Ancient => Saturday Night random purchase (Tyche & Astarte)

Sure, I know that I "should" be strapped-down on that stupid wagon, but since it's Saturday night and my renovations are finally finished (yeeehaaa), I figured that I'd make a wee lil' purchase (you know, just to take the ol' edge-off) ...

... anyway ...

I merely stumbled across this lil' bobble ... sure, it certainly isn't a trophy-coin, but it kinda had a sweet Saturday night look about it, so I took a deep breath and gently squeezed the ol' trigger ...

I hope that you dudes like 'er ...

Cheers

Phoenicia, Sidon. AE-23
Year 227 (AD 116-117)
Diameter: 23 mm
Weight: 10.56 grams
Obverse: Turreted, draped and veiled bust of Tyche right, aphlastron behind, star before
Reverse: Car of Astarte, baetyl within, date ZKS below
Reference: BMC Phoenicia, p. 175, 197ff; SNG Cop 247
Other: 12h … Nice brown patina






.... oh, and please post whatever coins come to mind (Tyche, Astarte, Phoenician, coins with cars, etc, etc) ...

Who rocks? .... yup, you guys rock!! (I hope you're having a sweet Saturday night)

Cheers

 

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Boy, that was a very short ride on the wagon!

Astarte? Fancy wheeled display case? Meteorite? What's not to love?

 

.... lookin' good, Astarte ...

 

that's a super Saturday night coin stevex, nice color and cool reverse. but on the obverse I had no clue what as "aphlaston" was...I thought it must be some type of plant or something....boy was I wrong.

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=aphlaston

 

=> compliments of Peter Lehmann Estates (a smooth 2008 Barossa wine)

... *hic* ...

 

I've got a Phoenician coin that wants to crash this party. Arriving as a couple, here's Trajan and Astarte!



PHOENICIA, Arados
Trajan. AD 98-117
CY 375 (AD 116/7)
Æ22, 9.65 g
Obv: draped bust of Astarte-Europa right; before, small laureate and draped bust of Trajan
Rev: bull charging left
Reference: SNG Copenhagen 81; BMC 374

The unusual obverse was the attractant.

 

Awesome addition TIF ... thanks for posting 'er (I like the obverse and the cool animal-reverse => it's a total winner) ...

Ummm, well I have a few more Tyche coins to bring to the ol' coin-party ...

Ionia, Smyrna: AE Chalkous
ca. 250 BC
Diameter: 13.8mm
Weight: 1.66 grams
Obverse: Head of Tyche right
Reverse: Krator surmounted by vessel containing fire, shrimp to left; [Z]MYP in left field; ΣYMMAXOς (magistrate Simmachos) in right field
Reference: BMC Ionia p239, 15; SNG von Aulock 7968; Milne, Autonomous (1923), 29






Cilicia, Tarsos AE22
Circa 100 BC
Diameter: 22 mm
Weight: 9.78 grams
Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, Countermark: Radiate head of Helios right (CM: Howgego 11? Hierapolis Phrygia circa 50AD)
Reverse: "TAPSEWN" Pyre of Sandan in the form of a pyramid, Sandan on a lion within
Reference: SNG Levante 951ff





Cilicia, Aigeai AE22
1st century BC
Diameter: 22 mm
Weight: 6.26 grams
Obverse: Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right
Reverse: Horse's head left, ethnic above, monogram to right
Reference: Ex: Vecchi 14, lot 647
Other: large flan



PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trajan AR Tetradrachm
AD 98-117
Struck AD 110/1
Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 14.44 grams
Obverse: Laureate head right; below, club left and eagle standing right with wings folded
Reverse: Tyche seated right, foot set on river-god swimming to right below
Reference: McAlee 470 (Antioch); Prieur 1498
Other: 7h ... toned, some porosity, light scratches in field on obverse, slight die shift on reverse





TROAS, Alexandria Troas
Pseudo-autonomous issue, Æ As
Circa mid 3rd century AD
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 4.27 grams
Obverse: Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; vexillum behind
Reverse: She-wolf standing right, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus
Reference: Bellinger A495; SNG Copenhagen 104-7
Other: 10h … green patina with some areas of red




TROAS, Alexandria Troas Æ
Pseudo-autonomous issue
Circa mid 3rd century AD
Diameter: 21 mm
Weight: 6.01 grams
Obverse: Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right, with vexillum over shoulder
Reverese: Horse grazing right
Reference: Bellinger A486; SNG von Aulock 1466; BMC 46; SNG Copenhnagen 108
Other: 6h, attractive brown patina, light adjustment marks. Nice surfaces



Troas Alexandria Æ20
Date: circa 253-268 AD
Size: 20.64 mm
Weight: 5.14 grams
Obverse: CO TROA, Turreted draped bust of Tyche right
Reverse: CO-L AV TRO, Eagle with open wings standing right on head of Bull
Attribution: SNG von Aulock 7553
Description: A bold bronze with sharp detail and lots of eye appeal

 

Hmmm? ... ummm, while I was searching through my coins, I stumbled across this ol' sweetie that really has the same kinda "feeling" as my new purchase ...

=> they both have the same sweet, root beer look about them, yes?

Pontos, Amisos



... ummm so, I guess post any of your root-beer lookin' patina coins as well ...

 

... well, I'm gonna crash

 

I love your new coin for all the obvious reasons. Same for yours TIF. I wish I had a coin to contribute. (We must be patient my love. Patience. Soon we will join in. Yesssssss)

 

That coin is right up my collecting alley, Steve. Very nice!

 

Nice pick up with great eye appeal! One of these coins depicting the 'ol Astartemobile is on my want list.

 

Thanks for the coin-comments, fellas ...

Oh, and thanks for posting your amazing Tyche example, Zohar (another beautiful piece from your sweet collection ... yup, I'm very jealous of your coins)

Bing => I was unsure whether you were speaking from the Gollum-side of your personality, or from your Smeagol-side, but either way I hope to see some new coins once you arrive back home from your trip!

 

Not a bad coin and rather hefty too. I can see ya hammering a couple glasses of wine, then you're like "I'm getting this coin right now. Gotta get my fix!" Then you can say you stopped collecting animals and now have a fascination with Tyche and Astarte. lol

Sadly, I don't have one of these to post. I don't have a single Greek or Greek classified coin.

 

Bullseye => man Gil-galad, it's like you're actually living in my head?!!

 

I really like the 3-D view on the reverse ... very cool

 

I have several Roman Egyptian tetradrachms with Tyche


Hadrian/Tyche, 117/8 AD. Emmett 901(2) R4


Claudius II/Tyche, 269/70 AD. Emmett 3896(3) R4


Carinus/Tyche, 283 AD. Emmett 4012(1-A) R3

 

LMAO, actually I was looking at one of my coins and the goddess Fortuna told me that.

 

A quality pickup Steve!

My only coins with Tyches have the Tyche of Ravenna depicted, from the Ostrogothic Kingdom: