This last weekend we took the ancient highway (I-84) to the Danbury Connecticut coin show. This is another little coin from the show. THRACE, Thasos AR Hemiobol ca. 410 B.C. 0.37 grams, 6.8 mm. Obv: Head of nymph facing left. Rev: Dolphin left with Θ A below. Grade: Very Choice Very Fine. Good surfaces dominated only by the strong strike which has bent the flan. Other: Sear 1757 pg. 173, B.M.C. 3.64 Who has some nice dolphins or nymphs they would like to share? Post ‘em if you got ‘em.
THRACE, ISTROS AR Drachm OBVERSE: Facing male heads, the left inverted (Polydeuces Castor and Pollucs (AKA Dioskuri) REVERSE: Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; ISTRIH above, Q between wing and tail, K beneath dolphin Struck at Istros, 400-300BC 5.3g, 19mm AMNG 434 VITELLIUS AR Denarius OBVERSE: A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right REVERSE: XV VIR SACR FAC Tripod, raven below, dolphin above Struck at Rome, Apr/Dec 69AD 2.9g, 19mm RIC 109, BMC 39, S 2201
I very recently posted both of my "dolphin-rider" coins -- a Tarentum nomos and a Roman Republican denarius of L. Lucretius Trio -- so for now I'll just post my own Istros coin: Thrace, Istros. 400-350 BCE. AR Drachm. Obv. Two facing male heads, one inverted / Rev: Sea eagle on dolphin, ISTRIH above, globule under eagle’s tail. SNG.BM.249. 19 mm., 5.36 g. (I can't decide which way is supposed to be "up" on the obverse. So this was a random choice.)
Mine is right-side up on the left & yours is upside-down on the left. I forget if one of the varieties is a more common than the other. MOESIA, Istrus AR Drachm 4th Century B.C. 5.80 grams, Obv: Inverted Heads Rev: Sea-eagle on dolphin IΣTPIH above, E between eagle & dolphin, and A below. Grade: gVF as confirmed by NGC with 5/5 strike and 2/5 surface. Other: Private sale January 2014 Edit to add this Thasos obol depicting two dolphins. It appears to have two pellets so it's a two-dot-er right?. THRACE, Thasos AR Obol 435 - 411 B.C. 0.50 grams, 8 mm Obv: Two dolphins swimming opposite directions with pellet above & below Rev: Quaripartite incuse punch Grade: a VF Other: Rosen Collection 146, Lockett 1224, Ex (Lewis Egnew Collection) Superior 30 May 1995 lot 7224, Ex Harlan Berk, from Allen Berman Dec 2014.
I will see your nymph and raise you four dolphins from Syracuse: Actually I did not get the coin from Syracuse. I got the coin from JA here at CoinTalk.
I like the flan bending strike. Mine is rather normal in comparison. Weights on my coins span many years and three different scales. I really should reweigh all my coins but I'm not all that confident in my current scale so that may not happen for all coins at least. I am very unclear on when a weight difference is a matter of standards changing over date, variability over an issue, or condition of my specimens. 0.2g These two are earlier fractions. What fractions are less clear. We can call them hemiobols but that does not mean the guy that made them would agree. 0.4g swimming right 0.39g swimming left
I see your 4 Dolphins, Syracuse Tyrant Gelon 478-458 BCE AR Tet 24mm 16.7g Slow Biga Victory Artemis-Arethusa 4 dolphins Sear-Greek 914 and raise with a Hippocamp... Sicily Syracuse ca 410 BCE AE 19 Athena Wreath Hippocamp..
Here's one: Roman Republic, L Lucretius Trio, AR Denarius, 76 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Neptune right, XXXIII above and trident behind/ Rev. Cupid (or Infant Genius) on dolphin right; L LVCRETIVS TRIO. Crawford 390/2, Sydenham 784, RSC I Lucretia. 19 mm., 3.9 g.
