I got another tiny coin in the mail a couple of days ago. This time around it's a goat instead of a ram. This is another coin that was really hard to get a decent image and what you see is the result of many photo shoots. THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, MYGDONES or KRESTONES AR Obol OBVERSE: Goat kneeling left, head reverted, solid rosette above, pellet to left REVERSE: Quadripartite incuse square Struck at Thrace, 480-470 BC .79g, 11mm Lorber, Goats, Issue 6; AMNG III 14 (Aigai); HPM pl. III, 16; Traité pl. XLIX, 8; SNG ANS Ex-NN Auction 46
Way cool @Bing! That be an old one! I do not have any from Thrace... but I have a couple from more recent times... RR AR Denarius 3.88g L Pomponius Molo 97 BCE Rome Apollo Numa Pompilius stdng Lituus alter sacrifice goat Cr 334-1 Syd 607 Ex: Perry Siegel - Herakles RR Cn Plancius 55 BCE Macedonia causia Cretan Goat quiver Sear 396 Craw 432/1 RR Fonteius 85 BC AR Den Apollo tbolt Cupid Goat Pilei Wreath Sear 271 Craw 353/1a
Nice goat coin and great photo Bing. These little ones are a real challenge to get a good picture of.
Cool goat @Bing !!! And a far better photo than I could take (yeah, I know that's not saying much considering my level of 'expertise ' LOL). I can't offer any 'goats' from the 5th century BC....so I'll throw in a Republican (Hmm, shouldn't that be an elephant??): Silver denarius, Crawford 353/2, Sydenham 726, Fonteia 12, BMCRR I Rome 2483, SRCV I 273, Rome mint, weight 3.383 maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 180o, c. 85 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Vejovis right, thunderbolt below, EX A P (ex Argento Publico) downward behind, no moneyers name; reverse Cupid seated on goat right, flanked by caps of the Dioscuri, thyrsus of Bacchus in exergue, all within laurel wreath.
Well, since we are showing goats: MACEDONIA, THESSALONICA AE19 OBVERSE: Laureate head of Zeus left REVERSE: Two rampant goats, monogram in lower center fiekd Struck at Thessalonica 187-168 BC 6.6g, 19mm SNG Cop 350. Moushmov 6595 C RENIUS AR Denarius OBVERSE: Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind REVERSE: Juno Capriotina in biga of goats right, C RENI below goats, ROMA in ex Struck at Rome 138 BC 3.6g, 16mm Cr231/1, Syd 432 L POMPONIUS MOLO ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS POMPONIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo right; L POMPON MOLO around REVERSE: Numa Pompilius standing right before altar preparing to sacrifice a goat which is being held by a youth; NVMA POMPIL in exergue Struck at Rome 97 BC 3.7g, 18mm Crawford 334/1; Pomponia 6 MN FONTEIUS CF ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo Vejovis right, M FONTEI CF behind, thunderbolt below, ROMA monogram below chin REVERSE: Infant winged Genius (or Cupid) seated Struck at Rome 85 BC 3.87g, 20mm Cr353/1a; Fonteia 9 CN. PLANCIVS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS PLANCIAAR Denarius OBVERSE: CN.[PLANCIVS] AED.CVR.S.C. around Diana Planciana right, wearing petasus, earring, and necklace REVERSE: Cretan goat right; bow and quiver behind Rome 55 BC 18mm, 3.6g Cr 432/1 GALLIENUS Antoninianus OBVERSE: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right REVERSE: IOVI CONS AVG, Goat standing or walking right, Digamma in ex. Struck at Rome, Sole Reign, 267-268 AD 3.8g, 22mm RIC VI 207, right
Nice coin. I've got no real goats to post. Kinda man-goat: Pan Kinda fish-goat: Capricorn Kinda Lion/snake-goat: Chimera
It boggles the mind to think how the engravers were able to work dies that small! Excellent coin Bing!
