BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. Circa 445-435 BC. AR Litra (13mm, 0.71 g, 3h). Facing lion’s scalp / RECI within wreath. Herzfelder p. 89, B; HN Italy 2485. VF, toned, some porosity. Ex Antioch Associates 34 (2001), lot 11 Ex CNG 342; lot 35 (From the collection of a Southern Pathologist) Ex x6 Collection @stevex6 via eBay: coin.ages I've been wanting an x6 provenanced coin since it was announced Steve was selling off and this arrived today. I hope he is doing well. Would love to see all those x6 coins here along with any other Brittium examples. -d
That is a fantastic coin @dadams ... Now it is YOUR coin! Gotta bunch of Steve's coins, so folks probly bored of mine. I love the Bruttiums, so I will post a couple: Bruttium 2nd Punic Ware Carthage / Hannibal occuppation AR Half-Shekel 216-211 Tanit Horse SOLAR disc HN Italy 2016 Bruttium Rhegion 415-387 BCE AE 11mm 2.46g Facing lion hd - Laureate hd of Apollo L SNG ANS 697 var Bruttium AE 18 Hemiobol 215-205 BC 2nd Punic Nymph Terina Nike Zeus
Nice choice! I wonder how many of us now have ex-Steve coins? Must be a bunch! And I would love to show them EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius Regnal year 8, CE 144/5 AE drachm, 33 mm, 23.2 gm Obv: [legend]; laureate draped bust right Rev: Serapis, wearing modius, standing facing; flanked by the Dioscuri who are also standing facing, heads turned towards Serapis, and each holding a flagellum ; [L] H in exergue Ref: Dattari 2864 (RY2); Dattari-Savio plate 148 coins 2864 and 8724; Emmett 1670.8; Not listed in Milne. Ex X6 Collection THRACE, Sestos (sometimes spelled Sestus) c. 3rd-2nd century BCE AE 16.6, 2.35 gm Obv: Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos; dotted border Rev: chelys; ΣH downward in right field; dotted border Ref: von Fritz, Nomisma 1, 15 (coin 29 on plate 1 in that book) ex Stevex6 Collection MYSIA, Kisthene Orontes, satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready Rev: Forepart of winged boar right Ref: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock Very rare. ex X6 Collection BRUTTIUM, the Brettii 216-214 BCE Æ quartuncia, 13.5mm, 2.06 g Obv: head of Amphitrite left, wearing crab headdress Rev: crab; torch above, BPET-TIΩN above and below Ref: Pfeiler p. 33, 4a; Scheu, Bronze 51; HN Italy 1944; SNG ANS 123–4; SNG Lloyd –; McClean 1579 https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-bronze-of-the-brettii-poseidons-wife.274722/
Very nice coins @dadams and all. Steve did have a great eye for coins. I picked up two medievals from his collection.
Ah rats! I was hoping to buy that one and then it disappeared. Glad it's still around. A great coin. I have a few of Steve's coins in my collection. Most of his were ex-CNG too.
I wish I had some of Steve's old coins! The guy had an eye and great sense of humor...sadly I joined after he left. But I do thoroughly enjoy his old posts. Anywho, here is a fun one (though not as fun as yours. LOVE your lion\s!!) from Bruttium that I have laying around. BRUTTIUM,Rhegion Circa 415/0-387 BCE. Æ 11mm (1.76 gm). Lion's headΝfacingΝ/ΝPHΓIN[...],Ν laureate head of Apollo right. Cf. SNG ANS 702; HN Italy 2524. Good VF, dark green patina.
Excellent @dadams ! I remember that coin! I remembered all the coin in the post above as well. Man, I wish I could have picked up a stevex coin, but it just wasn't in the cards.
. . . history . . . provenance => I'm lovin' this coin => My COIN!! Going back through some of the old threads where @stevex6 posted this lovely coin really makes me miss that guy. I know a couple of you are still in touch with Steve and I hope you'll convey my well wishes and appreciation of the collection he put together. Another Bronze Lion from Rhegion - @Theodosius The 'Southern' Greeks - @Mikey Zee Bruttium, the Bretti - @JBGood A Bronze of The Brettii: Poseidon's Wife - @TIF (Thanks for posting that awesome Crab, one of my favs of yours!) There is still quite a good selection of The x6 Collection available. It had been in my watchlist for a while and I was getting worried someone might snatch it from me so I had to pounce => " ROOOAAARRRRR!!! " Thanks to all of you for posting some awesome coins - I can't get enough.
Great coins. Here are my x6s: Gordian III with Virtvs and his Usurper's Wife, Otacilia Severa with (seated) Concordia:
My SteveX6's: RR M Volteius Mf AR Denarius 78 BCE 18mm 3.96g Hd Hercules R lion skin headdress - Erymanthian boar Cr 385-2 ex SteveX6 RPrv Trajan AE Dichalkon Laureate hd L Rhinoceros walking L LI-Z yr 17 CE 113-114 12.9mm 1.25g Emmet 719 var. rhino right RR Hd Juno Sospita R goat skin hddrss She-wolf R placing stick on fire eagle stndng fanning flames 45 BCE 19.0mm 4.07g Cr 472-1 Troas Kebren AR Obol Archaic hd Apollo L - Hd Ram in Incuse sq 5th C BCE 7.65mm 0.64g SNG Ash 1086 Makedon Philip II AE 18 Apollo - Youth Horseback spear hd below 359-356 BCE RIGHT-RIGHT 18mm 6.2g SNG ANS 850-1 I got aaaalllll the GOOD coins... y'all got the leftovers!
Commodus as Hercules. From the x6 Collection. Tough to find an affordable version of this scarce and desirable bronze with full obverse legends. You will likely see this one again in my yearly TOP 10 in December. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL - Head of Commodus as Hercules right, wearing lion’s skin headdress. HERCVL / ROMAN / AVGV / Club; SC in field; all within wreath.
Nice acquisition, @dadams. I've always admired that handsome Rhegion litra. As I said to Steve just a few days ago, even though these coins are physically here with me, I still very much consider them his .
For grins, I used to "hoard" his avatars . He used to change them almost as often as his underwear (perhaps more often!) and some were funny or were silent commentary on some forum post or exchange. Although I didn't capture them all, I did manage to get a bunch of them. It's a massive file... hope it doesn't crash the board.
What a super addition!! Is it that Steve has awesome taste in coins, or is it that Steve's awesomeness rubs off on them? A bit of both, I think. Here are my two ex x6: Zombie Jesus (Nicephorus II fourrée solidus) Azes (58-20 BCE) Æ unit And here's a little Rhegion bronze, similar to @Ryro's and @Alegandron's:
LOL, I seriously thought about doing that, then decided that he changed them MUCH more than his underwear! I chuckle because he was the one who dubbed me:
ah very nice D! .. ole stevex6 is the "kool hand Luke" of the the CT ancients board.. i don't any of his coins, but bought this one because of him (and, of course, RC's education of what i had) Sestertius Marcia Otacilia Severa, Frau Phillip l, 244-249AD Pachyderm(hippo) reverse
