this coin under greek?

a small side step

MYSIA. Kyzikos. Obol (Circa 450-400 BC).

Obv: Forepart of boar left, E (retrograde) on shoulder; tunny behind.
Rev: Head of roaring lion left.

SNG France 378.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Weight: 0.79 g.
Diameter: 12 mm.

 

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Nice! I've got one in a similar grade. Evidently they weren't too careful about trimming the flans...

 

Uh-oh (*awkward*)

Wow Oki => TIF is the sweet collector of these cool pig-coins (be very careful that you don't dunk your rod in her fishing-hole!!)

=> she might get ya back by hunting your precious Hadrians!!?



just jokes ... very nice Mysia addition (congrats)

 

Ummm, I have a very weak example (but man, I still love this sweet coin)

Cheers




Oh, but I do "Love" the retro-grade "K" (very cool) ...

 

I'm always impressed by the exceptionally fine engraving on these issues. Even coins that only grade F retain a lot of detail. And you've got three different animals - are there any other coins with three animals?

 

Yes true words john, Some are so minimal that some would not recognize it as a coin.
It looks like you tuna has a fish stamp on it?

 

I think it's a fin.

 

OK, two legged pig??

 

A nice example!

 

Yes. Similar to oki's avatar.

 

Me too.

I took this photo that shows the point of a pin, the teeth of the lion are much smaller.

 

What what ?/

 

Very net olddddddd coins.

 

Nice coin!

 

Nice addition, Oki, even if it is a non-Hadrian .

 

that's a great pic doucet! and that a very nice one oki...how did you end up with a non-hadrian coin?

here's mine...



don't mean to brag...but check out the size of my tuna.

 

I prefer my pigs to have wings.

I will get a Kyzikos obol one of these days though

As for poaching Oki's Hadrians... I have refrained from bidding a time or two when I see his name as top bidder (CNG; bidder names aren't visible on most other auction sites). If I'd really really really wanted the coin though I may have bid anyway .

On ancient coins it is common to find only the forepart of animals. I guess it was a space issue; not enough room to engrave the whole thing.

 

thank you TIF , yes cng u can see my name..

 

True but I believe they were pretty good at weighing coin flans so you can tell a ragged flan from a post mint damaged one by weight. Mine is 0.74g and enough porosity to explain away the .05g.

In some cases we see a half animal to indicate a half fraction but I don't think this is the case here. The Greeks often paid attention to how an animal fit on the flan so we get heads turned back or something that minimizes the wasted surface space. Why the pig got legs but the lion didn't, I can not even guess.