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GREEK. Northern Greece. Lot of four (4) cast arrowhead coins. Includes: Cast AE 'leaf' or 'arrowhead money' (length 33 to 49 mm; weight ~3.4 to 5.00 g); willow or laurel leaf or arrowhead shapes, well designed but some rough, flues from casting visible. SNG BM Black Sea 218; SNG Stancomb 24, 26-27, 128.
b) Cast AE 'arrowhead money' (length 33 to 44 mm; weight ~5.4 to 11.6 g). Two or three-leaves shaped with blunt point and a hooked barb, cast together with the body; some sockets filled with lead.
c) Cast AE 'short arrowheads' (length 25-33 mm; weight ~2.2 to 2.3 g), trefoil feather-shaped with short blunt point, no insert visible. Few pierced in the middle of body. SNG Stancomb 129.
d) Cast AE 'true long arrowheads,' of 'Scythian' type (length 30-39 mm, weight ~1.6 to 2.8 g), light, prolonged triangular shape with sharp blades, with an extant insert. May be marked with 'X'. Fine casting, then carefully filed. Cf. M. Tameanko, 'The Coinage of Ataias, King of Scythians', The Picus 1996, fig. 5. Average VF, green and brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Four (4) pieces in lot coins in lot.
b) Cast AE 'arrowhead money' (length 33 to 44 mm; weight ~5.4 to 11.6 g). Two or three-leaves shaped with blunt point and a hooked barb, cast together with the body; some sockets filled with lead.
c) Cast AE 'short arrowheads' (length 25-33 mm; weight ~2.2 to 2.3 g), trefoil feather-shaped with short blunt point, no insert visible. Few pierced in the middle of body. SNG Stancomb 129.
d) Cast AE 'true long arrowheads,' of 'Scythian' type (length 30-39 mm, weight ~1.6 to 2.8 g), light, prolonged triangular shape with sharp blades, with an extant insert. May be marked with 'X'. Fine casting, then carefully filed. Cf. M. Tameanko, 'The Coinage of Ataias, King of Scythians', The Picus 1996, fig. 5. Average VF, green and brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Four (4) pieces in lot coins in lot.