After more than 3 months of coin draught, here is an ex. Bing Crosby beauty I just picked up at auction from our dear friend and famous golden age singer @Bing I wasn't going to buy anything until around March, but sometimes you just see something you've got to have. AEOLIS, AIGAI AE 10 OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo right REVERSE: Head and neck of a goat, AIΓAE behind Struck at Aigai, 300-200BC .9g, 10mm SNG von Aulock 1593; SNG Copenhagen 1 Ex: Bing The Apollo portrait on this tiny Greek beauty is superb, and the crazy drunk goat head on the reverse really caught my eyes. I love the style in which that goat was rendered. I also have a soft side for tiny coins, with around 30 coins in my collection being 10mm or under. And being able to say I have an Ex. Bing coin was also a huge plus, given the respect and admiration I have for Bing as a member of this forum. How could I pass such a desperately pretty little coin from such a great collector? Feel free to post any coins you deem relevant. Spuds MacKenzie is a total amateur compared to my drunk goat. For those of you who don't get the reference, Google "1980's Bud Light beer dog".
I agree, JW certainly is an upstanding pillar of our ancients community (and I'm not saying that because I just won two coins from his auction ). Hard to believe I've know him and several others here for almost a decade now, from the CCF days
Aw gee guys. You're making me blush I've learned a few things from this first auction, and will hopefully correct some things for any subsequent auctions. For one thing, my organization skills have been put to the test. I've not had to do this kind of work since I left the army nearly 20 years ago.
Here's a couple of goats! Mn. Fonteius C.f., 85 BC. Roman AR Denarius, 3.97 g, 21.0 mm, 5h. Rome mint. Obv: MN. FONTEI C. F, Laureate head of Apollo-Vejovis right; thunderbolt below; Roma monogram below chin. Rev: Infant Genius seated right on goat; pilei of the Dioscuri above; below, filleted thyrsus right; all within wreath. Refs: Crawford 353/1a; Sydenham 724; Fonteia 9; BMCRR 2476; RCV 271; Varesi 290. Valerian II, Caesar AD 256-258. Roman billon antoninianus, 3.14 g, 22.5 mm, 5 h. Cologne, AD 257-258. Obv: VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust, right. Rev: IOVI CRESCENTI, infant Jupiter seated facing on goat standing right, his right hand raised. Refs: RIC 3; Göbl 907e; Cohen 26; RCV 10731; Hunter 9.
Here's one I got for one of my grandsons for Christmas. I was getting my grandkids animal coins, and he picked a goat as his preference. He didn't get one goat but two with this biga of goats on the reverse. Renia. Denario. 138 a.C. Roma. (Ffc-1088). (Craw-231/1). (Cal-1230). Anv.: Cabeza de Roma a derecha, detrás X. Rev.: Juno en biga a derecha, arrastrada por machos cabríos, debajo C RENI y en exergo ROMA. Ag. 3,78 g. MBC.
I rejoice to read you again Sallent. Actually, I was missing your posts and comments sometime ago. Well I searched in my old folders and found this. The coin is a little bit worn or it needs better pictures, but the outcome seems great. The reverse shows an extinct species of goats that grew somewhere in Arabia (possibly Jordan) . It was called a Jerboah. It's heading left here. The obverse hints that the coin dates back to the early Umayyad reign in the late seventh century AD. I might try to find the coin in my old boxes and take better photos or scans, if necessary. Here it is.
When I think of goats, I have trouble deciding whether I prefer them active (Thessalonika AE20) or passive (Philip V AE20).
Nice @Sallent ! Welcome back from your coin hiatus. I had to get coin #1 in @Bing Auction #1 ! Here is a goat... RR AR Denarius 3.88g L Pomponius Molo 97 BCE Rome Apollo Numa Pompilius stdng Lituus alter sacrificing goat Cr 334-1 Syd 607
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 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
