Benefactor robinjojo Posted June 5, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 5, 2022 Since this thread is in the General Forum, here's a 2 bahts of Thailand (Siam), 1860. KM-Y12 30.67 grams 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2022 Spain - Castulo, Cazlona (Jaen), Ae Semis - 19 mm / 3.45 gr. Obverse..Beardless male head right Pinocchio type., diademed with letter Ka before. Reverse...Bull standing r.,L crescent above; on exergue line city name..'CaSTeLE'. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted June 5, 2022 · Member Share Posted June 5, 2022 My smallest bronze coin Troas, Gargara Æ. 7 mm, 0,63 g ca 350 BC, Laureate head of Apollo right. / ΓAΡ above horse galloping right. Lindgren 362; SNG AUL 7599, SNG AUL 1511, SNG LEIPZIG 1113, SNG COP 20 331 And of course, my first ever individual purchase 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumbly Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2022 There doesn't seem to be consensus on what animal is below the griffin on the reverse. It looks like it could be a fox or a dog, but another possibility is what ancient writers called the Ichneumon, which may have been the Egyptian mongoose. That would have been an appropriate match with the snake control symbol on the obverse. Pliny wrote this about the ichneumon in his Natural History: "The ichneumon is known for its willingness to fight to the death with the snake. To do this, it first covers itself with several coats of mud, drying each coat in the sun to form a kind of armor. When ready it attacks, turning away from the blows it receives until it sees an opportunity, then with its head held sideways it goes for its enemy's throat. The ichneumon also attacks the crocodile in a similar manner." ROMAN REPUBLIC. L Papius. AR Serrate Denarius. 3.92g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, 79 BC. Crawford 384/1, pl. LXVII, symbols 122; Sydenham 773. O: Head of Juno Sospita right; behind, coiled snake. R: Griffin leaping right; below, animal with raised tail (fox, ichneumon, or dog) crouched right; L • PAPI in exergue. Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection From Alopekonnesos, or fox island, what else but a fox... 😊 THRACE, Alopekonnesos AE13. 2.33g, 13.5mm. THRACE, Alopekonnesos, circa 3rd-2nd centuries BC. HGC 3.2, 1307; Yarkin 59. O: Helmeted head of Athena to right. R: ΑΛΩ-ΠΕΚΟΝ, Fox standing to right; ear of grain before. Ex Thrax Collection And here's one with a whole zoo on it... SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AR Denarius. 3.66g, 20.4mm. Rome mint, AD 206. RIC 274; RSC 253. O: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right. R: LAETITIA above, TEMPORVM below, ship with mast and sail in center of circus; above, four horse quadrigae driven left; below, ostrich, lion, wild ass, lioness, gazelle, bull butting left, bear right, head left. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2022 6 hours ago, robinjojo said: Here are a few: Julius Caesar, denarius, circa 49 BC. 4.01 grams Otacilla Severa, sesteritus, 248 AD, RIC 200. 13.6 grams Athens, archaic tetradrachm, circe 485-480 BC (I just had to add this one because of the reverse). Apulia, Luceria, Æ Uncia. C. 225-217 BC. Frog, Corn-ear; • in field, 30 mm 45.7 grams Carthage, BI serrate dishekel, 160-149 BC, Roma E-Sale 69. 12.80 grams Ooooh! I really like your Carthage! That is a harder-to-find issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2022 Crab Sicily Akragas AE Onkia 16mm 3.8g 425-406 BCE Eagle r fish fly - Crab conch SNG ANS 1062 var 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) Wow, what a tremendous crab ! I'd like to grab à crab someday Q Edited June 5, 2022 by Qcumbor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2022 37 minutes ago, Qcumbor said: Wow, what a tremendous crab ! I'd like to grab à crab someday Q Thank you. Pock-marked flan, but the Crab seemed to have come out ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted June 5, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) I agree, that's a great crab, Gandalf Hmmm, shellfish, eh? ... man, I love eating it and I loved collecting it as well => here are a few cool examples Hi AEOLIS, Gryneion. Æ11 (below)4th century BC Diameter: 11 mm Weight: 1.63 grams Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left Reverse: Mussel Reference: SNG Ashmolean 1447–8; SNG Copenhagen 205–6 Other: 2h ... black patina, a few deposits. Rare Ex-stevex6 Sicily, Akragas Cast AE Trias - 4 Onkia (below) circa 450 BC Diameter: 14 x 19 x 20 mm Weight: 16.28 grams Desc: Eagle standing left & trident of crab’s claws on sides, four pellets on base Reference: SNG ANS 1015-7; CNS 1 Ex-stevex6 Anonymous. Æ Aes Grave Sextans (below) Rome mint Circa 280 BC Diameter: 36 mm Weight: 50.76 grams Obverse: Scallop shell; • • (mark of value) below Reverse: Caduceus; • • (mark of value) across field Reference: Crawford 14/5; ICC 30; HN Italy 272 Other: 6h … brown patina, some green, a couple minor casting flaws, traces of deposits Ex-stevex6 … from the Collection of a Director Sicily, Syracuse Æ Hemilitron – 6 Onkia (below) Date: 357-344 BC Obverse: Female head left (Arethusa), with hair in sphendone, olive sprig behind Reverse: Dolphin leaping right above scallop shell, ÓYPA below dolphin Size: 17.2 mm Weight: 2.57 grams Attribution: BMC 301 Description: Choice detail style and patina Ex-stevex6 Ionia, Smyrna: AE Chalkous (below) ca. 250 BC Diameter: 13.8mm Weight: 1.66 grams Obverse: Head of Tyche right Reverse: Krator surmounted by vessel containing fire, shrimp to left; [Z]MYP in left field; ΣYMMAXOς (magistrate Simmachos) in right field Reference: BMC Ionia p239, 15; SNG von Aulock 7968; Milne, Autonomous (1923), 29 Ex-stevex6 SICILY, Akragas Æ Cast Onkia - 1 Onkia (below) Circa 450-440 BC Diameter: 19 mm Weight: 4.62 grams Obverse: Eagle's head left Reverse: Crab claw left Reference: CNS 8; SNG ANS 1020 Other: 6h ... brown patina … sometimes referred to as the first bronze coin (perhaps a weight) Ex-stevex6 SICILY, Akragas. Æ Hemilitron (below) Late 5th century BC Diameter: 28 mm Weight: 14.71 grams Obverse: Eagle standing right, tearing at hare Reverse: Crab; six pellets around, crayfish below; c/m: head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin, within circular incuse Reference: For undertype: cf. HGC 2, 136; for c/m: CNS 107 CM Other: 11h .... green patina. Well preserved undertype Ex-stevex6 … from the Edgar L. Owen Collection SICILY, Akragas, Æ Onkia (below) Circa 425/0-410/06 BC Diameter: 14 mm Weight: 1.65 grams Obverse: Crab Reverse: Head of eagle right Reference: CNS 87; HGC 2, 153 Other: 11h … dark green patina, some cleaning marks Ex-stevex6 Edited June 5, 2022 by Steve 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2022 Here's a little 'ol CRAWDADDY: Apollonia Pontika, Thrace.AR diobol1.3g410/404-341/323 BCEObv: Full-face laureate Apollo with short hair.Rev: Magistrate's initals around the images. Upright anchor with thick flukes and a rectangular stock. The letter A on one side and the additional symbol of a crab - naw that's a CRAWDADDY - viewed from above on the other side between flukes and the stock.Topalov 56Ex: @red_spork 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANTE Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) Tiny coin, small contribution, but there's no seal yet in this thread A pun on the city's name, 'phoke' meaning seal. It's still 'phoque' in modern French, I recently learned. Edited June 5, 2022 by DANTE 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwerpen2306 Posted June 5, 2022 · Member Share Posted June 5, 2022 griffoen.odt beautiful coins, here my oldest pet, a griffon from Teos about 500 bc, albert 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted June 5, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 5, 2022 🙃 Hi, antwerpen2306 ... hmmm, for some reason I can't see your griffon/gryphon coin (maybe it's just me?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted June 5, 2022 · Member Share Posted June 5, 2022 Pisidia Termessos. 1st century BC. Æ19 Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rev: Forepart of horse left; KΘ above, thunderbolt to right. Dated CY 29 (44/3 BC). LYDIA. Sardis. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Trajan (98-117). Obv: СΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ. Draped bust of Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath. Rev: СΤΡ ΛΟ ΙΟ ΛΙΒΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ. Filleted thyrsus; bee to right. Ae. 2.3g 15.4mm Libonianus, strategos. Lesbos, Mytilene. Ae7 (Circa 400-350 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev: MYTI / Head and neck of bull right, head slightly facing. BMC 23-4 Unidentified Pb24mm 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 Beautiful coins buddies, with terrific animals on'em, That one below is a must have @zumbly thanks for showing 6 hours ago, zumbly said: And here's one with a whole zoo on it... Some more : Syracuse Agathokles 317-289 BC - Head of Hercules right, SIPAKOSIWN in right field Lion walking right, bow above 7.75 gr, 23 mm Ref : Sear #1201 Syracuse Hieron II 275-216 BC ΣΙΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ, head of Kore left Pegasus left, Delta in field 4.0 gr, 18 mm Troas, Cebren, AE8 - c. 400-350 BC Head of apollo right Ram's head right 1.1 gr, 8 mm Ref : Sear #4071 Keep them coming ! Q 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted June 5, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 5, 2022 Here's an ancient with a threesome of animals, one of which is mythic. On the obverse, under the trireme is a hippocampus facing left. On the reverse is a vulture facing left, below, an incuse ram, head turned right. Phoenicia, Bybos, Shekel, 435-425 BC. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANTE Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, robinjojo said: On the reverse is a vulture facing left, below, an incuse ram, head turned right. WOW!😍 Very cool coin! First time I see this variety. Great vulture and ram! I only knew the lion/bull variety of this coin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2022 How 'bout some CHINESE HORSES! CHINA. Song Dynasty CE 960-1279 gambling tokens obv-rev Horse galloping left characters above and below China Song Dynasty 10th-12th C CE AE Gaming Token 29mm 6.42g Zhui Feng Zhi Ma-horse following wind- - Horse galloping left - Classic Chinese Charms Vol I 2149 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted June 5, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 5, 2022 I love elephants, so here are my ancient elephant coins, beginning with a write-up of the one I bought most recently (my Roman Republican coin # 70) Roman Republic, C. Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, AR Denarius 125 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing winged Phrygian helmet with crest in form of head and beak of eagle (i.e, griffin); behind, ROMA downwards; before, mark of value * (= XVI) [off flan] / Rev. Jupiter, crowned with wreath by flying Victory above, in biga of elephants left, holding thunderbolt in left hand and reins in right hand; in exergue, C•METELLVS (ME ligate). 17 mm., 3.90 g. Crawford 269/1, BMCRR I 1180-1182 (& Vol. III Pl. xxx 8), RSC I Caecilia 14, Sear RCV I 145. Purchased from Dix Noonan Webb Auction 253, 13 April 2022, Lot 1247; ex. Spink Numismatic Circular Dec. 1985, No. 8404 at p. 334.*The image from Spink Numismatic Circular, Dec. 1985, together withthe original Spink tag accompanying the coin:*The moneyer “is presumably C. Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, Cos. 113” (Crawford Vol. I p. 293), who was born ca. 160 BCE, and served under Scipio Aemilianus at the siege of Numantia in 133 BCE in the Third Punic War; he died sometime after 102 BCE. BMCRR I p. 182 n. 1; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Caecilius_Metellus_Caprarius.For the biga of elephants on the reverse, Crawford refers (see Vol. I p. 293) to his explanation (id. p. 287) of the elephant head on the reverse of Crawford 262, a coin issued by another moneyer from the Caecilius Metellus family: the reference “recalls the victory of L. Caecilius Metellus, Cos. 251, over Hasdrubal at [the Battle of] Panormus in 250 [BCE], and the capture of Hasdrubal’s elephants.” As Grueber notes in his discussion of the elephant biga design, the captured elephants were afterwards exhibited at Metullus’s triumph at Rome. BMCRR I p. 182 n. 2.In addition to C. Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, a number of other moneyers belonging to the Caecilii Metelli issued denarii with elephants or elephant heads to commemorate their ancestor’s famous victory. See Crawford 262/1 (Anonymous, probably Caecilius Metellus Diadematus or Caecilius Metellus Delmaticus, 128 BCE); Crawford 263/1 (M. Caecilius Q.f. Metelllus, 127 BCE); Crawford 374/1 (Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius, 81 BCE); and Crawford 459/1 (Q. Caecilius Metullus Pius Scipio, 47-46 BCE). Here are my examples of those four:Crawford 262/1Crawford 263/1:Crawford 374/1Crawford 459/1:More ancient Elephants, in no particular order: Trajan in an elephant quadriga, from Roman Alexandria: Titus: Antoninus Pius: Septimius Severus: Philip I: Bonus elephant, on an old Pidcock farthing token from the period 1795-1801 (Dalton & Hamer/Withers 1067), depicting a cockatoo on the reverse: Another bonus elephant, a Coventry Halfpenny token with the date 1792, depicting Lady Godiva on the obverse and an Elephant and Castle on the reverse. See Withers/Dalton & Hamer 231; ill. Withers p. 345. There are apparently a number of different edge inscriptions; mine says "PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ROBERT REYNOLDS & CO." 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 OK, my elephant then 🙂 Julius Caesar, Denarius minted in Italy, c.49 BC CAESAR, elephant walking rigth, trampling on snake No legend, Simpulum, sprinkler, axe and apex 4.05 gr Ref : Crawford # 443/1, HCRI # 9, RCV #1399, Cohen #49 Q 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted June 5, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 5, 2022 Lovely coins, Donna., especially Crawford 374/1, a most unusual beast! Qcumbor, that is a beautiful denarius of Julius Caesar! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted June 5, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 hour ago, DANTE said: WOW!😍 Very cool coin! First time I see this variety. Great vulture and ram! I only knew the lion/bull variety of this coin. Thanks! It is a very interesting coin, since it incorporates Greek mythology (hippocampus) and Egyptian iconography: the vulture (the goddess Nekhbet, who the was the protector of Upper Egypt and especially its rulers) and the ram (the god Amun-Re, god of sun and air). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANTE Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) Thank you for the explanation, @robinjojo I forgot to ask if you had any notes on the coin😊 I assumed the iconography was Egyptian, Byblos being the city that had the closest ties to them of all Phoenicians. But I was amazed to see the coin, It's a treasure! It's also very uncommon, I believe. I did a quick check and saw only three on Acsearch. So I probably won't have it in my collection any day soon... Edited June 5, 2022 by DANTE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted June 5, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, DonnaML said: I have so very many animal coins that for now I'll just post one of my favorites. I hope Otacilia Severa wasn't so sensitive that she reacted badly to her husband choosing a hippopotamus for her coin in the SAECVLARES AVGG series. Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I) AR antoninianus AD 248, Rome mint, 4th Officina. Obv. Draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders, OTACIL SEVERA AVG/ Rev. Hippopotamus standing right, jaws open, SAECVLARES AVGG; IIII in exergue. RIC IV-3 116(b), RSC IV-3 63, Sear RCV III 9160 (ill.). 23 mm., 4.52 g. (Games commemorating 1,000th anniversary of founding of Rome.) 🙃 => Wow, Donna ... fantastic AR Hippo-coin!! (I'm jealous) Ummm, but I do have quite a slick AE example ... wanna see it? Hi Otacilia Severa. Augusta, Æ Sestertius AD 244-249 Secular Games issue., 4th officina. 9th emission of Philip I, AD 248 Rome mint Diameter: 28 mm Weight: 15.99 grams Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane Reverse: Hippopotamus standing right Reference: RIC IV 200a (Philip I); Banti 13 Other:12h … dark brown patina, with some red Ex-stevex6 … from the Robert O. Ebert Collection Edited June 5, 2022 by Steve 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted June 5, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, Steve said: 🙃 => Wow, Donna ... fantastic AR Hippo-coin!! (jealous) Ummm, but I do have quite a slick AE example ... wanna see it? Otacilia Severa. Augusta, Æ Sestertius AD 244-249 Secular Games issue., 4th officina. 9th emission of Philip I, AD 248 Rome mint Diameter: 28 mm Weight: 15.99 grams Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane Reverse: Hippopotamus standing right Reference: RIC IV 200a (Philip I); Banti 13 Other:12h … dark brown patina, with some red Ex-stevex6 … from the Robert O. Ebert Collection Nice! The non-toothy version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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