Benefactor robinjojo Posted January 10, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 10, 2023 Here's a tetradrachm from Messana,480-461 BC . 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted January 11, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2023 Dead one here hare here. Sicily, Akragas, c. 420-410 BC. AR HemidrachmHemidrachm (15mm, 1.66g, 12h). Eagle r., clutching hare in talons. R/ Crab; below, fish r. Cf. Westermark, Coinage, 554; SNG ANS 1010; HGC 2, 103-4. Porous, near VF 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_collector Posted January 11, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 11, 2023 A nice one with cool design, @robinjojo. Thanks for sharing. I wonder if there is any symbolic meaning for the leaf under the chariot. Or it is just a mintmark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_collector Posted January 11, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Deinomenid said: Dead one here hare here. Sicily, Akragas, c. 420-410 BC. AR HemidrachmHemidrachm (15mm, 1.66g, 12h). Eagle r., clutching hare in talons. R/ Crab; below, fish r. Cf. Westermark, Coinage, 554; SNG ANS 1010; HGC 2, 103-4. Porous, near VF Nice coin, @Deinomenid. I picked up a similar hemidrachm last year. I like the designs on both sides of the coin. 🙂 Sicily, Agrigentum. AR Hemidrachm circa 420-410, Obv: Eagle left, clutching hare in talons. Rev. Crab; below, fish r. Westermark,Coinage, 545. SNG ANS 1010. 16.00 mm, 2.03 g. Edited January 11, 2023 by happy_collector 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted January 11, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2023 @happy_collector those leaves are usually described as bay/laurel (occasionally olive too where they are assumed to be an association with victory in a given race). No-one really knows and Apollo is often hauled up whenever laurel is mentioned too 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_collector Posted January 12, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 12, 2023 12 hours ago, Deinomenid said: @happy_collector those leaves are usually described as bay/laurel (occasionally olive too where they are assumed to be an association with victory in a given race). No-one really knows and Apollo is often hauled up whenever laurel is mentioned too 🙂 Thanks for the additional info, @Deinomenid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted January 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 12, 2023 Messana AR litra, issued 461-396 BCE. HGC 814. I also have an Akragas tetras with the poor hare getting clawed. However, on my coin, Herakles comes to the hare's defense and smashes the eagle from behind! Westermark Period III, Series C, 838 (O20/R34). CNS 54. HGC 2, 140. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted January 12, 2023 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted January 12, 2023 (edited) This is not exactly what you'd call a coin. I picked up this carving several years ago on eBay, when a group of Inuit soapstone carvings appeared on a seller auction over a few weeks. Inuit carving of an Arctic hare, by Moses Smith (1932-1984). L16cmxW5cmxH6.5cm Edited January 12, 2023 by robinjojo 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted January 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 12, 2023 In the bottom right photo is your hare auditioning for a place on an Akragas coin? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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