High relief ancient coins

Nice coin and pics of your Owl Richard. I agree that the high relief on many Greek coins is interesting. Unfortunately I collect Roman Republican coins. There are some high relief pieces there too.


PISO with a level on obv




the cast coins have high relief like this dolphin / star

and my turtle, not as much detail as TIF's or A Joe's, but interesting

 

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TIF, can't wait

 

That C. Piso Frugi issue of 61 BC seems to have been produced with a higher relief Apollo head than L. Piso Frugi's of 90 BC, which had the same design. The mint workers seem to have struck them harder, too, to the point that some have a discernibly concave reverse.

Here's the ol' x6 example...





ROMAN REPUBLIC
AR Denarius. 3.74g, 17.8mm. Rome mint, 61 BC. C. Piso L.f. Frugi, moneyer. Crawford 408/1b (O40/R56); Hersh, Piso 238 (O235/R2056); Sydenham 866; Calpurnia 24d. O: Head of Apollo right, hair bound with fillet; wreath behind. R: Horseman galloping right, holding whip; C·PISO·L·F·FRV below.
Ex Stevex6 Collection; ex Bruce R. Brace Collection

 

Nice OP coin (3 tail-feathered transitional too, yes?) and all those turtles are so awesome... as is @TIF's new coin!

My contribution, a Rhodian didrachm:

 

At 31mm and 32.92g, this is my thickest coin - a quadrunx from Luceria:







ATB,
Aidan.

 

I think the Bankers (out of the Greek World), were trying to pound the high-relief down:


Athens Owl 16.8g 22x6-5mm Late Classical 393-300 BC, Sear 2537, SNG Cop. 63


AES series of early Roman Republic coins had high relief



Aes Grave Sextans Craw 18-5 thickness on edge


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


And we get excited about Baseball Glove coins in the US with the curved flan?


Oscan-Latin Aes Formatum scallop shell with Ribs 4th BCE


I am still trying to decipher the legend on this one:


Italia Aes Rude - bronze ca 5th-4th Century BCE 29.7mm 32.4g

 

I believe that these are (1) Alexander tet from Babylon, (2) Kyme tet, and (3) Lysimachus tet. Sorry if my spelling is off.

 

Great Vitellius, @Andres2 . Bronze doesn't flow like silver.

Here is a bronze (or billon?) coin in high relief:

KINGS of ELYMAIS. Uncertain early Arsacid kings. Late 1st century BC-early 2nd century AD. BI Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint. 14.35g, 27mm
Obv: Diademed bust left to right, star-in-crescent above anchor, small pellet to right of anchor
Rev: Degraded inscription; Crude diademed bearded bust left.
Ref: van’t Haaff type 10.3.1-1D cf. Elymais » Kamnaskirid Dynasty » Late Kamnaskires successors / Early uncertain Arsacid kings

 

I love high relief coins! I really like the portrait on this Menander I drachm:

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What is this coin?

 

Philisto-Arab drachm (AR 4.34g) imitating Athens... 353-343 BC.

 

Welcome to the Forum!
The coin is a silver tetradrachm from Athens, minted around 454 - 404 B.C. - during the height of ancient Athen's glory and power. They were struck in huge numbers and used to pay for things like the Parthenon on the Acropolis, and the Peloponnesian War.
As you can imagine they are highly collectible! Despite the fact that large hoards have been recently found, the prices stay up around several hundred dollars for a decent one. Here is mine which I purchased from CNG auction house:

 

Well, the Ancient Greeks certainly win the competition. This bronze Antoninus Pius from Rome mint is about my highest