isconf irmedbypiecesin

    nF ind. I be lieve it issafetoconclude

    eis tobeinterpretedasthe earlier

    areconsistentlysmalland simple

    foundoccurringoneither theob-

    sontheedge.

    theearlierHoardI I , thegroup

    ldingbothspear andbowbears

    w hereasintheotherhoard w hich

    i edw ithanyother thereare

    milarsignets inbothhoards

    nthattheydo notoverlapeither

    phically:I noteasmalltriskeles

    L A T X V , 1 2 t h e f or m s ar e s im i la r

    possiblyH I oo .

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    A T N G

    firsthoarddescribedin thismono-

    asreceivedinNew Y ork duringthe

    sual statementthatitcomprised

    ndlot 652pieces w ase amined

    artrather thantheentirehoard

    nfoundin1945.

    rof.Seyrig( 490pieces wassaidto

    gionofSmyrna before J anuary

    rebe inguncerta in. The lote amined

    6 ) consistedof22 siglo iandmore

    he informationthatthe22 coins

    rtersof thetotal w hichwouldthere-

    umberofCroeseidsisundetermined.

    wsshowsthemake-upofthese

    ndtothisshould beaddedthedata

    nthee cavationsofOldSmyrna

    blished.

    r.Milneinthe Numismatic

    edbuttwoof thesigloitypes the

    r andthatwiththedagger.This

    he daggertypeisthelatest ofthe

    he proportionaterepresentation

    oitypesisaboutthe sameforeach

    hlumberger Tr sorsmon ta iresd A fghanistan

    pp. 55 57. ThisnotebyProf . Sey rigsuppliesthe infor-

    seidin ourH oardNo.I wasaninterpolation.

    clusionthat H oardNo.I isnotpartof thelot

    9 0 pi e ce s .

    er V I I ( 1 94 7 , p p. 1 73 1 74 .

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    dANSH dR . slotSeyrig sO .Smyrna

    6 5

    O O 8 3 .

    7 p lu s 2 3

    andProf . Sey rig sconclusionsthat

    .R obinsonformedpartofasingle

    fedby thethirdlo t( ourHoard

    nthebasiso fcomposition andcounter-

    othertwo.Castsof asmallnumber

    rof.Seyrigbearreversepunches

    urHoardI I . F urther photographs

    ac uiredby theB rit ishMuseum

    sfoundinourH oardI I , andI have

    ountermarkswhichwerecommon

    ebeenfoundhadeitherof the

    edin detail.

    gisformedwiththebenef ito f the

    yrnaH oardwhichhasnotyetbeen

    ainedcontemporarysilverof

    epieceswhich passedthroughmy

    kofcompetanceas ametrologist

    ooffermorethanbriefobservations.

    I ( 1 952 , p. 106.

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    anSigloi

    R O E S I D S AND S G O I

    A R D S

    O A R D I

    f ig. B ow & SpearB ow man& Sp.

    8 I 2

    60

    3 7 2

    s containedasingleC roese id w hich

    anintrusion. I tcametousin1950

    eces contained212half - statersofC roesus.

    withbowalone26o

    usionthatHoardI I istheearlier

    noverlappingfortheissuesof the

    ar.I havebeenunabletofind

    erlapping.I believethatthereis

    pbetweenthe twohoards basing

    ofthereversepuncheswhichare

    ndsimplerreversesalthoughthe

    toa lesssimpleformforthis

    thanproven.W ithourpresent

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    3

    ow ayofgaugingthee tentof thissug-

    sshow however anincreasein

    hoard( I andimpliesara isedor

    closeto 5.35gramsfortheearlier

    orthe laterone( I ) o fappro i-

    saveragew eightw as5. 3 andhis

    grams. Thischangetookplace

    val.Noeffortto parallelthesilver

    ade. NeitherH il l norB abelon

    wmanorwiththehalf-figure.Can

    esetypesw asstruck orarew e

    bledeductionthat allsuchwere

    onofthetype withbowand

    emsthe lesslik e lyof thetw oalterna-

    denceatpresentavailable.

    etw eenthetw ohoards asI be lieve

    dmust precedethefirstbythe

    ane tentw hichw eatpresenthave

    Thelargerhoardcontainsissues

    agemusthavestoppedwithhisdown-

    tainspiecesincirculationin Asia

    theburia lo f thehoard. I fw emay

    e ualwearontheCroeseidsand

    upB ) therewouldseemtohavebeen

    akafter thedeathofCroesusbe-

    started.Theymightevenhave

    onclusionwouldi ncreasethe

    ichthe hoardwasbeingformed.

    d( I ) wouldseemtohavebeen

    rperiodof saving.Thesame

    ntedbyninety-onespecimensis

    1 915 , p .9 .

    sgrec uesetromaines.

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    anSigloi

    s C il icianHoard andinR obin-

    nHoard. I t isa lsotobefoundin

    P l . L X X X V I I , 7 a nd in B M CA ra bi a 1 9 ,

    26.

    gloihavebeenheldbycol-

    ltingslightcommercialva lue is

    eirhavingbeen givenlittleat-

    curredinhoards.Not untilwe

    dcontainingsigloialongwithissues

    e definitivelydatedcanwede-

    getookplace.

    dedpresentedauni ueoppor-

    temptstoclassif yPersiansiglo ihadnot

    ersepunchesand theirusefor

    graphisaninnovation.H illand

    orderofthetypes q uitethereverse

    hows. R obinsonindiscussingthe lotdes-

    f . p. 41 be lievedtheordertobe: I I

    ( A rc he r , I I I ( W i t hs pe ar a nd B o w , a l t ho ug h

    ff iguregroup(I I ) m ightcomeaf ter

    . I na letterheacceptstheorderassig-

    at thedataregardingcountermarks

    tandthatthe evidenceofa

    llprovesignificantformetrologists.

    herdemonstrationthatcoinsaretheir

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    M NTS O F C O U NT R MAR K S

    77

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