two hoards of persian sigloi / by sydney p. noe
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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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