| Author |
 Replies: 18 / Views: 7,401 |
Page 2 of 2
|
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
Excellent piece Sap! Congrats! The patina is just astounding.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
1949 Posts |
I generally don't have any attraction to ancients, but I love the design on this one...
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
Wow, nice example. I didnt know they were so small, I imagined closer to 21-3mm.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1391 Posts |
I have seen cuttlefish used as a generic name to describe members of the Cephalopoda class. Especially in older European works. I think it was a generic term for any marine creature with tentacles for a time. For example, I've read accounts of kraken which were clearly giant squid and accounts of giant octopus and there were both referred to as 'giant cuttlefish.'
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1316 Posts |
Awesome Sap, I seen a few of these, most are not this nice...very cool..  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
A very nice coin, I love those cephalopods! Congrats on a fine find :)
Don't know the answer to your question about the nomenclature.
Edited by ThisIsFun
02/01/2014 12:18 pm
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
I got a couple of Syracuse octopuses * a few months ago, forgot to post them. Here's one, a bit different than yours. I'd love to collect a consortium! ** Sicily, Syracuse
Dionysos I, struck c. 390 BCÆ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm Obv: head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing necklace Rev: octopus Ref: CNS 29; SNG ANS 385. * At first I typed "octopi" but a quick googling revealed that the correct plural is octopuses or octopodes. ** ...and while googling I learned that a group of octopuses is called a "consortium", so I wanted to use the fancy word here  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3184 Posts |
love it! Makes me want to collect ancients just for the animals presented!
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3446 Posts |
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
The octopus details on Sap's coin are very nice for that type! I see very little actual wear on this coin.  My coins from Syracuse are some of my favorite ancients. Edited by DVCollector
02/01/2014 3:39 pm
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
DV, here's a book on the coins of ancient Sicily, called... Coins of Ancient Sicily, by G.F. Hill. Viewable in its entirety. Published in 1903, by no means a comprehensive review of all coins but still worth a look. Many plates, good photo quality of the ebook. Interesting history too. I skimmed it this morning and bookmarked it. There were many plate coins I hadn't seen-- given the lack of comps in CNG archives, I suppose I won't be buying some of those anytime soon. https://archive.org/details/coinsof...si00hillrichEdited by ThisIsFun
02/01/2014 5:02 pm
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4980 Posts |
GORgeouuuuuuuus!
color and detail are just fantastic on that one.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
TiF--thanks for that link; I'll check it out!  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3229 Posts |
Sap, that is a fantastic coin! Congrats! Great detail(hardly any wear:)patina and tone! |
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
Fabulous coin, definitely on my list to get. That is the nicest octopus I have seen. Congrats!
|
|
Page 2 of 2
|
Replies: 18 / Views: 7,401 |
Page 2 of 2
|
First Page
Posted 02/01/2014 10:06 am
