As I explained earlier this coin has in
Thompson 1961 there are only 3 tetradrachms known and mine apparently is one of them ( the professional buyers of this coin seemed not to have kept records) which
Thompson catalogued as T 1229a. Another T 1229a is in other in St Petersburg Sv 73, 15 HAS ANY ONE GOT A COPY OF SVRONOS and like to send me a photograph of the page. that would be kind and useful.
This probable tiny emission looks like a personal issue. The dating though is uncertain other than late post Sullan and I know nothing of Leukios or Antikrates.
The symbol is the tag team of Demeter and
Artemis...which one is which? What and who is the one on the left and what is she holding ( another torch)? The one on the right I take to be
Artemis with the torch in the role as
Artemis the light bringer helping Demeter, the first figure?
search for
persephone in the underworld.
This is a
very fine Eleusinian pairing in the
style of the two tyrant slayers Harmodius & Aristogeiton issue early post Sullan issue...
I wonder why Lotte & Mark bought it? They seem to have not done any research on it and kept it close since, presumably purchasing it from commerce (who)....Just like the gold
eid mar,keeping it private in the
collection of what?> Random coins it seems the only other NewStyle was a Prow issue...no direct relation other being
Athens New Style and as common as muck! Not too particular "
fine style neither. What did they see when apparently RANDOMLY
BUYING. These were clever people from a well off
Jewish refugee family highly educated etc.
If anyone knows why they collected as they did please shed a light on them for me.,
Regards,
John
aka NewStyleKing,
aka Cicerokid