Ancient: My First Stag

My first ancient with a stags on it. Got it pretty cheap. Looks much better in hand, glossier actually.


IONIA, EPHESOS. (48 - 27 BC.)
Æ18
O: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver across shoulder.
R: [ΕΦ ∆ΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ ΚΩΚΟΣ ΣΩΠΑΤΡΟΣ], long torch between two confronted stags.
18mm
4.3g
BMC Ionia p. 69, 182; SNG Cop 342; SNGvA 1872

 

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Hey, quit snaggin' my animal coins!!




Very nice => I love coins from Ionia (I don't have one of these babies ... yet)

 

Nice find! I don't know from Ionian coins, but I think the other stag versions are more common, right? The single stags and stag foreparts. You don't come across the double stag/torch type very often.

It's one of those coins where I don't think the off-center strike detracts. In fact, it adds a lot of character on account of the dotted border, which you sometimes don't see even on higher-grade examples.

Correct me if I'm wrong on any of that. Like I said, I've only taken a brief survey of Ionian coinage.

 

My Ionian deer/bee coin.

 

yah, I think that you're correct, JA ... I think this version of stag is kinda cool & rare!! (I found a couple of examples on Wildwinds, but not nearly a common coin by any means) ...

Again => very cool pick-up!!

 

nice color...and two stags? that's pretty mat, sounds like a party!

 

I think my parents had that LP

 

cool addition

 

Okay, I've waited long enough, right? (??)

=> bring-on the stag-feast!!




... eh-heh-heh ... okay fine, I admit that I threw-in goats and sheep as well ...

=> it must be the PAN in me!!?

 

Nice coin Mat. I was at Ephesus on this last trip. Fascinating.

 

Very cool Mat, i love the animal coins too!!!! Steve step away from the goats...

 

I think i have a Gallienus stag coin...maybe a antelope stag...


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I'm very interested in the animal series coins of Gallienus. When I finish my Constantine Family Tree, that's going to be my next Roman project. I'm not sure about the Greek stuff, but the Gallienus animals are not merely a celebration of natural history - they're symbolic of various deities. So it's just as much a religious series. The stag is associated with Diana, goddess of the hunt.

 

I wish I could remember my first stag...

 

Haha! Some blackouts are better left unremembered.

 

Mine involved broken lamps...

 

My first stag was a complete gong-show!! ... there were 100 drunk dudes and an eager stripper in my basement (the next morning you could make-out a whipped-cream-silhouette on the wall where I'd been handcuffed to a chair) ... plus, the basement had an inch of water on the floor from the broken washing machine overflowing during the night (ummm, later I found several beer caps and the stripper's costume stuck underneath the agitator!!) ...

... yup, the marriage started-off on the wrong foot and continued down-hill until the divorce (in hindsight, it was the best thing that ever happened to me, for my second/current wife is a total rockstar!!) .... needless to say, I did "not" have a stag the second time around!!

 

...was i at that party stevex? i don't remember a thing about it...so it is possible.

 

You were the stripper.

 

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dang ... oops, I guess I still owe you $8 bucks, eh?!!​

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