I am trying to figure out where and when the banker's marks come from, do they have a presence in early
electrum, besides
Lydia and one from
Cyzicus? The
Aegina turtle is fairly early. Are those from
Lydia and
Cyzicus seem a little later than the earliest
electrum, and of course those of
Persia come after the fall of
Lydia, c. 548.
It would be interesting if banker's marks are not found in the
Ionian electrum coins, but were fairly frequent in the Lydian coins. They are also pretty frequent on
Aegina turtles.
Are there any bronze coins that have banker's markers, or are they just precious metal issues? Are the coins with the mark's a fairly
standard weight? Not too light, note to heavy?
I assume that banker's marks occur in all times, but not in all places. Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic,
Roman Republic,
Imperatorial, Imperial.
I assume that banker's marks appear on common
types of coins? Yes? no?
Is there any kind of typical placement of banker's marks?
Just a few idle questions, but if there is a time where things change and banker's marks start being introduced, then that may have ramifications on the evolution of coinage in general.
I would love to see if anyone could find more EL banker's marks kinds.
John
JBF
