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Got in from Heritage, just arrived yesterday. I LOVE IT! (yes, mods, I'm shouting--but as you can see it is understandable  )  The attribution, per Heritage, which I have not double-checked: Quote:
CORINTHIA. Corinth. Ca. 345-307 BC. AR stater (8.65 gm). Pegasus flying left, kappa below / Helmeted head of Athena left wearing necklace; head of Silenus behind. Ravel 1046. Calciati 408. Scarce variety! Good Very Fine. Love the Silenus photobomb. I'm going to make a vulcanized rubber mold and cast a copy for a pendant. |
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Very nice coin. Congrats.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice foal with good heritage, er provenance. That is, it came from Heritage!
Just make sure you can prove that, decades later, by keeping all of the purchase documentation.
I'm for Silenus as well; very interesting!
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oh dang, that is awesome! congrats to you TIF!
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Wow!, I'm jealous that's a fantastic coin. You are off to a great start with you collection.
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That is a great one. The Corinth Stater is one on my list as well. Good work.
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A Corinthian "colt" is one of the classic Greek coins I have yet to acquire. Trivia time: Quote:
...kappa below... It's actually the Archaic Greek letter qoppa, not kappa. Qoppa was the Greek equivalent of (and resembled slightly) the letter "Q", and the city's name was originally spelled "Qorinth". They kept the letter there on the coin, long after it had been abandoned in general use. Wikipedia. Quote:
I'm going to make a vulcanized rubber mold and cast a copy for a pendant. Just make sure the replica is clearly marked as such; we don't want your heirs and descendants busting your pendant apart in an effort to salvage what they think is a rare and valuable coin. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Just make sure the replica is clearly marked as such; we don't want your heirs and descendants busting your pendant apart in an effort to salvage what they think is a rare and valuable coin. I may change the kappa/qoppa to something else, maybe my initials. Or TIF!  . Might also change Silenus to particular petroglyph I like, just for grins and to make it clear to collectors that the coin is a replica. Perhaps I should also engrave 'replica' on the edge. Sap- thanks for that info on qoppa and Qorinth-- did not know that. |
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Wow, thats great. Is it big?
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Funny you should mention "vulcanized rubber mold". I did the exact same thing with a large Greek silver coin about 20 years ago. The coin was originally purchased from a high end dealer out of Maryland (Ed W) Be forewarned ....... It will look very different when you are done. When I later traded it to "Nick" in Pennsylvania he said "WOW I love the 'old cabinet' toning". Your coin will be much darker in color due to the sulphur in the latex. I might add that I also made the unpleasant discovery that an Augustus denarius was in fact a fouree. A small piece of silver came off the forehead when peeling of the 'vulcanized' rubber.
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I'm going to first make a silicone mold. I've used 2 part silicone on silver before without adverse effect but I will test it on a less valuable old coin first.
The silicone mold will be in two parts-- obverse and reverse. I'll fill those molds with casting wax and them join the two sides into one coin, then make any adjustments or changes desired (add a symbol, fill in the cracks, whatev).
I'll cast that. If I like it and want to make more for friends I'd make a vulcanized mold of the first cast 'copy'.
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Posted 07/03/2013 7:53 pm
