Here is another tiny coin I got at auction a couple of weeks ago. And again, I bought for the reverse. How much more iconic can you get from Ancient Greece (not the Germans of last century)? It's also my oldest coin in my collection. Sorry for the image, but it is so tiny I am having a hard time getting an in focus image. APOLLONIA PONTIKA AR Hemiobol OBVERSE: Anchor, A in field REVERSE: Swastika with two parallel lines in each quadrant Struck at Apollonia Pontika, circa 500BC .28g, 6.54mm SNG BM 149; Moushmov 3146 ex. Aegean Numismaics
Nein, Fraulein!! => I actually really like the cool Swastika ... this was all before the nastiness of the 20th century => but this is my only example from this place ... Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, AR Diobol 450-350 BC Apollo Facing & Anchor
Absolutely wonderful. I can't imagine someone in antiquity engraving such a small die without using a magnifying glass of some sort.
That coin offends me, Bing. Now I'm so triggered and perpetually offended that I require a safe space with a bucket of playdough and a TV playing continuous images of cute puppies. Off the record: Nice coin, Bing! She is a real beauty. Sadly I only have this type:
Love the coin Bing but I had to read your description to know it was an anchor. With the Swastika on the reverse I thought the obverse was a Mushroom Cloud. Then I remembered that it's an ancient coin.
Nice and cool coin @Bing with the long-historical GOOD-LUCK symbol of early times! It is typical that modern man has to associate it as poor symbolism through mass-media, and only used for a short period of time. Whereas, the true meaning has been used for THOUSANDS of years: "The word swastika comes from the Sanskrit svastika, which means “good fortune” or “well-being." The motif (a hooked cross) appears to have first been used in Neolithic Eurasia, perhaps representing the movement of the sun through the sky. To this day it is a sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Odinism." I only have Apollo-Anchor design: Apollonia Pontica Thrace AR Diobol 1.3g 410-323 BCE Apollo Anchor, crab A Tupalov 56 Looks like my Apollo "kissed" the wall a little too harshly! >OUCH<
