Dear Ancient Coin Enthusiasts and Experienced Researchers,
I am trying to locate an image of an unpublished
tetradrachm of Thasian
type on behalf of Prof. David
MacDonald. The coin in question resides in the
collections of the Institute of Archaeology and Museum (AIM) and is listed in Ilya
Prokopov’s
Die Silberpragung der Insel Thasos und die Tetradrachmen des "Thasischen Typs" vom 2.-1. Jahrhundert v. Chr. (
Berlin, 2006), p. 143, no. 978 (
Sofia AIM 7435: unpubliziert). Hopefully the following link will also give you the necessary information:
http://books.google.com/books?id=rRf3iAJesesC&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=%22Sofia+AIM+7435&source=web&ots=av6pnHxuOG&sig=S2lFmAemXiVe1TBgLm5NgR194pU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
You can visit the museum’s website at:
http://aim.sofianet.net/main.php?lang=ENGMacDonald is greatly interested in this strange variant for an important article project on these coin
types. However, the lack of an image of this particular piece threatens to create a large hole in
his work.
His repeated requests, as well as mine, have so far been unanswered by AIM.
Is there anyone familiar with the museum or knows someone on the staff who might be of assistance? I am starting to fear that the only real effective way to proceed in this matter is to actually talk to them in person, an impossibility for myself.
Thank you sincerely in advance for any
help you can provide in this troubling matter!
Best regards,
Mark Fox
Michigan USA
