Ancientnoob & I enjoyed steaks on the grill and a coin show Sunday. At the risk of bad etiquette, I will post only the “stag” side of my new coin & ask everyone to post your stags. Mine is a stater from Bruttium. Until I can take a normal photo it is depicted on a pretty piece of Rhodochrosite. Please post your ancient stags
A sad stag Livia (30 B.C. - 29 A.D) IONIA, Ephesos Grammateus Aristeas, magistrate Æ 16 O: Draped bust right. R: EFE ARCIEREYS ASKLAS EYFRWN, Stag standing right, quiver above. 3.8g 16mm RPC 2580
Wow C89, awesome stag, love the mineral its sitting on. what kind of steaks did you have, Prime beef ribeye, tbone or since you spent some coin on that new stag did go top sirloin. I have a few stags...
GALLIENUS Antoninianus OBVERSE: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right REVERSE: DIANAE CONS AVG, Stag walking left Struck at Rome, Sole Reign, 267-268 AD 2.7g, 18mm RIC 179
i've got a pair of stags on a coin... nice new stag...post obverse soon C89! that's cool you guys got to hang out.
Fillet Mignon with green beans, baked potatoes, butter, & sour cream. Five adults, two kids, & no leftovers. The ancient coins were pretty good too.
One of the nicest bits of meat I've had was actually a little side of fawn tenderloin. Looking at this coin always reminds me of how plump and juicy it was. Mmmmh...
My stags are from the famous set of coins issued by Phanes, a 1/24th stater and a 1/48th stater (these coins are small): During the excavation of the famous Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (present day Turkey near the Black Sea), a group of coins was found which are thought to comprise its “foundation deposit”, a custom that supposedly prevented the building from falling into ruin. The largest type in the group, a stater, had an inscription stating, “I am the badge of Phanes”. As the earliest coinage was believed to be made by private citizens outside of government control, it is speculated that Phanes was a wealthy merchant who guaranteed the coin value with his name, although his life is otherwise lost to history. Trites of the same type also bear the name of Phanes, making this the earliest use of an inscription on a coin. Due to space constraints, the smaller denominations are without any inscription. They are instead identified stylistically by the same spotted stag, shown grazing on the stater and with a turned head on the fractional coins. The stag allows this coin to be further attributed to Ephesus as Artemis, the patron goddess of the city, chose the stag as her sacred animal.
I read someplace that those "Phanes" coins were believed to be struck 620-600 BC. Is that the current understanding of the date?
I don't often flip coins. At long last I can post my normal photos & coin label. Wa da ya think? BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. AR Stater 480-388 B.C. 8.04 grams, 19 - 20 mm Obv: Apollo naked walking right. Retrograde KAVA on left, small stag figure std r. facing l. on right. Rev: Stag standing right Grade: Overall Fine condition. Obverse a bit rough with some details of the retrograde letters & small stag lost to antiquity. The reverse stag is VF, well centered & attractive. Other: Destroyed by Dionysios I of Syracuse in 388 B.C. S-462 from Allen Berman 6/15.
