Greekcoin21 Posted September 11 · Member Share Posted September 11 Syracuse, AE, Time of Timoleon. HGC 2. 1440. When coin arrived I realized the obverse is heavily tooled, I realized why the coin was at a very reasonable price. 😭The coin has been passed on to another collector. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotwheelsearl Posted September 11 · Member Share Posted September 11 Too bad. Can’t win them all, often tooling, if not advertised, can only truly be appreciated in person. were you not able to request a refund? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greekcoin21 Posted September 11 · Member Author Share Posted September 11 I had the coin for some time to help train the eye in spotting tooling, now I’m able I hope to spot tooling. Of course I never read the auction description carefully it had mentioned the tooling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted September 11 · Member Share Posted September 11 Question - isn't HGC 2 1440 with eagle near the thunderbolt? My (hopefully unaltered) poor example 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greekcoin21 Posted September 11 · Member Author Share Posted September 11 I just double checked 1440 “Barelycorn or Eagle to right” . SNG. Copenhagen, has 729 and 727 for the issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted September 11 · Member Share Posted September 11 So both under the same entry. Makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougsmit Posted September 12 · Member Share Posted September 12 Mine came to me in 1991 as BMC 2.313 but I have not seen the HGC book. The Favorito book on Syracuse AE also lumped the two together as #31 showing more specimens of the eagle than the barleycorn. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted September 13 · Supporter Share Posted September 13 BMC 313 with eagle, 16.9g 25mm BMC 317 with barleycorn A few other variants described in BMC: Catalogue of Greek Coins, British Museum. Dept. of Coins and Medals; Barclay Vincent Head, Percy Gardner, Reginald Stuart Poole 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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