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Arrived by FedEx today and I love love love it! Looks like I'm drawn to Athena, this time with a lion and a dolphin. It's now my oldest coin.  Should try to get better pictures tomorrow with natural light but I couldn't wait.  LUCANIA. Velia. Didrachm (Circa 550-510 BC). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, decorated with griffin; at left, A. Rev: YEΛHTΩN. lion standing on exergual line; above dolphin between I and Φ. SNG ANS 1375-6. Weight: 7.3 g. Diameter: 17.5 mm. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Not surprised that you love it. So do I ! The first four letters in the exergue are similar to YEAH.  |
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YEA!
Now that's fun. I have a Lucanian Nomos but not as well....YEA.
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Dang I just realized the date 550BC that's mad old.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very attractive coin! |
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A very nice looking coin indeed.
I love griffins and seeing that one in the helm is great.
The lion is well executed and that little dolphin is just the icing on a very nice cake....
Martin
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The auction house appears to have been wrong about the age of this coin. I see it shown as 305/4-293/290 BC on Wildwinds and elsewhere.
Well, I bought it for the overall pleasing design-- the (supposedly) early date was icing. I did search for similar coins before deciding how high I would bid for this one. Guess I didn't pay any attention to the dates.
I already have one request for a copy if I decide to make a mold of this one. (yes if I do so I will make some type of change to indicate the copy is not an authentic coin)
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07/13/2013 06:13 am
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Beautiful coin ! And quite easy to fall in love with. Which is why I try so hard to avoid them !
Your concern about producing 'fakes' while admirable is probably misplaced. Without even talking about the 'bubbles' once you have made your castings you will find out how hard it is to hide the sprue marks.
Secondly there will be 'shrinkage' ...... yes the will be smaller (slightly). ala George Costanza
"I was in the pool ! I was in the pool !"
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07/13/2013 07:55 am
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LOL! Seinfeld references are always welcome.
Speaking of shrinkage, I might try a few in precious metal clay since that's easy to do. It will be considerably shrunken and porous but it's quick and my friends who want copies aren't very discerning.
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07/13/2013 07:53 am
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Off the top off my head (flat as a pancake) I seem to recall 10% being an average rate off 'shrinkage'. Heat the silver to 2000 degrees and it expands about this much. When it cools you get the reverse. Doesn't sound like much but you can expect a 22mm coin to reduce to just under 20 and a 10 gram coin to become 9
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lion, dolphin, and a griffon......that's almost to cool!  |
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