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Pillar of the Community
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Stay tuned for the adventures of "AQUA-PAN" and his loyal and loving dolphin ...  ... oh no, this isn't gonna be good!! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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My first guess might be Artemis, because she is often depicted on Syracuse coins However, she's usually pictured with a quiver, and here we have a olive sprig. Sometimes Athena is associated with an olive leaves. Great dolphin on the back!  |
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Apparently it is any of the following:
- Female
- Nymph
- Arethusa Or it could be all of them. Arethusa is a nymph, and a female  Edited by Dionysos
12/17/2012 11:32 pm
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United States
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Cool coin Steve, looks like it was chiseled out of a green stone, very nice...  |
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Canada
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Hemi-Hemi-Hemilitron! This is all I could think of.  |
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Hemi-Hemi-Hemilitron! This is all I could think of. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow, my dolphin-coin sure would look cool sitting on the dash of that car, eh?!!  => Hi Canadian-Banknotes ... zup dawg?  |
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Canada
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Yep, your coin would look great on the dash of my car  (I wish). |
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United States
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Wow...I did a 1/4 mile in one of those--the most terrifying experience ever, and I like speed.
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Canada
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DVC, You noticed why I went Athena.., The Olive Tree is her sacred tree! |
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Pillar of the Community
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They produced these in silver earlier :D
From Doug's Site
Syracuse, Sicily, hemilitron 440-430 BC, .3g
Since I was mentioned I'll risk talking about coins in a joke thread. The litra was divided into twelve parts but the smallest silver made was the hexas or 1/6 denomination marked with 2 pellets. Mine weighs a bit under .1g. Few survive. In fact it did not take long for the officials to recognize how silly it was to make coins that small so they switched over to bronzes of the same value but large enough not to get lost so easily. Steve's is a nice one of the replacement series. My heart remains with the silvers. Can you imagine the care needed to strike the silvers that small. Both of my small Syracuse coins are on my tiny page: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/do...th/tiny.htmlCollecting these gets frustrating. A dealer asks what you want to see. You answer, "Very small Greek silver." He proudly shows you a hemidrachm and doesn't believe you really wanted something 1/6 that size. You can pretty easily find a few tetartemoria usually with an Apollo head from Phocaea but tiny stuff (under a litra/obol) from Syracuse, Athens or other places are not all that easy. |
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Doug's page on tiny coins is excellent, informative, and fascinating. Small coins are really neat! The 5 mm coin that is dwarfed by a US cent is remarkable for having a clear head even at its minuscule size.
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Very nice coin! That dolphin looks great! |
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Thanks for your additions, gang!! dougsmit => your tiny silvers are very cool (and your coin-pages are always very infromative ... thanks again for adding your comments) Oh and don't under-sell your value to a "joke-thread" => I always get a kick out of your semi-dry sense of humour!!   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Another awesome coin! I enjoyed this thread a lot! Great information amid some friendly banter! Awesome! |
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Posted 12/17/2012 11:26 pm
