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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Another in the hallway happy dance for me today. The last of my 'birthday presents' arrived. Sadly though only one will remain with me since I need to replace my computer that after 6 long years finally said good night and good luck. I had been seeing so many of these types ( I blame you TIF) that when I saw a lot of three at the most recent Triskeles at a price I could afford I thought why the heck not. I can't give you the full attributions yet or the weights (need to find my scale) but they all range between 6 - 8 mm. Bonus points if you can guess the one I am going to keep. Sorry about the pictures as well the tablet isn't that good at fine detail and if I tried to crop the photo it made the coin come out grainy. I present three coins from Kyzikos Coin #1 Boar right, tunny fish behind Roaring head of lion left Coin #2 Boar Left Roaring Lion head left, Panther head facing forward Coin #3 Boar left tunny fish behind Lions head left   Wish I could keep all three and knowing me will probably keep at least two. I can tell you this though one definitely caught my eye right off the bat. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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All you need is the Cilica Wolf obol and then you will have yourself a heck of a collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
As for which one you're keeping, hard choice between 2 and 3. I'd have to research them further.
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United States
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Decisions, decisions. All three have something going for them to make them keepers... The one in the upper left of your photo is actually quite scarce (you come across one with boar facing right for every 40-50 of them facing left, I would guess). The one with facing panther's head, well, it has the facing panthers head. And then the last is just so well centered and struck.
Tough decisions. Maybe it would be better to get a part-time job and keep all three. :)
Best,
John
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Welcome John.
And I like your idea...someone should be doing seasonal hiring already shouldn't they...hmmm.
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Moderator
 United States
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Excellent group of coins, I bet it's going to difficult to choose which ones have to go.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Personally I like #1. With these diminutive fellows 'less is more' !
And ........
If you can 'flip' the other two and recoup your expense .....
You might do it again. And again. And again ..... "Ad Nauseum" !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is very hard to choose just one. The rarity of #1 is tempting. The facing panther of #2 beguiles. The strike quality of #3 is fabulous.
Good luck with that!
Find a way to keep them all :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 you can't break up the three little pigs! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
579 Posts |
Yeah I am hemming and hawing with myself about keeping all three.
A funny thought just occurred to me. I wonder what one of these little itty bitty coins would look like in an NGC slab.
It would almost be worth sending it in just to find out.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very cool whizb4, you have a nice little herd going on, the details are unbelievable..i for one wouldn't spend the money on a slab for an ancient coin, something about holding them in your hand...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yeah I wouldn't either I just had a funny thought of the folks at NGC attempting to slab one of these coins. I don't think they even make holders for something this small.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How about three little pigs on one coin?   Antoninus Pius, as. 25 mm. Struck 143-4 at Rome BMC 1624 says sow suckling three young, with one more in front (so, four little pigs). RIC 733. |
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United States
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that's coin brings the pork! 5 total pigs! a pentaporker!
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Posted 11/12/2013 9:55 pm
