Phil Anthos

My memory is vague, but wasn't he accused of smuggling a sarcophagus in pieces about 10-12 years ago? He and the guy who changed his company name to Windsor Antiquities? I don't remember him being convicted though.

Nice discovery, and nice coin too. I always find it cool to discover that my coin actually had a history before I acquired it. Who'd a thunk it? 😉 ~ Peter

Perinthos, Thrace Pseudo-autonomous Circa 3rd century AD AE26 (6.56g) O: Veiled bust of Demeter right, gazing at poppy in hand. R: Artemis Tauropolis (Hekate?) advancing right, holding two torches; ΠEPINTIΩN, ΔIΣNEΩKOPON around. Moushmov 4386v; RPC III 722 ex Civitas Galleries "At the heart of all great art is an essential meloncholy" ~ Federico Garcia Lorca Next: Cybele

One of the first half dozen ancient coins I ever bought was this Didrachm from the Frederick Rindge collection, although that meant little to me at the time... Thurii, Lucania 300-280 BC AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.67g) O: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with Skylla hurling a stone. R: Bull butting right; ΘOYPIΩN and ΘE above, tunny fish in ex. SNG ANS 1081; HN Italy 1870; Sear 443v (inscription on exergual line) From the Frederick H. Rindge collection; ex Jack H. Beymer It was likely part of the 1985 Malter sale, and I'm hoping someone here might have that catalog and can post the entry here. Thanks in advance, ~ Peter

I want some of that hummus!

This coin is not much bigger than a mintmark... Taras, Calabria 425-415 BC AR ¼ Litra (7mm, 0.19g) O: T with three pellets around. R: T with three pellets around. D'Andrea XVII, 267; Vlasto 1191; Cote 182; McGill II, 147; SNG France 1650; HN Italy 853 Very scarce ex Sam Sloat Coins Next: sea creature

That is really cool! I love this era and know most of the ships and engagements (not for nothing all that O'Brian, Lambdin and Pope), but ol' Billy was everywhere! Even escorting Nelson's body home in a storm while severely damaged. Hearts of oak indeed! ~ Peter

In a box buried in my garage is a scorpion holding a globe made out of wool taken from socks. It was given to me by an old friend who was a prison guard at Folsom Prison in California, and he got it from Charles Manson, who made it from his own socks. It was a common theme for Manson, who saw the globe as the earth and the scorpion as the white man in control. Yes he was very twisted on many levels. If I ever dig it out again I will most certainly get rid of it! ~ Peter

Philadelphia... Nero / Hekate Philadelphia, Lydia 54-59 AD (19mm, 4.99g) O: Bare headed and draped bust right; NEPΩN ΣEBACTOC. R: Hekate standing facing, wearing polos and holding two torches; TI NEIKANOP ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩN. RPC 3041 "I have done everything that I should, but the outcome is in the hand of fortune" ~ Nero

"When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee." ~ Pliny the Elder

I just got this coin for $12. I'm still trying to shift myself from buying to selling, but it's hard. So in the meantime I'm buying bargain coins to feed my jones. And since I didn't have an Aphrodite... Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia 189-133 BC AE 15 (15 mm, 2.38g) O: Draped bust of Aphrodite right, wearing sphendone with hair tied behind. R: Aphrodite standing left, wearing long chiton and holding dove in right hand; rose to left, ΛAO∆IKEΩN downward to right. SNG Cop 497; Sear 5156; BMC Phrygia 284, 30 ex Forvm Auctions ~ Peter

Walking on a wave She came... Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia 189-133 BC AE 15 (15 mm, 2.38g) O: Draped bust of Aphrodite right, wearing sphendone with hair tied behind. R: Aphrodite standing left, wearing long chiton and holding dove in right hand; rose to left, ΛAO∆IKEΩN downward to right. SNG Cop 497; Sear 5156; BMC Phrygia 284, 30 ex Forvm Auctions And since it's twofer Tuesday...

This coin was actually handled by Plato himself while visiting Syracuse. This has been confirmed by fingerprint analysis, DNA testing and radiocarbon dating. No, really! Syracuse, Reign of Dionysius I 405-367 BC AE Hemilitron (18mm, 4.12g) O: Head of Arethusa left, hair in sphendone and wearing earring and necklace; dolphin behind. R: Wheel of four spokes; ΣΥ-ΡΑ in upper quadrants, two dolphins in lower quadrants. HGC 2, 1479; Calciati 20; SNG ANS 404-10; Sear 1186 ex Jack H. Beymer ~ Peter

I've always thought this one is kind of haunting, like you woke up in the middle of the night with her head floating over you... Pella, Macedon 187-131 BC AE 18 (18mm, 6.24g) O: Veiled head of Demeter facing. R: Cow grazing right, monograms above and below; ΠEΛΛΗΣ in ex. SNG ANS 572; SNG Cop 257; BMC Macedonia 92, 29 ex Gitbud & Naumann Next: Something from North Africa

antelope/deer... Kaulonia, Bruttium 475-425 BC AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.82g) O: Apollo, nude, walking right, holding branch in raised right arm; small daimon running on outstretched left arm; stag standing right in field to right, head reverted, KAVΛ (retrograde) to left. R: Stag standing right, laurel branch to right; KAV (retrograde) above. Noe, Caulonia, Group F. cf 97; HN Italy 2046; Sear 462 ex NB Numismatics

Mounted warrior... Syracuse, Reign of Hieron II 275-215 BC AE27 (17.93g) O: Laureate head of Hieron left; plow behind. R: Horseman prancing right, with couched spear; [IE]PΩNOΣ in ex. HGC 2, 1547; SNG ANS 919v; SNG Cop 833; Sear 1222v; BMC 2 570; CNS 193

Holding bow... Taras, Calabria 315-302 BC (Period V - From Alexander the Molossian to Kleonymos) AR Didrachm (22mm, 7.63g, 4h) O: Warrior, preparing to throw spear and holding shield and two more spears, on horse rearing right; ΣA below. R: Phalanthos, holding arrow and bow, astride dolphin right; |-HP and HP monogram below, TAPAΣ to left. D'Andrea XXXVII, 777; Vlasto 631; Fischer-Bossert Group 68, 818; Evans V, B18; SNG ANS 1011; HN Italy 938 From Group SGF. ex CNG Sir Arthur Evans places this coin at the end of Period V, during the time of Kleonymus, and the martial themes on both sides of this coin, unusual on Tarentine coinage, may support this theory. Kleonymus, the unworthy heir to the Spartan throne, was yet another in a line of self-serving mercenary generals to come to the aid of Taras (circa 302 BC), but he was no more successful than his predecessors.

Here's a list of most of my numismatic catalogs... https://www.librarything.com/catalog/Enodia?tag=Numismatic Catalogs I might be able to look something up if needed, but some of these are buried in a box in the dreaded storage room. ~ Peter

Disco Lou!

Syracuse, Timoleon and the Third Democracy 344-336 BC AE Hemidrachm (23mm, 12.40g) O: Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right, hair short; ZEYΣEA EΛE-YΘEPIOΣ to right. R: Thunderbolt; eagle with closed wings standing to right; ΣYPAKOΣIΩN around. HGC 2, 1440; Calciati II p. 167, 72; SNG ANS 477ff; SNG Cop 727; Sear 1192 ex Forvm Ancient Coins Next: monster

Probus 276-282 AD AE Antoninianus (20mm, 3.43g) O: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG. R: Female deity standing right, presenting wreath to Probus; RESTITVT ORBIS, Z in field between, XXI in ex. RIC 925 / Cohen 509 / Sear 3364 ex Jack H. Beymer

Cales, Campania 265-240 BC AE 22 (22mm, 6.32g) O: Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, all within dotted border. R: Cock standing right, star behind; CALENΩ downward to right, all within dotted border. Sambon 916; HN Italy 435; SNG ANS 188; SNG Cop 322; Sear 548 ex Forvm Ancient Coins

Helmeted bust right... L. Flaminius Cilo 109-108 BC AR Denarius (17mm, 3.91g) O: Helmeted head of Roma right; X beneath chin, ROMA behind. R: Victory in biga right; L FLAMINI below horses, CILO in ex. Crawford 302-1; Sydenham 540; RSC Flaminia 1; BMC Italy 537 ex Jack H. Beymer

Yeah, The Hu are cool. Mongol hoards riding over the crest on Harleys... good stuff! I think Wolf Totem was the song they did with Kid Rock on vocals. Oh well, I still like them anyway. They played Portland a few months ago but I didn't have the drachmas. ~ Peter