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Awesome coin. Great details!
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That is a lovely coin and I am REALLY jealous. I have a few of the Griffins myself but yours is really quite special. Here is one of my Drachm. Silver drachm Obv:-- Griffin springing left. Rev:-- GR-W-TH-S, laureate head of Apollo left in linear square, within incuse square Minted in Abdera, 365 - 345 B.C. Reference:-- May 324  Regards, Martin |
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wow, are you kiddin' me => your coin absolutely "rocks"!! ... but thanks for the coin compliment ... ==>> I think we "both" have a couple of complete winners! Cheers, maridvnum!!   |
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 Another beautiful coin!  |
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I have a few Griffin coins now . Here is one I got awhile back. I think it might be tooled a bit?  |
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Nice coin, Doucet ... man, imagine if there actually was a flying-lion with the huge head of an eagle ...
=> not good!!
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I have Gallienus Gryphon, but it isn't any where near as nice as these coins guys! SWEET!  |
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Very nice coins, I don't have any hope to someday.
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Hi Stevex6, Great detail on is Griffin , how many gallons of wine can you put in that cup?,Maridvnvm, very nice, are all animals considered zoo or just the Gallienus coin's, nice.. |
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Well Eng5858, it can't quite hold this entire Guinness, but it's close!!  |
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Doucet,
I am very familiar with your coin as it was once part of my collection. I could find no trace of tooling when I examined the coin. I does suffer from some minor porosity and the silver has crystallised somewhat but is still very nice and I was very reluctant to part with it.
Abdera, Ar triobol, 352 - 323 B.C.
Obv:-- Griffin seated left, club beneath, HPA above (Magistrate).
Rev:-- ABD-HRI-TE-WN, Laureate head of Apollo right in square.
Minted in Abdera, VIIIth period. 352 - 323 B.C. (AMNG)
Reference:-- May -. AMNG II, 204, pl. III, #15
1.57g, 15.29mm, 0o
This is the information that I had with the coin in my database.
Regards,
Martin
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Thanks maridvnvm
I think I was making my assumption from the photo I had taken some time ago. I had not looked at the coin itself for quite awhile. After examining the coin in good light today with a loupe I believe you are correct and this puts any doubts in my mind to rest.
The area I thought looked odd was in the wings of the Griffin, but on further examination this area has shiny silver specs that the porosity has not dulled and causes the area to appear darker than the other areas of the coin in some light . If you turn the coin at a different angle the silver specs reflect light, and are bright and shiny.
My photo (which is not very flattering) reflects the darker light. I should have examined it closer before I mentioned anything. This brings to mind the ambiguous nature of a photograph and shows the difficulty of making a determination from a photo alone.
I will take another photo and capture the true nature of the coin and not use the old photo again.
Also, thank you for the attribution info. The coin will stay in my care indefinitely and I will keep that information with it.
Best Regards
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