Featured AMCC 2: My First BCD Coin! Post your examples also!

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Curtisimo, Nov 23, 2019.

  1. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Not sure what joke you’re referring to, Sev. I just didn’t want to be immodest and draw more attention to my humble tag. :angelic:
     
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  3. Curtisimo

    Curtisimo the Great(ish)

    Great coin and post @Pavlos ! I love coins from Sikyon :)

    That’s an exceptionally beautiful Larissa facing portrait, Q. Great coin.

    Haha they do look like coin brothers. :) I like how yours has a left facing bull. Those seem to be scarcer than the right facing like mine. Great coin.

    Nice addition ancientone!
     
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  4. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Great new coin, and from AMCC 2 and your first ex-BCD! I only have one myself, nothing too fancy but it's a nice little nibble that I couldn't pass up, and a pretty lil' horsey about to take a rest on the reverse...

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    Thessaly, Larissa
    AE Hemichalkon or Chalkous
    Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC
    Obverse: Head of the nymph Larissa left.
    Reverse: ΛAPIΣ/AIΩN, horse standing right, preparing to lie down; Δ to right.
    References: BCD Thessaly II 392.4, Rogers 304
    Size: 12.5mm, 2.32g
    Ex: BCD Collection (w/ tag) –

    T/ne ex Thess.,
    Jan. 88, 1500 drs.

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  5. Curtisimo

    Curtisimo the Great(ish)

    Nice coin Z. The Bruce McNall provenance almost makes it more interesting than if it had been acquired in Greece.

    I am happy to have won this one from your collection. Thanks for the kind words on the photo. The nice patina made this coin really easy to photograph. If I keep this up I’m going to have a nice sub-collection of ex zumbly coins which means...

    Oh yeah... I’m going to be beating this zumbly tag joke to death :eek::D:hilarious:
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  6. Terence Cheesman

    Terence Cheesman Well-Known Member

    Lokris Opuntii Stater 370-360 B.C. Humphris/ Delbridge Group 2 9a BCD Collection NAC Auction 55 Lot 13 October 8 2010 12.26 grms 22mm lokriop2.jpg In September 2010 I retired from the Post Office and as a vacation drove to New York City from Edmonton Alberta Canada. I had ordered the NAC Auction 55 as I really liked these coin and hope to get one from this auction. I failed miserably. Since then I tried to get one of these coins from other auctions again for one reason or another not getting one. At the NYINC last January I finally scored one. I have been happy with this one ever since.
     
  7. Curtisimo

    Curtisimo the Great(ish)

    Nice coin VD76!

    Nice coin Justin. I see that the tag with your example notes “T/ne ex Thess.” while mine notes “V. ex Thess.” I wonder if anyone has tried making a key of what each BCD abbreviation means? Would be very useful!

    As always Terrance that is a STUNNING coin. Thanks for sharing it!
     
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  8. Archeocultura

    Archeocultura Well-Known Member

    As an archaeologist, I jumped at the photo: so much to see and more to conjecture... Someone must have been there earlier and made maps:depressed:. This is what I see at first glance. acropolis.jpg
     
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  9. VD76

    VD76 Well-Known Member

    Seems that I have another ex BCD . Bought from Forum six years ago.
    Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 400 - 350 B.C.
    Bronze dichalkon . 5.340g, 19.1mm . Krannon mint .
    Obverse : laureate head of Poseidon right .
    Reverse : “KR-A” (or similar), horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys, trident below .
    cf. Rogers 179 ff.; BCD Thessaly 1081.1; SNG Cop 39 - 40; BMC Thessaly p. 17, 7; SCGV 2075 (various ethnic arrangements) .
    ex BCD collection
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  10. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    EXCELLENT coin, @Curtisimo ! Great writeup! And topographical maps / pics! YES!

    My EX: @ab initio / BCD Collection Coins:

    1) ARGOS

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    ARGOLIS. Argos. Circa 490-470 BC.
    AR Triobol, 14mm, 2.9g, 12h.
    Obv.: Forepart of wolf lying down right.
    Rev.: Large A; two small incuse squares above, pellet below crossbar; all within shallow square incuse.
    Reference: BCD Peloponnesos 1009.
    Ex: @John Anthony, Coin Galleries, Ex-BCD

    John's wonderful write-up:
    Argos is one of the oldest inhabited cities in history. During the classical period, they were a powerful rival of Sparta for dominance over the Peloponnese. The citizens of Argos were also famed for their various festivals and celebrations, pottery and bronze sculpturing schools, tanneries, and manufacturers of fine clothing.

    This is an EXTREMELY rare variety of early triobol, with the wolf facing right. The vast majority of the early triobols have the wolf facing left. Later issues feature the wolf facing right quite often, but I could only find one example of this reverse type, here. - notice how the reverse design became more intricate over time. The 5th-century issues are simpler.

    This coin is ex-BCD, with his tag, which reads “From the Coin Galleries, MBS, Nov. 12, 1986, lot 73, total cost $125.”


    Here's another'n:

    2) PHLIUS

    Phlius Phliasia Peloponnesus AE12 1.8g 400-350 BCE Bull butting - PHI 4 pellets BMC 16.JPG

    Phlius, Phliasia, The Peloponnesus
    Æ12, 1.8g; 400-350 BC
    Obv.: Bull butting left, head lowered and turned to front.
    Rev.: Large Φ surrounded by four pellets.
    Reference: BCD Peloponnesos 109 var, BMC 16
    Ex-BCD Collection, not in Leu sale, from GMRH, Aug 1981.

    ...comes from Phlius, supposedly named after the Argonaut and son of Dionysos, Phlias. The city was a Spartan ally and member of the Peloponnesian league.
    Like many other cities of ancient Greece, Phlius fell into civil strife between a democratic and an oligarchic faction during the 4th century BCE; the democratic faction initially gained control and exiled its opponents, but in 380 BCE a Spartan army under Agesilaus laid siege to the city for some twenty months, eventually forcing the Phliasians to capitulate and accept oligarchic government. -wiki
    These minute bronzes are evidently quite scarce - only a few on ACSEARCH as well.
    This coin is ex-BCD and comes with his round tag with typically neat, miniscule handwriting.


    And another'n:

    3) ROMAN REPUBLIC

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    Roman Republic, c. 211-210 BC.
    AR quinarius, 16.5 mm, 2.14 grams; Apulian mint.
    Obv.: Helmeted head of Roma to right.
    Rev.: Dioscuri on horseback, symbol: Phrygian helmet.
    Reference: Crawford 102/2b.
    Ex: @John Anthony , BCD Collection


    Here’s a beautiful quinarius from the BCD collection. Crawford 102/2b is a rare variety, although the coin’s merits may have nothing to do with rarity. As a type coin it’s simply stunning: well centered, well-struck, with pristine surfaces. The coin was struck on a slightly oversized flan, allowing complete borders on both sides.

    BCD bought this coin from Harlan Berk in 1994 for $500, marked down from $850 (the sales tag is included). ... Examples in comparable grades sold at CNG here and NAC here for over $500 after buyer’s fees, but none of the examples I've found are as exquisitely centered as this coin.
     
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