I just got home from my day at the coin show which means you get bored by the coins that followed me home. Today I brought home fewer than usual but spent more money not because prices were up but because I found some nicer than my usual items. First is an upgrade for one of my favorite coins. My first photo attempt will not be the last but I was thrilled to upgrade my Akragas tooth trias with one that shows the crab's claws. They are not clear on many of these including my now surplus old one. The new coin has no better detail on the eagle but I really wanted a crab. The old one: the new one from today: The best thing is this duplicate was purchased intentionally. I have such a problem with buying things I already had.
Fantastic new addition => I love these coins, and I know that you think that they're kinda cool as well ... great new pick-up!! Hey Doug, you mentioned my name, but "you" were certainly the one who first posted one of these super-cool ancient cast-coins (thanks for opening my eyes to these babies) ... but ummm yah, I did kinda take the ball and run with it!! (I love these "first" ancient bronze babies) ... Akragas AE Cast Trias (4 Onkia) => Eagle & Crab & 4 dots on top Akragas AE Cast Onkia => Eagle Head & Crab Claw Selinos AE Cast Onkia => Kanthros & Selinon Leaf Selinos AE Cast Tetras => Gorgon Face & Selinon Leaf
Those are pretty neat. One thing I like is you can never truly have a duplicate of anything with ancients.
Doug => I see that your original is now listed in the CT "trades" section (good luck finding something else to add to your cool collection) ... it is a very cool cast-coin with great colour
Early 5th century as I understand it. Some question their being coins but I say the denomination dots suggests they are.
=> when I sent my coin to David Sear for authentication, he stated 450-425 BC for the Akragas AE Cast Trias (4 Onkia) ... ... the other 3 cast-coins were from CNG auctions: 450-440 BC for the Akragas Eagle & Crab-claw Onkia, 450-440 BC for the Selinos Gorgon-Face Tetras, 435-415 BC for the Selinos Kanthros Onkia ... => so yah, chrsmat & Doug are bang-on!! => early 5th century
Researching the coins on acsearch pointed out a recurring problem. Dealers often have no idea what they are saying on the denominations. The dots refer to the parts out of 12 represented by the coin. A Trias is 1/3 or four dots while a Tetras is 1/4 or three dots. The number of professionals that reverse these is not flattering to the professionalism expected in the hobby.
Hi Doug ... ummm, often I have a difficult time reading you ... are you referring to one of my coin-references, or are you merely stating that some dealers have suspect descriptions? (man, you scare the coin-crap outta me, my friend!!)
Here: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=662330 again: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=662331 and again: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=662332 There may be more but now you make it look like I'm picking on one dealer when I said 'on acsearch' (not in a famous Northern collection).
