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Belgium
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I love Greek coins with a incuse figure.I have several from South Italy and was happy now to buy an incuse hecte from Mytilene,Lesbos  obv:lions head right rev:incuse head of o cow right Bodenstedt 13 var 10 mm , 2.52 gr , very fine mint : Mytilene : 521 - 478 BC . As far as I know , it were only the cities of South Italy who made such coins from about 530 to 475 bc , there are also some hectes from Mytilene and one coin from Massilia (Marseille-France,first century BC).albert |
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 United States
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Excellent details on this small coin. It always amazes me how well these coins were made in such an early period in coin history,
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fantastic coin, Albert! Great, fierce lion. We've been seeing some excellent tiny Greek coins lately...in the thread started by Dutch last week, now this.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congrats! A coin from Lesbos has been on my list for quite a long time, I've got my eye on a particular one that hopefully I will be buying soon... Congratulations! It's a wonderful piece.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Good choice, nice coin :)
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3098 Posts |
So many of the early and tiny Greek silvers are such beautiful works of art.
Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
567 Posts |
Nooby question on my part but I can't quite tell. Is the coin posted made of silver or electrum? It has a yellowish tint, and I know many coins from Lesbos are made of electrum.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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LOVE IT!
that lion is sweet but I incuse cow is amazing...great coin ANTW!
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09/12/2015 9:20 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 Belgium
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sorry , I forgot to mention it : it is an electrum coin.albert
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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thanks all of you for your comment. As said , I love the incuse coins .Here another example from Kroton (Bruttium)  AR stater obv:tripod,legs terminating in lion's feet,stork left in right field,O P Q (koppa), all in circle and border of dots rev:incuse tripod , incuse border of radiating lines 23 mm , 8.06 gr , die avis : 12 h mint : Kroton , 480-460 BC , HNItaly,2102var,SNGAns257. |
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Netherlands
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Its in an excellent condition, both obverse and reverse! very nice coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great coins Albert. I've wanted one of these incuse barley coins now for a little while. Not my coin.  |
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Posted 09/12/2015 3:32 pm
