Ancients => A couple more horses for the ol' coin-ranch

Giddyup


KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip II. 356-336 BCE
AR tetradrachm. 24mm, 14.20 gm, 12h
Pella, 342-336 BCE
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
Rev: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right, thunderbolt below, N in exergue
Ref: Le Rider 222-306. SNG ANS 385-95
ex Colosseo Collection


ZEUGITANA, Carthage
early 2nd century BCE
AE 15-shekel, 45 mm, 95 gm
Obv: wreathed head of Tanit left
Rev: horse standing right, left foreleg up; solar disk with uraei above
Ref: Alexandropoulos J (2000) Les monnaies de l'Afrique Antique, 103; Müller L (1861) Numismatique de L'Ancienne Afrique, 131; Luynes 3782; Jenkins GK and Lewis RB (1963) Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, Royal Numismatic Society, London, pl. 28 12

 

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Just... Horsin' Around...

 

C'mon Gandalf, you've got to try harder than that!!



=> wow Gandalf, that's an amazing number of horses (congrats)

 

Hmmm? (well played) => now, I'm gonna have to find a bunch of "other" horses ... man, I love this coin-stuff!!

 

Naaayyyy

 

Hey now!

 

Hay i meant

 

I saw what you did there

 

I'm late to the party (being out of town is my weak excuse), but congrats on the two scores, Steve. I find the second one especially sweet. Here's my horse and nymph combo from Larissa.


THESSALY, Larissa
AR Obol. 0.95g, 11.4mm. THESSALY, Larissa, circa 440-400 BC. BCD I -; BCD II -; CNG EAuction 292, 5 December 2012, 38 (same obverse die?); cf. BMC 24. O: Horse to right; above, crescent to right; below, dolphin to right. R: Λ - A, the nymph Larissa striding left, bouncing a ball off the ground with her right hand; all within shallow incuse square.

 

Here's one I don't toss out too often:


Kings of Numidia, Micipsa, c. 148-118 BC
Æ26, 12.9g, 12h; Numidian mint.
Obv.: Laureate head of king left.
Rev.: Horse galloping left, pellet below.

 

Thanks for posting your sweet coins, fellas

Hey, Jwt => I have that same coin, except my example has been curb-stomped!!

Here is your coin "BEFORE"



And here is my coin "AFTER"



=> bold & clear counterstamp of the head of Ammon



Man, they look pretty sweet together, eh?

You got head and I got tail (we both won!!)

 

I'm with jwt here. When we have a pile on thread, I wish we could toss out things we have not shown for a while. TThe problem is figuring out which ones we have and which we have not shown. I don't recall showing this and it has horses and a girl (Arathusa). For a bonus: dolphins. Steve should like it.

Syracuse, AR tetradrachm, 485-478 BC
This is older than the more popular fine art Classical styles of Syracusan tetradrachms.

 

Luckily? => my memory is so fricken bad that I can't remember which coins I've shown, so I probably keep showin' 'em and showin' 'em and showin' 'em ... *whatev*

on the bright-side => my collection always looks brand new to me ... hey, haven't seen that one before!! (Ephesos bee, eh? => sweet!!)