I bought a Pan-head

No sheep is safe tonite........

 

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Hello, I have a coin very similar. I will add an image in the morning as very late.
I would be interested to have some idea of price as I got mine for £5 it having not even been recognised as a coin!

 

Great Pan tetradrachm, Greg! I aspire to owning an example of this type someday. I do have the related small bronze of Pan erecting a trophy, but I do not have a scan of it.

I was going to post the story of Pan inspiring panic in a battle as the reason he is shown on these coins. But I found a thread in which John Anthony says this reason is false. I will counter with this 1926 article from Classical Review which may explain how Pan became associated with panic.

 

@Greg Heinrich , Even a Roman coin specialist like me can love a big, well-centered Macedonian shield!


31 mm! That's big! 16.82 grams. Antigonos Gonatas, 277-239 BC
Sear Greek 6783
Similar to the OP coin, except the lower left field has a Macedonian helmet and the lower right field a monogram.

Anyone who collects only what they claim to collect has more discipline than I do!

 

Like those Macedonian shields, here's mine:

 

Lovely coin, Greg!

 

AE Makedonwn Shield: (Un-Pan)


MAKEDON Philip III Arrhidaios 323-317 BCE Æ 1-2 Unit 17mm 4.2g Miletos mint Makedonwn shield Gorgoneion - Helmet bipennis K Price 2064

PAN-Head - THRACE:

Thrace Pantikapaion 4th C BCE AE 20 Pan head - Griffin forepart BMC 869

 

If we are doing Pan in general I have a nice one:


THRACE, PANTIKAPAION. AE Tetrachalk, 21mm, circa 314-310 BC.
Obv: Head of old Pan right.
Rev: PAN; Legend around forepart of griffin left, sturgeon below.
Ref: Anokhin Bosporus 111.

The lower image is 3d when viewed with blue/red glasses. I did the image in 2013 after taking a class by Gerald Marks. The 3D imaging was done with an ordinary flatbed scanner and Gimp. (Photoshop works too.)

 

A great addition to your collection Greg!

 

A great addition to your collection Greg!

 

A great addition to your collection Greg!

 

Sorry but my phone flipped out on me. Then again I like it that much.

 

This looks fun @Ed Snible and will read over the weekend.

Everyone has great Pan-heads. Thanks for posting them. They are gorgeous! I thought pan-heads were called that because they were shaped (concave/convex) rather like pan (pot) covers! If I had not read Ed Snible's post, I still would not have realized they were named after Pan. Duh!

 

I used to feel bad about being a generalist in all things in life (including my habit of collecting both Greek and Roman Coins without a specialty). Then, I read this quote from Robert Heinlein:

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

I guess being a generalist is OK Here's a pan-head from my collection (excuse the lazy cell phone pic).




Thrace, Pantikapaion - Pan and Griffin, 310-303 BC

 

Same here - beautiful coin and that's a seriously badazz bike as well

 

I've heard of grabbing the bull by the horns, but this....?

 

Wondering why my post is not showing yet? Here is another Pan Head (7 Rays).
Currently for sale-No I do not get commission! Just saw it and thought it could be of interest. https://www.ma-shops.com/henzen/item.php?id=18306&lang=en