Ancients => Mmmm, Lesbos

Ooooo.... get me somethin'! get me somethin'! get me somethin'! Oh pleeeeez!

 

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All I have is a Philip I Damascus AE25 ram too worn and wooly to be cool.

 

Did someone mention satyrs?

Thasos, Thrace
AR trihemiobol
Obv: Satyr kneeling left, holding kantharos
Rev: ΘAΣ-IΩN, amphora
Mint: Thasos
Date:411-350 BC
Size: 0.82 gr
Ref: SG1755v

 

@dougsmit that ram is definitely cool

 

Wow, those are all amazing examples, gang (thanks for everybody who dug-deep and posted their sweet coins)

Man TIF, you sure have a lot of winners, eh? (congrats)

Well, I guess I still have a few ram examples in my back-pocket ...

... wanna see 'em? ...

=> here are three pretty cool examples from good ol' Troas, Kebren ...

TROAS, Kebren, Æ9
Circa 400-387 BC
Diameter: 9 mm
Weight: 0.69 grams
Obverse: Head of female right (or Apollo?)
Reverse: Head of ram right
Reference: SNG Ashmolean 1108–10; SNG von Aulock 7624; SNG Copenhagen 265 var. (ethnic)



TROAS, Kebren, AR Diobol
5th century BC
Diameter: 8 mm
Weight: 1.16 grams
Obverse: Archaic head (of Apollo?) left
Reverse: Head of ram left within incuse square
Reference: SNG Ashmolean 1086; SNG Copenhagen



TROAS, Kebren, AR Obol
5th century BC
Diameter: 7 mm
Weight: 0.61 grams
Obverse: Archaic head (of Apollo?) left
Reverse: Head of ram left within incuse square
Reference: Cf. SNG Ashmolean 1086 (diobol); SNG Copenhagen

 

that ram/bull of your is my favorite stevex, but your new little coin is pretty awesome. cool obverse and a double ram is pretty sweet.

man, i just don't have anything to share here.


so here's a gifof a YN reenacting your new coins reverse.

 

I guess I'm gonna have to get more animals so I can post on your threads. I only have the one ram/goat.

 

Here is a coin minted at Castello Metelino (Mytilene) in Lesbos by Dorino Gattilusio of the Gattilusio Enterprise in the Aegean around 1430s-1440s. The coin shows the bicephal eagle with the Gattilusio coat of arms on the obverse and the Palaeologan coat of arms on the reverse:





The Gattilusio Enterprise consisted of a breakout branch of the Genoese Dorias, who went from a small-time family business under Palaeologan suzerainty to a full corporation-like administrative body successfully governing the northern Aegean, from Ainos to Lesbos, Thasos, Lemnos, Samothraki and Imbros, before being exterminated by the Turks in 1462/3.

One of the daughters of Dorino Gattilusio -- Caterina -- was married to Constantine XI Palaeologos-Dragases in 1441 as he was still the Despot of Morea, before becoming the last Emperor of Constantinople.
An interesting book about the Gattilusio Enterprise in the Aegean is "The Gattilusio Lordships and the Aegean World, 1355-1462" by Christopher Wright.

The coin posted was sold by Varesi, an Italian auctioneer, in 2015. Pic courtesy of acsearch: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2747270

 

Awesome coin, @stevex6 ; right up your alley.
I have a few:


Lesbos, Mytilene. 412-378 BC. EL Hekte. Forepart of winged lion left / Sphinx seated right, in linear square.
Ref: Bodenstedt-63.
11.3mm
2.57g


Lesbos, Mytilene. 377-326 BC. EL Hekte. Head of Apollo Karneios right, wearing horn of Ammon / Eagle standing right, head reverted, within linear square in incuse square.
Ref: Bodenstedt 104. SNG Copenhagen 316. SNG von Aulock 1727.
10.4mm
2.51g


Lesbos, Mytilene. 377-326 BC. EL Hecte. Head of Athena facing, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet /Draped bust of Hermes right, his petasos hanging behind his neck, in linear square.
Ref: Bodenstedt-86.
2.50g
11.9mm

-Michael

 

A sweet score

 

Great coin!
Silenus is a kind mentor! -> carpe diem et noctem

Unfortunately I have no shiny coin to share (nor ram, nor Silenus) -> I'm a poor man

If I could choose one with Silenus, I'll without any doubt take this one (tetradrachm of Naxos):



or this one (but it is unique and not for sale):

 

Wow!! ... iamtiberius, thanks for posting those fantastic examples (great coins)

Oh, and those are definitely a couple of cool examples, Prokles



Ummm, well I guess I still have a handful of relevant-enough examples ...

=> how 'bout a few showing Silenus' father, PAN



... now he certainly was another dude that loved his wine, eh?

 

Can't you get your dog to do it?

 

Ahahaha, D-Ray => that's awesome (my new avatar)

 

Apart from this tiny (8 mm) thing, I'm ramless


Troas, Cebren, AE8 c. 400-350 BC
Head of apollo right
Ram's head right
1.1 gr, 8 mm
Ref : Sear #4071

Q

 

Here is my tiny Ram.

 

thanks for posting

 

Dang, now I want a ram coin! Nice one Steve and all.

 

Hey, I figured that I'd bump my
Steve, BUMPING threads is considered self promotion. Please do not do again.
... anyway ...

Maybe some of you dudes are getting tired of seeing my dogs? ... but hopefully a few of you pet-lovers still get a kick out of these two great friends? (they keep me tethered ... I absolutely love 'em)




Yup => good times had by all

 

Is the big dog Lupa Capitoline—foster mother of Romulus and Remus?