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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Successor to the turtle, the tortoise...   Still struggling to take a decent image of this one. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
2624 Posts |
We all know that owls and turtles/tortoises are great coins, but that Rhodes is particularly nice... a type I have been keeping an eye on for a while hoping to bag a bargain one day.
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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here my 3 coins ,limited to the Hellenistic period , the cheapest to buy nice silver coins, I thinh.  Demetrios I soter : 162-150 BC obv : anepigraphic,diademed head right rev:Basileos Demetriou Soteros : cornucopiae : monograms :PA , APO , AXP . mint : Antiochia , AXP = 162 = 152/151 AR drachm 18 mm , 3.92 gr , die axis 7 h ref : Houghton159,SNGIsrael1279  Philippos III Arrhidaios : 323-317 BC obv:anepigraphic , head of Herakles right , wearing lion skin rev: Philippou : Zeus aėtophoros seated left with sceptre controls : bee in the left field , TI below throne AR drachm , 16 mm ; 4,21 gr , die axis : 12 h mint :Sardes ref : Price P101   Ariobarzanes I : 95-62 BC obv: anepigraphic , diademed head right rev : Basileos Ariobarzanou Philoromaiou , left monogram M I , in exergue L : helmed Athena Nikephore at left with chiton , spear and shield. AR drachm , 160mm , 4.45 gr ,dieaxis 12 h ref SNGCop154 mint : Caesarea (Cappadocia ) year L = 30 = 65 BC PS : Pishpash : your magistrate is named : ANAXIDOTOS , the P - O = Rho (R) - Omikron ( O )= RO = Rhodos .albert |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2624 Posts |
Time to vote!
1. Attica, Athens Owl Tetradrachm
2. Alexander III Tetradrachm
3. Corinth Pegasus Stater
4. Aegina Turtle Stater
5. Thrace, Messembria Diobol (Corinthian Helm/Meta)
Some wonderful coins entered for this one, very hard to chose only 5!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
949 Posts |
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Each person should enter 3 coins of their choice (but I think we should only enter coins that can be had for under $300 since most people can't be affording gold coins of Julius Ceasar etc) trying not to repeat selections other have made. I'm confused. Does the value limit rule still apply? |
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Moderator
 United States
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Irguy, I see what you mean, some of these coins are clearly over $300, if not than they were gotten at a really good deal.
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
1194 Posts |
I agree with Irbguy.albert
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Pillar of the Community
United States
711 Posts |
Maybe the deal is that some of the coins posted can't be had for $300 but worse examples can be had for under $300. When it isn't in your collection yet you don't have a picture to post, so you search one out and generally find and post a nice one. As for my vote, I got it like this. 1. Alexander Tetradrachm. No problems under $300 but maybe not the nicest one. About the size of a quarter but about a half ounce of silver. Great coin. Only other coin I could put above it for $300 would be the Athens Owls, but those usually have a big test cut in them at the sub $300 price. 2. Alexander Drachm. I'd double dip on Alexander no problem. About the size of a dime. Can do a decent one for $100 or less depending on what draws your eye. Probably get a great one for $300, not that I have looked in that price range. 3. Ionia Miletos Silver Diobol or 1/12th Stater. Not picture yet. Pictured below.  Like all coins, these depend on the condition, but are fairly common for what may be the world's oldest silver coin (6th - 5th century BC; the city was destroyed in 494 BC). Small coin at 1.1 grams or so and 10mm. I like it for its age and it is another denomination / type. The story of Miletus is pretty good too. 4. I haven't seen one yet from what I recall, but you have to have something with Medusa on it. Might as well triple dip Alexander and add some bronze to the mix. Another coin that can be had in nice shape for under $100 and most likely $10 - $40.  5. I have to cast a vote for that Rhodes flower reverse. I am not certain, but I seem to recall reading about this coin at some point in history being confused as having Jesus on the obverse despite the coin predating Jesus Christ by 100's of years. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2624 Posts |
Buckeye hit the nail on the head... An example can be had for less than $300. Sure some really high end coins have been shown here but the idea is that most people could conceivably get an example of the type. (In the roman contest I thought similar for sever coins - that for less than $300 they would likely be quite poor examples) The thread is just for the purposes of showing what is out there and what coins are desirable to have our collections. Maybe to spark some interest in people, or maybe to give some fresh idea's to people already collecting ancients. We are voting on which coins are the nicest designs rather than for the particular example coins. This is my owl (one of my most expensive coins at £300) to get one under budget you are right they start getting quite badly beaten)  Edited by DavidUK
09/12/2015 5:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4971 Posts |
i'll go with the coins that are highest on my want list again.
1. corinth stater
2. attica owl
3. attica turtle
4. istros dioscuri
5. lesbos incuse cow
nice job again DUK!
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2624 Posts |
Any more votes?, was gonna wrap this one up but would like to hear some more opinions!
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Valued Member
Australia
338 Posts |
Great thread! I wanted to bring some more mainland Greek Coins into the fray. Here are my three favourite pieces from my collection: 1) Messene Hemidrachm - BCD 746  2) Akarnanian Drachm - BCD Akarnanien 419; BMC Korinth 17  3) Aetolian League Stater - BCD 439  |
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Valued Member
Canada
266 Posts |
Ok, here's another top 5 2 coins that I have 1 Alexander Tetradrachm 2 Large Ptolemy, and three I don't 3 Thasos Tetradrachm 4 Athens Tetradrachm 5 Sicilian Bronze  Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II (274-216 BC). Ę Hemilitron (26 mm, 17.26 g), c. 230-218/5 BC. Obv. Laureate head left. Edited by arnoldoe
09/14/2015 12:57 am
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2624 Posts |
Well everyone has had their chance to vote (despite not everyone bothering)and the top ten look like this.
Alexander III tetradrachm - First place 28 points
Athens Attica Owl Tetradrachm - Second place 20 points
Corinth Pegasus stater - Third place 15 points
Messene hemidrachm - Fourth place
Alexander III drachm, Akamanian, Ptolomy - Joint fifth place with 8 points
Aegina seaturtle - Surprising low score of 7 putting it sixth
Thasos tet, Ionia Milletos, Aetolian - Joint seventh with 5 points
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Pillar of the Community
United States
711 Posts |
Just thinking out loud here, but threads are cheap, maybe start a new one with a poll.
Do the existing threads as the preliminary round and then have a new thread with a clickable poll.
Take some pics from the preliminary threads and post them in the first post for examples of the coins.
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