Ancient => I own a new Ionia => send-in Klazomenai!!

This coin

http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=124&pid=10020#top_display_media

It is a beauty!

 

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Oowwww, I want one of these!!




... funny that we picked the same one!!

 

Soooooo, what coins are you not "hooked" on? BTW, I like that winged boar on that page of coins.

 

Answer => strange, but the only coin-type I seem to dislike are those Chinese ones with the holes in 'em ... wierd, eh? ... I wonder why that coin-type turns me off?
=> maybe I swallowed one of them as a kid, or something along those lines?

=> there were actually several types of winged boar coins, but I know where you are coming from, for I know that you love your version of the Boar and Lion (Mysia, Kyzikos Obol, incuse coin) ... am I correct?

 

Yup

 

Windchild => I agree ... I find this perspective very attractive (funny that there seems to be so few Roman Ruler coins with this 3/4 facing view, eh?)

Ummm, come to think of it => "are there any Roman Ruler coins with this perspective?" ... please post an example if you've got one (thanks gang)

 

Theodosius II

AV Solidus
423/4 AD
Constantinople mint
D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG
Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed three-quarter facing bust, spear over shoulder
VOT XX MVLT XXX
Victory standing left, holding cross, star in left field
I/CONOB
4.47g
RIC X 225
EF

Ex CNG

 

A few beauties showing the 3/4th facing bust.




Sicily, Katane. AR Tetradrachm (16.4g), ca. 405-402 BC. HPAKΛ[EIΔAΣ]. Laureate head of Apollo facing, inclined slightly to left, his hair in loose waves around his face. Reverse: [KA]TANAIΩ[N]. Fast quadriga left, the third horse looking back, the fourth looking to its right; above, Nike (Victory) flying right to crown charioteer; in exergue (off-flan), fish left. Kraay-Hirmer 43 (same dies); Rizzo pl. xiv, 10 (same dies) Gulbenkian 190 (same dies). A little rough at 6 o'clock and 11 o'clock on the reverse. The obverse is exceptionally clean. Extremely Fine/Very Fine. .

This is considered to be the most attractive of the two dies Herakleidas cut for Katane. The facing head of Apollo is engraved with extraordinary skill in extremely high relief. A true masterpiece of Greek art.

In the last decade of the fifth Century BC, the Second Sicilian War began to embroil the island. Sicily would be torn asunder for many years as Carthage and Syrakuse each sought domination. As if in defiance of the sword, spear and fire and in celebration of the vitality of the island and its cities, this time marks the beginning of one of the most creative and artistic periods of Greek coinage. In Katane, this period is heralded by the remarkable tetradrachms of Herakleidas. Bringing Apollo to the obverse and tilting his head only slighty to the left, Herakleidas depicts him with wide piercing eyes and a strong gaze. The viewer is, indeed, brought face to face with a god. Herakleidas then skillfully tempers Apollo's arresting gaze, for one should not stare directly at a god (partially done by Apollo's slight turn to the left), with flowing locks of hair. On the reverse, he offers the viewer the fluid motion of the horses and the drama of each with the realistic bending of the charioteer's body to control these elemental forces.

Provenance: The Hunter Collection, Ex Christie's May 2, 1989, lot 627 (front cover)




Thessaly, Larissa. AR Drachm (6.05g) struck mid to late 4th century BC. Head facing slightly left of the nymph Larissa, wearing ampyx, triple-drop earring, and wire necklace. Reverse: ΛAPIΣ / AIΩN. Horse crouching right, about to roll; below, trident left(?). BCD Thessaly II, 323 (same obverse die); BCD Thessaly I, 1157. Delicate golden highlights. Lustrous. Superb Extremely Fine.

Provenance: The Hunter Collection.

 

AR didrachm signed by Eyainetos before 405
24mm
8.55 g
Bust of young river-god Hipparis, facing three- quarter l., with horns on forehead and hair in long loose curls; a fish downwards on either side. On neck, signature [EYAI]. The whole within border of stylised waves.
KAM - A - RI - NA The nymph Camarina, with head l., dressed in low-necked chiton leaving the breast partly bare and with crossed legs, riding on swan l. over curved waves. She clasps with l. hand the swan's neck while r. holds billowing chiton. In field r., fish amid waves.
SNG Lloyd 876 (these dies). Rizzo pl. 7, 9 (these dies). SNG Hunterian 5 (these dies). Kraay-Hirmer pl. 54, 152 (these dies). Westermark-Jenkins 162.7 (this coin, the different weight is due to the cleaning).


Not sure that this picture is going to work

Link here: http://www.acsearch.info/images/1/7928.jpg

 

Thanks dude ... nice examples

Ummm, but are there any 3/4 facing views of the 12 Caesars, or any of the other "Roman's Greatest Hits Rulers?"

 

hmmm?

I may as well add this baby to my other/old thread, eh?



=> ummm, does anybody else have any 3/4-facing additions since this thread was created?

 

Yessir, I have a couple of 3/4 facing portraits:

SICILY, Syracuse. AE tetras. I love this little coin


IONIA, Klazomenai. More like 7/8 or 15/16 facing

 

This is an old thread. I know we have had other threads covering the Arcadius/Honorius/Theodosius 3/4 bronzes. The rare one I'd like to have is the Licinius II full facer. They are ugly compared to the 3/4 coins and probably demonstrate why most people did not use facers.
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1103165

The other one that appeals to me is the Carausius at 1/10 the price ($63k).
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=417160

 

Sweet coin!