This is What $5 Buys

I reckon you'll get over it before forever Bing....

 

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Sweet => Bing, that's an awesome OP goat-example!! (I'm totally jealous of your fighting goats!!)

... but sadly, I'm fairly sure that this is my only dual goat example

Philip V, AE20
Heracles & Two Goats
221-179 BC


=> goat-coins rock!!

 

Isn't that part of the "fun"?

 

Maybe.

 

Who doesn't love a good mystery?

 

The coin listed above is from Thessalonica. Both Amphipolis and Thessalonica struck this type with the two goats, the CNG attribution must have been a case of copying a wrong record. The monogram is a countermark and not part of the original design. Hard to tell what the obverse type is but I'd say it's almost certainly Zeus and not Artemis.

See SNG Copenhagen 350.

Barry Murphy

 

I already changed my catalog to reflect Thessalonica. Thanks for the confirmation @Barry Murphy and the additional information/insight.

 

Nice!

 

i'd pay 5 bucks for those goats!

 

Welcome @Tim Lackie Jr

 

Thanks, I'm enjoying learning from you salty dogs!

 

Watch who you're calling "salty"! From Wikipedia: "Salty dog" also means ornery, as in the T-Bone Walker tune "Ain't Salty No More." LOL

BTW, do you collect Ancients?

 

I wish, I am just trying to specialize in Lincoln Cents.

 

Welcome!! There are a lot of 'Shield' types in Ancients too!!!

 

I'm pretty low in money right now but am definitely interested in obtaining some Ancients in the future.

 

I haven't collected US coins in many years, so I have no idea what Lincoln cents costs these days.

I'll bet you can buy 2000 year old coins near as cheap as Lincoln cents. I mean, just look at this coin. $5 plus shipping. And there are many out there in this price range. Start with Late Roman Bronzes (LRBs). Hope you get the bug.

 

My mother in- law lives with us, does that count?lol (Ancients)

 

I feel for ya. My M-I-L did with us as well for a while (God rest her soul).

 

@Barry Murphy

In case you did not see my other post: Congratulations on your new position. After a few months, I believe you'll agree that working at NGC is more fun than being a dealer as well as more of a numismatic challenge (in a good way)

No disrespect , but I don't understand the "countermark" part of your post. IMO, the characters/symbol under the goats is RAISED on the coin and is part of the original design. Therefore it was "punched" into the die just as the mark on the coin under the goats in post#22. It's my under standing that a "countermark" is punched into the struck piece and is into the struck coin's surface. I think much more research on the "monogram" is called for as the OP's coin may be worth $$$ to a specialist.

I've already confessed to being ignorant about ancients so am I blind or just crazy?

Looking forward to a reply. Hope your answer is the former

 

Any other choices : - )