Ancients ... Sexy Aes Grave Sextans

@stevex6 that's a marvelous sextans, takes my breath away

Here's my Dioscuri sextans


280-245 BC
AE aes grave sextans 52.32gm - 35 mm
Obv: Head of one of the Dioscuri r. in conical cap, two pellets behind.
Rev: Head of the other Dioscuri l., in conical cap, two pellets behind
Ref: Crawford 37, Syd 18/5, SR552, T&V 12

 

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Your aes grave are also pretty marvelous @Alegandron!

 

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Hold down the empty space when the pop up comes up. Again from the picture icon thingy. A paste button should appear- click it - Drink another beer. The more you drink the more you paste.

 

@stevex6
Great coin! There is a lot to like about your coin. The surfaces are good and the shell has most of its lines (mine do not)! I am not home, so I can not read the weight ranges for your coin, but I think you have one of the earlier, heavier coins.
I have a stick and some critters.
club
turtle/wheel

fly/trident

 

Wow, thanks for all of your awesome compliments and your amazing coin posts ... you guys rock!!

 

Hmmmm.... I keep looking at your Shell...so cool. I actually have AE Shell shaped coins that were cast by the Oscans... Cast in 4th C BCE... crude / rude coinage but pretty cool:

These may had been cast in FUNKY TOWN!


Oscan-Latin Aes Formatum shell with Ribs obv-rev 4th BCE


Oscan-Latin Aes Formatum shell 25mm 12-8g. 4th C BCE

 

Awesome examples, Gandalf ... thanks for posting those beauties!

Sadly, I'm still on this feeble iPad thingy ... yah yah, a good carpenter doesn't blame his tools, eh?

I have a couple of scallop examples and I'm also dying to post my sweet Caduceus examples as well! ... I feel handicapped on this fricken piece of technology!

 

That is why I cannot post when I am on the road. I just take my iPad, and am helpless to post pics. I can only post smart-as'd comments!

 

Speaking of smart-as'd comments, here are a couple more Aes Grave to show you that I am finally home...


MONGO CLUB!

Etruria or Umbria Aes Grave 3rd C BCE Sextans 23mm 25.15g Club-2 Dots HN 54 Vecchi-Th 172

KNUCKLE-SANDWICH:

RR Aes Grave Uncia 269-240 BCE Astragalus knuckle-bones

I do have a few more... Just love these monster coins! Heavy in hand! You are going to love yours in-hand!

 

Wow, Gandalf ... those coins are hot ... again, I'm jealous because I only have this lone Aes Grave example

 

Nice ... I'm glad that despite my techs challenges, this is a very cool coin thread!

I love you guys

 

I'm gonna pile on with some thematically related coins


CALABRIA, Tarentum
325-280 BCE
AR litra, 11 mm, 0.56 gm
Obv: scallop shell
Rev: dolphin right, trident below (I think it might be a bunch of grapes)
Ref: Vlasto 1530 (if grapes rather than trident, Vlasto 1527)
freed from an NGC slab

A favorite scallop recipe, Wolfgang Puck's curried sea scallops with sesame cucumber aioli. I haven't made it in a while or I'd include a picture. The food of dreams


Marcus Aurelius
Sestertius; 31 mm, 24 gm; struck AD 173, Rome mint
Obv: laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding caduceus and purse (it looks more like a patera to me); within temple with figural columns (telamones); on semicircular pediment, tortoise (unfortunately worn on this coin), cockerel, ram, caduceus, winged helmet, and purse; S-C across fields; RELIG AVG in exergue
Ref: RIC III 1074; MIR 18, 258-6/37; Banti 260
Zumbly's nice writeup of the type is here.


EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II as Caesar
Regnal year 4 of Philip I, CE 246/7
billion tetradrachm, 22 mm, 12.8 gm
Obv: MIOVΦIΛIΠΠOCKCEB; cuirassed bust right, bare head
Rev: Hermanubis standing facing, head right, winged caduceus in right arm and palm branch in left hand; jackal (looking more like Disney's Pluto) left at feet; L-Δ
Ref: Emmett 3592.4(Caesar); Milne 3676; Dattari-Savio pl. 264, 5079

 

Wow, fantastic coins ... thanks, TIF

 

Hope it is ok to add a few more cast sextans. I love 'em. They cost less than the full sized pieces => I can get more.
My shell coin next to a shell on an aes grave.


A handful of coins -


How about an aes rude equivalent of a sextans. The top right piece is about the size of a full sized As 330 grams. The bottom, left piece about the weight of @stevex6 's sextans. The one on the lower right is about the weight of a Triens.

 

I know you have a few more Aes pieces, and some cool Aes Signatum, Gene. I have a few more Aes Grave and Rude. I know @ancientcoinguru has some killer Aes. Cool stuff!

But, I really think @stevex6 needs to step up his game, and get some more of these really COOL pieces!!! One Sextans ain't enough Buddy! They are really addicting when you get them IN-HAND! It is a neat collecting niche!
... oops, I let out our secret...


... 91g! ... and it is "only" a Triens!

 

I was going to bid on it, but I recognized your handle so I backed-off. Seriously! I'm glad you won, because I would have been seriously PO'd for not bidding if you'd lost.

 

Nice ... thanks for stepping aside, Carausius ... that was very thoughtful of you



You Rock!!

Side note ... luckily, my challenger stopped at my maximum bid! ... I had nothing left in the tank

 

Oh, and Gandalf is definitely correct ... I need to snag a couple more

... but man, these big babies can be a wee bit pricey, eh?

 

Yep. The heavier they are, the pricier they get!