Achelous - Manly-man Bull

Wow Ale-G => that's a fantastic new AE Man-bull (congrats)

Oh, and congrats to the rest of the CT-bullpen for posting their outstanding examples (a lot of total winners!!)



Ummm, I have a humble, yet pretty cool man-bull example to add ...

Campania, Neapolis, AR Nomos



Oh, and I also have another sweet example from Campania ...

Campania, Teanum Sidicinum, AE20

 

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Knew I had a bronze one before:

 

Sweet coins everyone!

 

Eesh, so many awesome coins on this thread!

 

Really neat coins! I especially like the bulls with beards.
like this one from CNG's archives

In Houston, we have a thing for beards on our sports teams:
if you like NBA basketball you fear this beard
if you are an American league baseball hitter, you fear this beard
you wouldn't want to meet this beard in an alley
no one in the NFL feared this beard when he was a Texan
even the fans sport beards
and one more
hope the beard distraction did not keep you from numismatics too long

 

Hmmm, That includes me as well these days .....and I refuse to shave until the NYJ are in the Super Bowl!!!

 

LOL, well you might as well wait until Joe Namath plays again!

 

LOL ...Yeah that's probably true

 

Here's mine:



Neapolis, Campania
275 - 250 B.C.
Bronze AE20
6.99 gm, 20 mm
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo left, NEOΠOΛITΩN before, N behind
Rev.: Man-headed Bull walking right, Nike above flying right, IΣ Mongram below, plain exergue

Sear 557 (p. 60); BMC 212 (p.114)
[Taliereio IIIa Series No.34 (p.316, Pl.XV, 34); Hunter 105; SNG Cop. 515 (Pl.13); SNG ANS 496 (Pl. 13); SNG Paris 995-7 (Pl.69); SNG Milan 168; Sambon 672 (p.266); HN 589 (p. 71)]

 

Nice MFBs, everyone!

I have one man-faced bull but it isn't Achelous nor is it from Neopolis.

It is my favorite coin purchased in 2015 and definitely in my overall top ten.


SICILY, Selinos
Circa 410 BCE
AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h
Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above
Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right
Ref: HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.
ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;
ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;
ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript

 

Animals with human heads are interesting:

 

Every time I see your beautiful coin, I feel like she is gonna SLAP that snake!!! Gorgeous coin! I see why your Achelous is in your top 10...just a cool coin!

 

Beautiful toning! Looks great.

 

Wonderful colors!

 

Man-faced bull on each side! Laos, Lucania, AR stater, c 490-470 BC:

 

Hey! Now THAT's a lotta BULL! Nice coin!

 

That's a GREAT coin! I want one!!!

 

It is a very rare type for which I may create a thread.
I purchased it in January, 2015 at the NYINC from a Maryland dealer who represents me at European auctions. He gave me a 10% discount, although I would have been happy to pay his full asking price!

 

@ancientnut, I would be interested in learning more about the design of this coin, and look forward to your thread. Why was it minted? Why is there a man-faced bull on each side? Such a cool coin!