Tetradrachm of Rhegium with Head of Apollo

Here is a Tetradrachm of Rhegium I picked up the Summer FUN show. I sent it off to David Sear for peace of mind. David gave it the thumbs up and called it a "good example of this powerfully rendered type". It has a slightly blobby appearance which David also said was normal for very high relief issues. This coin is the highest relief I have by far. Both sides are very high relief, but the lion is just ridiculous. Most people are drawn to it more than any other ancient I have I think because it is so 3d. I am trying to get a good picture that shows this aspect of it off well but depth of field is always lacking.



Bruttium, Rhegium, AR Tetradrachm circa 415/410-387 BC
17.12 gm, 22.6 mm.
Obverse: Lion’s scalp facing
Reverse: Rhegion before laureate head of Apollo right, olive branch behind.
Herzfelder 102 (D60/R87) citing 5 specimens from this die combination, BMC Italy p.375, 25, Sear 501.

Post your coins of Rhegium.

John

 

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It's gorgeous! Congrats on a great acquisition. Looking forward to side-view images

 

Wow thats a fantastic coin, can't do images of the edge to see the height of the relief?

 

I don't do ancients yet , but that lion is awesome. I too look forward to some side pics...

 

Wonderful! Must be awfully nice to have one of these Rhegium lion scalp types in tetradrachm size .

 

Side shot!

Very good looking coin - I bet that lion is sick in hand.

 

A great rendered coin. Beautiful

 

An excellent coin! Congrats!!

 

Wow, John! Very tough coin. I specialize in Magna Graecia tetradrachms and I don't have one of those. Superb pickup!

 

Great coin!

 

That's simply a fantastic tet!! I'd LOVE to add one to my collection!!

That lion scalp obverse is utterly mesmerizing!!!

 

Amazing coin Theo!

 

Wow, that's lovely!

Yes, please post a side or oblique view of your new coin, I'd love to see that.

 

Thanks everyone. I have wanted one of these for a long time. I am going to try my cell phone for the side shot. Using my 35mm is not working well.

 

Sweet!! => now that's a cool coin (Theodosius, congrats on posting a real winner)

I happen to have a humble example from Bruttium ... wanna see it?

BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. AR Litra
Circa 445-435 BC
Diameter: 13 mm
Weight: 0.71 grams
Obverse: Facing lion’s scalp
Reverse: RECI within wreath
Reference: Herzfelder p. 89, B; HN Italy 2485
Other: 3h … VF, toned, some porosity
From the collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex Antioch Associates
34 (2001), lot 11



They're quite gorgeous "together" .... ummm, secret Santa?

 

Bummer, Steve, I already got you a 2-4 of Molson Ex for Christmas this year!

That is a nice coin, though. Look at how the ears are rendered on your earlier example compared to my coin which was minted later.

 

Here are some cell phone side shots. I think some of these turned out pretty cool. I did finally find a copy of Herzfelder.

 

Here are a few more, totally gratuitous pictures. This photo is very close to what it looks like in real life, sitting in front of you.



Paired with what would normally be called a "high relief" coin, the lion administers a relief smack down.



Group shot with some other coins.



Hope you enjoyed these.

John

 

Cool shots and thanks for taking them.

 

A fun Friday night for me! There is a huge thunderstorm going on, so sitting inside playing coins is very cozy.