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Ionia Miletos Silver Obol "Roaring Lion & Star Ornament"Ionia, Miletos AR Obol. 325-475 BC. Diameter: 9.5mm Weight: 1.10 grams Obverse: Forepart of roaring lion left. Reverse: Star ornament within incuse square. SNG Kayman: 476-487, Klein 424-425.  Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol "Boar & Lion, K Before" Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. 525-475 BC. Diameter: 10 mm Weight: 0.73grams Obverse: Forepart of boar left; tunny behind. Reverse: Head of lion left, K before; all in incuse square. SNG France: 380, SNG Von Aulock 1215. 
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I like Archaic coins, but I love Mysia. coins...Gorgeous lot!!  I have similar.... AR 9.3mm x 7.9mm x 2.1mm(0.77g) c.499-495BC  |
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Thanks, A-noob!! ... great minds think alike!!  Yah, I think I've found my calling with these Archaic coins ... => in my eyes, they're very, very cool!!  |
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Here are few of my favorite 'one sided' designs (actually incuse reverse punches) - all small. Not all are 'squares' but they do go down as a punch to fill out the other side. Notice how some are plainer than others even though they don't have a real 'design'. Aigina obol 5th century BC:  Aigai 1/8 stater 5th century BC:  Byzantium tetraobol 4th century BC  Acanthus, Macedon tetraobol 5th century BC  There are many other little Greek silvers with incuse squares that contain raised designs of interest (cicada, scorpion, owl, eagle) but that is another post for another day. |
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Youse guys have some nice Greeks! I'm lovin' it!
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Steve, very nice coins, you are off the charts, I'm very jealous, getting these in nicer grades is the only way to go, the next one you will need is the Turtle,like Doug's.... .. I let one pass and I'm kicking myself.....  |
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Samos, Ionia, AR obolFourth century BC Diameter: 7.9 mm Weight: 0.52 grams Obverse: Lion´s skin Reverse: Scorpion SNG Aulock 1817  Ummm? ... maybe I'll try to grab a turtle next week? ... but apparently "Lenny" had another glass o' wine and pulled the trigger on a third obol!
Is there a crisis line that I can call?=> so that makes "3" incuse lion squares! 
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09/06/2012 11:22 pm
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Sweet Greeks!  Steve that roaring lion ROCKS! |
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I hope you appreciate how nicely centered your lion and scorpion are. That issue is often pretty far off and loses details.
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I hope you appreciate how nicely centered your lion and scorpion are. That issue is often pretty far off and loses details. => Yup dougsmit, I certainly do appreciate it ... the ol' Lion-n-Scorpion coin is probably my favourite of the three beauties (I actually chose all of the coins because I thought that they "all" looked fairly well centered) ... ... thanks for the comments  |
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Wow, nice coins stevex Funny thing, I've been looking for all three myself plus a couple that dougsmit shows.  |
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Doucet => yah, I think that these obols are amazingly cool coins ... they're so very tiny!! => imagine the patience and skills of the artists!!? (they must have had wee lil' hands!!?)  |
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Great group of coins! I like how the reverse punches served the function to better strike up the designs. |
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Yup, you're totally correct DVC => these coins are certainly a step-up from the classic incuse squares, which merely have an old stick-mark rather than a secondary coin design ... evolution of the coin-biz (I now have both types) => seriously ... man, how bloody primitive, yet cool are these old incuse coins?!! I'm currently lovin' this hobby!  Edited by stevex6
09/07/2012 9:05 pm
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