It's only fair to celebrate TIF's 5th year anniversary by crediting her with one of several coins i received in the mail today...none i've got are as pretty as hers, but she (and her coins) were on my mind when bidding on them.(not taking anything away from others here, for you've all had influence on me) E Pluribus Unum.. POST YOUR COINS AND COMMENTS PEEPS! Bronze Aeolis, Kyme (Cyme) ca.350-241 BC Forepart horse/ single handled pitcher/cup(oenochoe) 15mm,3.23gms
Yes, TIF is a bad influence on all of us... and how we love her for it. I showed this one recently, but since it's Kyme tyme... AEOLIS, Kyme AE21. 8.62g, 20.7mm. AEOLIS, Kyme, circa 250-190 BC. SNG von Aulock 1635; SNG München 498. O: Diademed head of the Amazon Kyme right. R: KVMAI/ΩN, Horse standing right with left foreleg raised over one-handled vase; ΠVΘAΣ in exergue.
A beautiful coin, @ominus1 ! The one-handled cup shown on almost all Hellenistic Kyme coins seems a bit mysterious. It has an atypical shape and I'm not sure whether it can be correctly described as an oenochoe since it misses the narrow neck. The vessel obviously serves as the icon (or paraseme) of the city, but as far as I'm aware, its full significance is unclear. Does anyone perhaps know more about this? Also, here are some coins from Kyme with an eagle obverse: Kyme, Aeolis, AE16, circa 320–250 BC (?). Obv: Eagle standing right, magistrate's name [...]PΩΣ above. Rev: one-handled cup, K-Y. 16mm, 3.79g. Ref: BMC 27–39. Kyme, Aeolis, AE11, circa 320–250 BC (?). Obv: Eagle standing right. Rev: one-handled cup, K-Y. 11mm, 0.9g. Ref: BMC 16–20; SNG Copenhagen 41–45; SNG von Auloch 1625. Kyme, Aeolis, AR hemiobol, circa 480–450 BC. Obv: Eagle's head left, KY before. Rev: Quadripartite incusum. 8 mm, 0.9g. Ref: BMC 10–13; SNG Copenhagen 31–33; SNG von Auloch 1623. (And please excuse the poor photo quality as well as the horrible shadows. At some point, I should probably get a tripod and a different light source...)
Great looking Greek horse my man! I really dig the oenochoe reverse as well. I need to add one to my collection
All of you are bad influences, period! If I had never discovered this forum, I probably have 20 ancient coins at best... which means I've made 130+ additional purchases because of the bad influence in this place.
I haven't had any interactions with TIF yet but the passionate collectors here have definitely started me down the Ancients road. I never thought it would happen.
TIF saved my two posts with her injections of humor and astounding coins. Anyone unfamiliar with TIF should check out tifcollection.com to see her coins and sense of humor on great display.
There have been countless coins I have bought solely because I have seen other examples posted. And it isn't just ancients, much of it is modern world coins.
Cool coin, @ominus1! Or in Ominus1 speak, k@@L koin, peeps! I don't have anything from Kyme The device on these coins has always made me do a double-take. It is indeed mysterious and these are my best guesses: 1. Ancient bikini bottom 2. An advertisement for a family planning clinic. Note the uterus and ovaries; an IUD is in the right field. What a flattering way to say I derailed your posts
Hmm, not that I recall. I have the front half of many winged pigs, a bull, a hind, a couple of wolves, and front end of a man-faced mosquito, but no hemi horsies.
..oh..well, ahem....boy..i seem to recall that you were posting on a thread that had a frontal and a rear..and i guess i accredited it to you mistakenly...but you DO have some sea horseys and that will be my next thread so hey.. take this credit for the next one coming up instead..
@TIF is a wit backed by astounding tastes. Her Alexandrian diobol with a 'snake on horseback' has to be seen to be believed! It's one of my favourite coins anyone has posted on CT. You can't do any better as far as influences are concerned.
Here is a less-common obverse for the bikini bottom: Kyme, 250-190 BC, 1.29g, AE12 Obv: Head of the city founder, Amazon Kyme, right Rev: Κ−Υ; "bikini bottom" (or one-handled cup); ΗΡΑΙΟΣ (magistrate) Ref: SNG Cop 87, Sear 4190, SNG von Aulock 7695 Acquired August 2005 The coin is believed to picture Kyme, "presumably" a lieutenant of the Amazon queen Myrina, and founder of the city. The people of ancient Kyme were said to be stupid. Here is an ethnic joke told in ancient Greece: A man from Kyme was trying to sell some honey. When someone came and tasted it and said that it was very good, the seller said: “Well, yes: if a mouse hadn’t fallen in it, I wouldn’t be selling it!” The citizens were believed to be very literal minded. Here is another ancient joke poking fun at Kyme: When a distinguished man was being buried in Kyme, someone came up and asked the mourners: “Who was the dead man?” One of Kymeans turned around and pointed and said: “That guy lying on the coffin.”
they seemed to be layed back.. i read where other communities around them said they were foolish not to charge port tax to ships..and i saw your name on the page of information when looking for some on this coin Ed.
