Greek - Troas, Antandros

Part of my year end buying spree...



Troas, Antandros
AE 4th century B.C
O: Apollo facing right
R: Head of roaring lion facing right ivy leaf below

These things are like potato chips, I can't stop at buying just one.

 

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that's a pretty awesome lion reverse IR!

 

That's a wonderful way to end the year-- I love it!

 

Great coin! Is the relief that high, or is it the lighting?

 

The obverse relief is higher, but the lighting did help highlight the details.

 

Very nice. I too like the reverse best.

 

Wooooow!!! => man, I love that coin!! ... that is awesome (totally jealous)

*rats* => I don't have a coin from Troas, Antandros (that's a beaut!!)

 

Very nice Greek coin.

I don't have any Greeks right now but I will be obtaining some later and the first one will be that AR Illyria bull next month I think.

 

Beautiful piece.

 

Lovely! I believe I just received two from Antandros a few days ago (part of a mixed lot) but haven't had the chance to photograph or attribute them yet. Is yours about 8-10mm too, or the larger sized one? That lion is great!

 

It is 8 mm. When you get them out post the coins.

 

Cool addition! One I have on my wishlist

 

Here are my two little lions from Antandros, part of a mixed lot of largely unattributed Greek fractions. The first has Apollo on the obverse, and the second one Artemis. Neither are as nice as the OP coin, but still pretty cool to have.


TROAS, Antandros
Circa 4th - 3rd Centuries BC
AE8
0.93g, 8.5mm
SNG Copenhagen 218 var. (no grape bunch)
O: Laureate head of Apollo right.
R: Roaring lion’s head right; grape bunch above; ANTAN clockwise to right.


TROAS, Antandros
Circa 350 BC
AE8
0.73g, 8.7mm
SNG von Aulock 7582
O: Head of Artemis Astyrne right, thin band in hair.
R: Head of lion right, ANTAN counter-clockwise to right.

 

Wow => great coins, Z-Bro ... man, one of these cool lion coins are now atop my want-list (I love the coin-type)

... well done, gentlemen

 

Looks like I made a mistake in size. The coin is actually 15mm.