As part of the lot I purchased just as the year ended, I received these two coins of Sicily. Neither are particularly noteworthy, but I thought I would post them here anyways. When the cost of the lot is divided by the number of coins, these two coins set me back around $16 each. SICILY, SYRACUSE, HIERON II AE19 OBVERSE: Head of Persephone left, wreathed with corn, wearing earring and necklace REVERSE: Bull butting left Struck at Syracuse, Sicily 275-265 BC 4.3g; 17mm BMC. Sicily, p 219, 624 CARTHAGE/SICILY-PUNIC Æ20 Obv: Date palm tree with fruit Rev: Horse head. Struck at Zeugitana, Carthage or Siculo-Punic, 3d-4th Century BC 8.2g, 20mm SNG Cop-103 As Steve says, feel free to pile on with any of your related coins.
Atta-boy => I love seeing ya posting some sweet animal-coins!! Sicily, eh? ... yummy, my favourite!! I hope that 2015 is cruisin' along okay? (congrats on the cool-n-thrifty additions) Ummm, where do I start? How 'bout the good ol' boyz => the Hieron family? Syracuse Heiron I Tet Quad/Nike & Arethusa w. Dolphins 480-466 BC SICILY SYRACUSE HIERON II Poseidon & Trident/Dolphins 275-216 BC
Oh, and you also scored a sweet Carthage winner ... man, I love that coin-type!! again => congrats on building-up your awesome collection!! (cheers, my friend) Carthage Horse-head AE20 Tanit & Horse-head 300-264 BC
i still don't have a greek coin of sicily! i have a byzantine coin, but no greek. i do have a couple of coins from carthage, given to me by a coin buddy.
Here's one I don't remember showing before, although maybe I did and forgot. Sicily, Syracuse Æ Tetras. Second Democracy. Circa 425 BC. Female head right; XXX before / Hippocamp right, octopus below. CNS 30; SNG ANS 1382. 1.92g, 13mm, 10h; Very Fine; Rare. I'd like to get one in a higher grade. This is the seller's image, edited. I didn't like my images and never got around to reshooting it. Maybe tomorrow
wow, super-cool ... a hippocamp and an octopus on the reverse definitely elevates this baby to sweet-status (almost uber-cool!!) => fantastic addition (you really are "all-that") Have a great night, Princess
Oh sure, sweet talk me now after throwing me over for @ancientnut. It's going to take more than that, sugarbritches. Better send chocolate. Or a chocolate-colored coin
Hey, I was merely distracted temporarily by the shiny-new-fancy-guy ... I would never cheat on you, my Princess ... yah, I know ... that line never works, eh? => oh but ummm, perhaps we could aim at a wee bit of make-up coining? *whateva* Hey, you know that you're my coin-girlfriend
Nice, coins from Sicily are pretty cool to have. Ones in nice condition are usually pretty pricey too.
Nice coins, Bing! I recently received this Sicilian, as a gracious gift from one of the forum members...
