Dear Charlie, Pekka, Altamura, and Board,
So there apparently isn't a second, larger
denomination of the Athena/amphora
type after all (or at least that we know of). That is a small relief since such a new Sestus issue would potentially require a
fair bit of reorganization of the city's Greek coinage.
This is not to say that we should not expect such things to happen. Just recently, I made a new discovery with a Phrygian city whose Julia-Claudian coinage will now need a major revision chronologically. It is always best to have an open mind when attributing coins. The less open we are, the more apt we are to develop tunnel vision and tack on the dreaded "cf" prefix to our dubious attributions.
Best regards,
Mark Fox
Michigan