The 'folded flan' coinage of eastern Arabia: Some preliminary comments |
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Authors: | MARTIN HUTH |
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Affiliation: | Geneva, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | In recent years a small number of peculiar coins has emerged from the southern shores of the Persian/Arabian Gulf imitating Athenian tetradrachms of the old style and sharing the oddity of being struck on a flan that had been folded before striking. This paper contains an overview of the pieces known so far and attempts to present some preliminary conclusions, while still awaiting a comprehensive study of this and related ancient coinages of the Arabian peninsula. |
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