Ancients => Tiny Tortoise (what rhymes with tortoise?)

Hey, I scored my first "tortoise" ... I love it!!

Yah, I seem to be targeting lil' wee babies lately (they fricken fascinate me)

=> so here is a pretty cool little coin ... a tortoise and a sweet-leaf

CARIA, Idyma. AR Hemiobol
5th century BC
Diameter: 8 mm
Weight: 0.44 grams
Obverse: Land tortoise with segmented shell
Reverse: Leaf, pellet
Reference: SNG Ashmolean 228; SNG Kayhan 1627 = CNG 72, lot 803; Klein 522
Other: 11h … sweet toning, slightly granular, reverse off center. Very rare






I "love" this new coin ..... I'm pumped on coining once again!!

=> cha-ching .... I now have myself a "tortoise" .... *check*

 

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Just like one of them pet turtles my kids wanted when they were young

 

... I'm fairly sure that your kids still like you

 

Steve once bought a minuscule tortoise
Then posted to CoinTalk to court us
He cried out online,
“My God there’s no rhyme!"
And TIF said “No turtle with thwart us!"



Interesting pickup, coinbro!

 

But you probably saved them from getting salmonella, Bing.
Steve

 

Cute little tortoise, Steve... and not one of the ones you usually see, either. Cool score.

 

Cool coin. I was interested until I saw how small it was. I know it's my failing but I have a hard time spending significant money on coins that are smaller than a gram.

 

Funny => that's why I was interested in it ... I'm always amazed by the artist's ability to create such a mini wonder!!

Oh, and even more surprised that it's managed to survive for 2400 years!!

... please don't get interested in these small gems (there is already way too much competition, H8er)

 

Please go ahead and post any tortoise examples ... ummm, or leaf examples

=> oh, or any examples that are teeny-weeny

 

(what rhymes with tortoise?) Porpoise?

Cool coin.

 

Hmmm, I don't have any other tortoise examples ...

=> Hey, but how 'bout a few other cool AR examples from Caria?

Caria, Mylasa, AR Obol
400-300 BC
Lion & Scorpion (incuse square)



Caria, Kindya, AR Tetrobol
510-480 BC
Head of Ketos Sea Monster & Pattern (incuse square)



Satraps of Caria, Pixodaros, AR Trihemiobol
341-335 BC
Apollo head & Starlike pattern

 

Oh, and here is my extremely humble "sea turtle" ...

=> it's kinda like a comfy cousin of my new OP Land Tortoise





... they're roughly the same age, so hopefully they'll be awesome pals

 

Deport us

 

Hmmm... no leaf, no tortoise; but I DO have "teeny-weeny"!


Carthage - Zeugitana AV 1/10th Stater-Shekel 350-320 BCE 0.94g 7.5mm Palm- Horse Head



China Cheng Han Kingdom 303-347 CE Li Show of Sichuan FIRST to use a Reign Title on coin 17-6mm 0.89g Obv-Rev Hartill 12-7b


Thessaly Larissa 344-337 BCE AR Obol 0.68g Nymph Larissa Horse Grazing SNG Cop 1


Sicily Gela AR Litra Horse-Achelous 0.63g 13mm 465-450 BCE Obv-Rev HGC 2 p 373


Sogdiana - Western - Hyrcodes ca 3rd-4th C CE AR Scyphate Obol or Reduced Drachm 12mm 0.56g Bukhara mint Male-Deity BMC Bactria p118


Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AR Obol 7mm 0.51g Babylon Lifetime Herakles lion skin Club bow quiver monogram in wreath M Price 3744


Mysia Kyzikos AR Hemiobol 480-450 BCE 0.4g Boar-Lion Sear 3850


Russia Peter the Great AR Kopek 1682-1725 Wire Money Horse Rider - Great Tsar Peter 11.1mm 0.27g


Iona Kolophon AR Tetartemorion 530-520 BCE Archaic Apollo Incuse Punch 0.15g 4.5mm


Persian Achaemenid Empire Darius I 510-486 BC AR 0.11g 5mm Persian hero-king in running-kneeling position Oblong incuse Klein 758 Rare

 

Nice Han Xing! The reign title translates directly into "Han Rising," which meant that Li Show was trying to form a new Han Dynasty. I still need one of those, though I have not yet found a nice one in my budget. If/when I can afford to regularly spend $100-200 on a coin, then it would be a more-viable option.

Also, this was not the first instance of a reign title on a coin. That award goes to the Tai Ping Bai Qian cast ca 256/7 AD, whose inscription means "One Hundred [cash] of Tai Ping."

 

Rigor mortis ?

 

(what rhymes with tortoise?) is an ancient question that when answered will reveal the secrets of the universe orrrrr how about porpoise?

 

Mortise

 

CHORTIS as in CHORTIS SPECVLATORVM (a coin I really want badly)

 

Another trident:


Septimius Severus , AD 193-211
AR Denarius, 3.3g, 20mm; 1h; Rome, AD 209
Obv.: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right
Rev.: PM TRP XVII COS III P P; Neptune standing left, holding a trident, foot on globe

Here's another one with a trident:


Azes I/II, Indo-Scythians, BC 57-12/AD 5-35
AR, tetradrachm, 8.76h, 24.5mm;1h
Obv.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΞΟΥ; Great king on horseback right, bow on back, right arm raised holding (?), whip in left, monogram of Karosthi letter left field
Rev.:Karosthi legend; Poseidon standing right holding trident and extending right hand, monogram left, Karosthi letter right (?)