Ancient => Sometimes referred to as the first bronze coin (man, I had to snag it!!)

oh, those are neat..very neat!

 

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Thanks Eng => yah, the elk-poop thingy was what finally sold me on this coin!!

 

Well, I found another sweet example of a cast Æ Onkia ...

Man, I love the fact that these old cast coins are amongst the "First Bronze Coins" (that is very cool)


SICILY, Selinos Cast Æ Onkia
Circa 450-440 BC
Diameter: 15 mm
Weight: 4.14 grams
Obverse: Kantharos; pellet (mark of value) above
Reverse: Selinon leaf
Reference: Price, Selinus, Group IIIC; CNS 10; Puglisi 282; HGC 2, 1237
Other: 12h … Good VF, dark green patina

 

Note => I've found three different spellings of "Selinos"

Selinos
Selinus
Selinous

 

NOTE => the wild celery is shown on the reverse of my latest coin (sure, it is a fairly primitive example of celery ... but when I went searching for similar examples, I found very few that seemed nicer than my new lil' baby)

 

Outstanding coins, brother. Just outstanding!!!

 

Another Outstanding piece!

Fascinating that it was from Selinos...

 

oldest I have are a couple cast Chinese coins (Han) but 2k years enough to make me happy (until I get a chance to buy older lol)
Absolutly love yours though that's neat and the tririam (sp?) real cool too

 

Interesting coin, I bet there are a lot more history behind it.

Looking through these threads only gives me the urge to buy more stuff.

 

interesting.....i've seen pictures of coins with the celery leaves on them before.....very cool.

 

Hey gang, thanks for all of the great coin-compliments and/or coin-comments (I love getting feedback, whether it's good, or whether it's trash-talk)

:hail:


Man, I think I must now have at least "20" coins from Sicily ... plus, I just received a great book from the CNG:

=> HANDBOOK OF COINS OF SICILY (INCLUDING LIPARA), by Oliver D. Hoover


sadly/amazingly, the more coins I buy and the more reserach I do, only ends-up proving to me that I know even less than I thought I knew!! ... yup, but I'm absolutely having a ball searching, researching and then collecting ancient coins (and these old cast coins from Sicily are quickly becoming a new passion!!)


:eat:

 

??? No argument (hehe)

 

Hey dawg, I'm no expert, but ummmm => isn't that's harassment? => man, where are the moderators when you "need" them, eh?





Just kidding, Chief

Oh ... and just in case you're wondering => I took the day-off from the good ol' Nickel Mine, today (I usually work a tiny bit harder than this!!)

Ultracrepidarianx6

 

one of my favorite ambrose bierce quotes from the devils dictionary..:devil:

education, n: that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

very true......man, i must be highly educated 'cause i'm usually clueless (but at least i know it...so i'm starting to wise up finally).

 

How I like it.

 

Hmmmm? ....

=> ummm, are dougsmit and I the only dudes on this CT-forum that have examples of these wonderful cast AE Bronze coins?

 

Probably- but I got some crusty and crappy cast dolphin Greek proto money, if that counts.

 

Awesome, post it!! => Hey, Crusty & Crappy are two of my middle-names!!

 

Crappy and Crusty

Here is crappy and crusty from Olbia, Thrace c. 500 BC AE Cast Dolphins.
* note date and location is unverified.

 

Shucks. Now I have to go lookin' for one of these too.