Bon jour Years ago I bought a wonderful 'cubist' style tet (below) that was subsequently stolen. Certainly, the artist was the inspiration for Picasso (I jest.) Despite what others would call ugly, I had to have it. I loved it. Who knows where it could possibly be... sigh. I have never seen another quite like it. However, today I purchased this. EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Thasos. Late 2nd-1st century BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 15.93 g, 12h). Mint in the lower Danube region. Stylized head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Stylized Herakles standing right, holding club, lion skin draped over arm; legend highly degraded. OTA Class III/A. Good VF, toned, graffito under tone on reverse. Fortunately I paid a fraction of the price that I paid for the stolen coin. I just had to have that mug again (or something close.) Now I need to find a nice Thasos as a counterpoint (that coin was also stolen.) Ugly is the new pretty. (or not) Au revoir. ;-) M
That's a beauty, even better than your old one! I hope the engravers took pride in their distinctive Celtic style.
Bonsoir, comment vas-tu? Picasso's surrealism is overrated , my adored André Breton is the real King-Koin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Breton http://www.andrebreton.fr/category/264 À bientôt!
@4to2centBC, both are fantastic! I'm sorry for the loss of the first one (and the rest of your fabulous coins) but am glad to see you picking up more. Both of these show wonderfully absurd depictions of the subjects. The type remains on my wish list and I want to get the weirdest-looking Herakles there is. I remember one from a Pecunem auction 4 years ago... still wish I'd bid on it. The metal wasn't very good but Herakles was hilarious.
Probably because I've seen so many of Picasso's paintings in my life, I like those two coins very much, and agree the new one is the best of the two. Bien joué, Monsieur ! Q
For all those who prefer the new coin to the old coin, thank you. I did like the extremely blunt, rectangular profile of the first coin. It looked completely primitive. Like a 5 year old drew it. The second one has something going on with the eye that grabs my attention. Plus it has less wear than the first one. This engraver has a bit more style IMO. He must have taken an art class or two. The best thing about the second one is that I own it. It took five years to replace the stolen one, but I guess I have a keeper. Gotta love a good Celtic coin. They have some real wild style and attitude.
