Ancients => today's CNG score => $45 (seriously? ... yup, a sweet under estimate score)

I saw this sweet lil' ram and I tossed-down an initial estimate (I peed on it) ...

=> man, I love it when those initial bids run the gauntlet and score!!

Sure, I admit that this coin is not centered perfectly, but it is well struck and a super cool lil' 2400 year old 9mm sweetie-pie!!

welcome, lil' fella ... go run around in the pasture with the other animal coins!! (be free)

TROAS, Kebren, Æ9
Circa 400-387 BC
Diameter: 9 mm
Weight: 0.69 grams
Obverse: Head of female right (or Apollo?)
Reverse: Head of ram right
Reference: SNG Ashmolean 1108–10; SNG von Aulock 7624; SNG Copenhagen 265 var. (ethnic)
Other: 6h … Good VF, dark green patina
From the collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex John Bergman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 57, 4 April 2001), lot 280 (part of)

 

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I saw and admired that! Nice catch

 

That ram rammed me, nice grab!

 

Oh, and I'm always happy when I get to collect a little cluster (or off-chute) ...

Yah, I now have "3" of these sweet little rams from Kebren (ummm, does anybody have more than 3??)

TROAS, Kebren, AR Obol
5th century BC
Diameter: 7 mm
Weight: 0.61 grams
Obverse: Archaic head (of Apollo?) left
Reverse: Head of ram left within incuse square
Reference: Cf. SNG Ashmolean 1086 (diobol); SNG Copenhagen
Other: 11h … Good VF, granular surfaces



TROAS, Kebren, AR Diobol
5th century BC
Diameter: 8 mm
Weight: 1.16 grams
Obverse: Archaic head (of Apollo?) left
Reverse: Head of ram left within incuse square
Reference: SNG Ashmolean 1086; SNG Copenhagen
Other: 9h … VF, surfaces a bit granular



=> regardless (because irregardless isn't a word) "please" post any fricken thing ya want!! (rams, Troas, coins, photos, etc)

... I like you guys

Cheers

 

No wonder ancients are often corroded, if that's how you guys treat them. Also, explains why most of you guys prefer your coins unslabbed. Bunch of fetishists.

 

=> yah, it's a dog-thing, my coin-friend ... you must be a cat-guy?!

 

Actually, that's pretty damn good centering and detail for a 9mm coin. Nice catch!

 

Hmm, guess I overlooked it in the auction... shucks
Other wise, very nice piece ya got there steve!

 

Nice coin Steve, but you really shouldn't pee on it.

 

that's a cool little coin stevex...the ram is cool, but that female head is interesting as well.

nice color also...looks more obsidian black than dark green?

you are seriously collecting coins that were previous collected by pathologist aren't your? isn't this your third one??

 

You just can't stay away from the animals can you? Nice addition.

 

I was guessing the same thing about you. Cat people are the only ones I know, who let a pet go indoors and with time, grow immune to the scent of ammonia in their household. Hope your collection smells a bit better than a litter box.

$45 seems reasonable.

 

Killer score!

 

Killer score!

 

Cool pickup! I have a few rams of Kebren, though none are as nice as yours. Three coins, but one has two heads... will that count as four rams?


TROAS, Kebren, circa 450 BC. AR Diobol. 1.03g, 9.6mm.
SNG von Aulock 1546; Rosen 534.



TROAS, Kebren, circa 4th century BC. AE9. 0.88g, 9.3mm.
SNG Cop 265 var. (ethnic)



TROAS, Kebren, circa 4th century BC. AE10. 0.97g, 9.8mm.
SNG Cop 260; BMC p. 44, 16-17; SNG Ashmolean 1088-1090

 

Hey, thanks for the coin-complients ...

Wow Z-bro => three ram-winners, including a double-rammy!! (awesome collection)

 

Has anyone heard the old story about the old coin cleaning technique where you feed the crusties to a goat and wait for the smooth and patinated results to emerge? I do not know the origin or absolute truth of that story but it was commonly told in the hobby before we had electrocution and Renaissance Wax.

...and you thought that was a sand patina?

http://www.montrealcoins.com/cleaningtips.php

http://www.mernick.org.uk/leadtokens/newsletters/LTT0601.pdf page 3

 

... are you calling my new coin a goat-dipped example?

 

Yeah, I've read it before, right here...

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.ca/2006/03/forgeries.html

 

Kopi luwak coffee, refers to the seeds of coffee berries once they have been eaten and defecated by the Asian palm civet. It has been called one of the most expensive coffees in the world with retail prices reaching €550 / US$700 per kilogram. I've had this coffee while working in the Philippines. I couldn't tell the difference. Anyway, if coffee can be processed this way, I would assume coins can be "cleaned" as well. I'm just not certain I want to take that chance with one of my more expensive coins.