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AE18 from Chios. Greek or Provincial?
« on: July 01, 2011, 04:08:03 pm »
Found some similar on acsearch.info but no match. It is 14mm and 1.8gms. Any help much appreciated.
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Re: AE18 from Chios. Greek or Provincial?
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2011, 07:50:24 pm »
Dichalkon, Civic Coinage of Chios, Ionia.

XI-W-N, Sphinx left, forepaw raised.
(from lower left) DIXA-LKON, amphora, dotted border.
BMC Ionia 114; Mionnet 3, 114.
(BMC example = 14mm)

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Re: AE18 from Chios. Greek or Provincial?
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2011, 08:18:20 pm »
Thank you Dane. 

BMC attributes this to "Imperial Times, without Archon's name", are there any refferences with the date or the Emperor associated with this coin?
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Re: AE18 from Chios. Greek or Provincial?
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2011, 09:08:06 pm »
BMC doesn't appear to give a date, but SNG Cop has a similar coin, with the amphora and Dichalkous value on the reverse but with sphinx right. They have this (SNG Cop 1649) as "Reign of Augustus - 150 AD".
(which covers an awful lot of emperors !)
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Re: AE18 from Chios. Greek or Provincial?
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2011, 09:55:16 pm »
That's better than "Imperial times".  Thanks
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Re: AE18 from Chios. Greek or Provincial?
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2011, 07:04:51 pm »
I'm posting again with the new picture. This is the first coin that I've owned with the denomination actually spelled out on the reverse, DIXA-LKON(Dichalkon).
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