| Author |
 Replies: 28 / Views: 2,177 |
Page 2 of 2
|
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1316 Posts |
Steve, very nice coin, love how you always come up with these beauties....  ....i just purchased my first Greek coin today...  |
|
Pillar of the Community
 3352 Posts |
dougsmit => yes I agree, it is too bad that my coin doesn't have the reverse legend (but I guess you can't have it all, unless you're willing to wait ... plus, the price seems to go up exponentially for the coins that have got it all) ... I'm not exactly sure what the legend means, but it seems to be "XAV" (where the V is actually an upside-down V => delta maybe?) Doucet => I'm pretty sure that the die axes is 9h (which I'm assuming is like 9 o'clock positioning on a clock, right?) Eng5858 => ummmm, what is your first Greek coin? (I can't recall the thread? ... or has there been a thread yet?) => thanks again for everybody's comments, critiques and comradery!!  
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
Steve - your coins never cease to amaze me. Niether does the depth of your pockets!
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1316 Posts |
Steve, I just got it today will post when the coin arrives..its nothing like you have, your coins are Sweet.... |
|
Pillar of the Community
3352 Posts |
Quote:
EUBOIA (Euboea) or KHALKIS (Chalcis) was the Nymph of a fresh-water spring, well or fountain of Khalkis, the main town of the island of Euboia (central Greece). She was a daughter of the Boiotian river-god Asopos whom Poseidon abducted to the island. ... man, this Greek "stuff" is priceless!! |
|
Pillar of the Community
3352 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1549 Posts |
Chi alpha lambda are the first three letters in Chalkis. My example shows the legend retrograde but the Greeks were not always consistent on the question of writing direction and even wrote some documents 'boustrophedon' or every other line the opposite way. I place the eagle flying right but see how one could see it as rearing back, head up, with snake in talons. I have no idea how the designer saw it. I might add that I also place my turtle of Aigina swimming to the side (left so the head is down) rather than up as do so many but I see the original as looking down on the turtle so it could be shown any way and be equally OK with me. Upa and down are relative matters. Ask anyone in Australia or New Zealand how they can walk around upside down all the time and see what kind of look you get.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
Awesome pickup as always steve Love the eagle on the reverse (I have this thing for birds  ) |
|
Pillar of the Community
3352 Posts |
Quote:
Chi alpha lambda are the first three letters in Chalkis. My example shows the legend retrograde => thanks for the Greek-letter info, dougsmit ... Hey, I don't recall seeing your example of this coin?  |
|
Pillar of the Community
3352 Posts |
Quote:
I have this thing for birds => yah, I think that the eagle looks pretty cool on this coin!! Jango=> ummm, was it you that has a parrot for a pet?  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2044 Posts |
Birds can be really annoying for pets. lol
I agree, they look awesome on some coins.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1549 Posts |
 My coin is ashamed being so much worse than yours. It does have the XAL retrograde but no minor type. |
|
Pillar of the Community
3352 Posts |
I love it!! => your coin is different, not "worse" ... thanks for posting
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
Quote:
Jango=> ummm, was it you that has a parrot for a pet? Yeah, although now I have a new parrot (since my previous one flew away). Both my old and new parrots are Quakers. Quote:
Birds can be really annoying for pets. lol If you know how to train and take care of them properly, then not really. |
|
Pillar of the Community
3352 Posts |
=> They are very cool looking birds ... Yah, many moons ago, I lived with a girl that had a Cockatiel (hmmm, that didn't sound very good, did it?) ... anyway ... it was an okay pet, but at times it was very loud and irritating (very similar to the girl that owned it) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatiel |
|
Page 2 of 2
|
Replies: 28 / Views: 2,177 |
Page 2 of 2
|
First Page
Posted 10/11/2012 5:42 pm
