I have crabs

[kirispupis]

Hello everyone! Thought I'd share this new crab I picked up from the island of Kos. I probably paid too much for it, but I just loved the centering and the detail, so I made it the top priority for the auction.

Islands off Caria. Kos
circa 400-300 BC.
Æ 13 mm, 1,68 g
Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin. Rev. K Crab. shton, Beginning, n. 34 and pl. 4, 40. HGC 6, 1336 var.
Ex Savoca

 

This little crab now joins his (or her) friends.

Mysia, Priapos
11.52mm, 1.11g 300-200 BCE
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right
Reverse: A / ΠPI, crab, harpa below
SNG von Aulock 7526
Ex Marc Breitsprecher

 

Kyrene, Magas
Ptolemaic governor, c. 300-282/75 BC
AR Didrachm 20mm, 7.30g, 12h
Head of Karneios r. R/ Silphion plant; ZE monogram to upper l., crab to upper r., KY-PA across lower field.
BMC 256; cf. SNG Copenhagen 1243
Ex London Ancient Coins

 

The Magas issues above have been flooding the market recently, though I bought mine before the deluge (and thus probably paid more). It seems everyone's getting crabs now.

Let's see your crabs!

 

Edited February 24, 2023 by kirispupis

[CPK]

That is a really well-struck crab! Congratulations!

Here is my only ancient crab - also from Savoca - rather more worn:

[AncientOne]

@kirispupis Nice crab on that one!  Sorry, I have not had crabs.

[panzerman]

I have this one ....

 

Kos Is.

1/48 EL Stater ND 625-600BC

Kos Mint

Crab/ Incuse Square

[ominus1]

...ooh....and here i brought kerosene...><

[jdmKY]

My only crab - Cassius, 42 BC

[Severus Alexander]

That's a fabulous new crab, @kirispupis!  I'd like to get one from Kos.  I'm also relieved to discover (I assume?) that you didn't catch something nasty. 😄 

My two favourite crab coins are 1) a tiny Punic war issue of the Brettii, with Amphitrite displaying a very severe case of crabs on the obverse:

Bruttium. The Brettii circa 216-214 BC. Quartuncia Æ 14mm., 2.85g. Head of sea-goddess (Amphitrite?) left, wearing crab headdress, snake (?) behind / Crab. HN Italy 1944.

And this wonderful Akragas coin, a gift from my best coin buddies. Herakles cancelling the crab represents my ongoing fight against cancer:

SICILY. Akragas. Circa 415-406 B.C. Æ tetras. 10.91 gm. 23 mm. Eagle standing right, wings spread, tearing at hare below / Crab; three pellets (mark of value) and crayfish left below; c/m: head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, within incuse circle. Westermark, Coinage, Period III, Series C, 838 (O20/R34). CNS 54. HGC 2, 140.

[filolif]

I, too, have many crabs. 🦀🦀🦀

Here is a didrachm from Akragas.

 

 

[Ryro]

The good news is that there is a shampoo that you can use along with a little comb so that you won't have to shave off your pub...ahhh, yes. Crabs on coins. Of course I knew that's what you meant😉

Great stuff Kirispupis! I especially love your Magas! Though all are great. 

The first coin I bought at a coin show:

This little guy scuttled right off the serrated flan so you can inky see his pinchers behind her head:

[filolif]

One more 🦀from my collection. One of the finest coins I own. An Akragas Tetradrachm:

 

 

[El Cazador]

1 minute ago, filolif said:

One more 🦀from my collection. One of the finest coins I own. An Akragas Tetradrachm:

 

 

Another spectacular coin , definitely on my list that i have yet to acquire 

[ambr0zie]

Just one for me:

CILICIA. Mopsus. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Antonines. 13 mm, 2,4 g. ΜΟΨƐ, crab surmounted by star (Zodiac sign of Cancer) / Ɛ[Τ?] ΛϹ, altar on stand.  RPC IV.3, 17186 (temporary)

[Riley]

On 2/25/2023 at 12:07 PM, Severus Alexander said:

That's a fabulous new crab, @kirispupis!  I'd like to get one from Kos.  I'm also relieved to discover (I assume?) that you didn't catch something nasty. 😄 

My two favourite crab coins are 1) a tiny Punic war issue of the Brettii, with Amphitrite displaying a very severe case of crabs on the obverse:

Bruttium. The Brettii circa 216-214 BC. Quartuncia Æ 14mm., 2.85g. Head of sea-goddess (Amphitrite?) left, wearing crab headdress, snake (?) behind / Crab. HN Italy 1944.

And this wonderful Akragas coin, a gift from my best coin buddies. Herakles cancelling the crab represents my ongoing fight against cancer:

SICILY. Akragas. Circa 415-406 B.C. Æ tetras. 10.91 gm. 23 mm. Eagle standing right, wings spread, tearing at hare below / Crab; three pellets (mark of value) and crayfish left below; c/m: head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, within incuse circle. Westermark, Coinage, Period III, Series C, 838 (O20/R34). CNS 54. HGC 2, 140.

Very cool! The only crab I have is the same Brettii one you have, just in a poorer condition.