My coins bigger than yours. I know, I know. It's not the size of the coin but what you spend it on. Buuuut Now that we have that over with, UNLEASH THE GORGON!!! SKYTHIA Olbia - Gorgoneion Proto Money 437-410 BC Obv: facing gorgon's head. Rev: sea eagle flying right. 65.4 mm, 89.7 grams. Poor. Scarce. Provenance Property of a European collector; acquired in 2007; previously in a Dutch collection formed in the 1980s-1990s. Literature Sear 1682. Purchased from Timeline Auctions Feb 2021 (I lift this bad boy 3 sets of 10 each day and my biceps are looking swole! But seriously, in hand it is a BEAST) This highly sought after type is the largest coin type for size, period. The reverse is more than likely a love song to Perikles who secured trade with them and democracy for them on his naval expedition the very same year these coins began being minted. aaand, did I mention it's really BIG To learn more check out @ancientcoinguru 's tour de force write up in her Imperator championship winning bid for @Curtisimo 's dazzling cointest! https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ch...-vs-27-severus-alexander.325787/#post-3219066 (Sorry to bring back old pain @Severus Alexander. That Alexander wins any other coin posted that year...) An oldie but a goodie that I picked up a year or two ago that I personally have used to stop Ne'er-do-wells in their tracks, rescue kittens from trees and other acts that are to graphic to document herein... https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an...r-formatum-and-ways-to-catch-villains.351497/ ROMAN REPUBLIC Aes Formatum. Centuries VI-IV BCE CENTRAL ITALY or LAZIO. Anv .: Element in semicircular shape on one side and serrated on the other./ Ancient Batarang Condition: Very Fine 83.41 gr 56.70 mm Former Ares And yet, STILL, she is my favorite coin to hold in hand. ROMAN REPUBLIC. Anonymous. AE Aes Grave Triens (92.37 gms), Rome Mint, ca. 225-217 B.C. VERY FINE. Cr-35/3a; TV-53. Obverse: Helmeted head of Minerva left; four pellets (mark of value) below; all set upon raised disk; Reverse: Prow right; four pellets (mark of value) below; all set upon raised disk. A pleasing specimen despite its crudeness, with charming green surfaces. A test cut across Minerva's face is noted for completeness. Ex Stacks & Bowers ...though not as round, my heaviest (and girthiest) monetary unite is below. Let's be honest, with prices for the "pretty" coins being so silly it was time to focus on quality in quantity! I practically stole this juggernaut at the latest Artemide auction: Aes formatum. AE solid cast cockle-shell, Central Italy, 6th-4th century BC. Vecchi ICC pl. 90,5; cf. G. Fallani, IANP Publication 8, 1986. pl. 6, 2-2c.. PB. 124.00 g. 44 x 41 mm. Heavy and attractive example. Earthen light green patina. Good VF. Purchased Artemide March 2021 Anybody else have a drawer or separate place for those really BIG boys n girls? So. Whoes got the And, YES, this is an invitation to post your massive lunks of metal (size and weight) used monetarily from any point in time... or space!
Wow, you are assembling quite the collection of cast monsters! And now an Olbian gargantugorgon, awesome!! I'm still light in the cast department. So I'll haul out my big bad 93.27g oktobol! I ran outta gas!! And the best coin (and best librarian) won.
You get many more brutes like them and you'll have to house them in a storage shed. Reminds me from the line in "Jaws"---
..after about 50 years..i just recently got to watch the movie..but i've listened to that song forever! super kool sound track that never grows old
Dang Ryan! First a Seleukos / Nike type and now a MONSTER Olbia! 2021 has been kind to you my friend. Love these giants. Hard to beat the history and what I am sure is a one of a kind in-hand experience. Congrats buddy! Speaking of monsters I was glad to see your prize Oktobol. I believe this one still sits at the top of the CoinTalk leaderboard
I still love it, but it's been knocked clean off the podium! You must have missed the drama during your hiatus from CT. Here's the current oktobol leaderboard: 1) @Edessa 97.75g 2) @PtolemAE 95.66g 3) @Paul M. 94.14g 4) @Severus Alexander 93.27g 5) @David@PCC 93.26g 6) @Pellinore 92.26g 7) @TIF 91.8g 8) @Broucheion 91.17g 9) @AnYangMan 90.53g 10) @dougsmit 90.1g
Congrats, @Ryro ! Very cool collection! Love the Gorgon. He is one of mine... Roman Republic Anonymous. Aes Grave Triens 46mm 90.3g 9.3mm thick 280-276 BCE Thunderbolt / Dolphin. Rome. Obv: Thunderbolt; •• •• across field. Rev. Dolphin right; •••• below. Crawford 14/3; Haeberlin pl. 39, 7-10. Thurlow & Vecchi 3;
A spectacular example of a near legendary coin type! Thanks for showing her off ... though, still weighing more than your exquisite example and my Skythian... combined edited*times 10 the 3110 gr of monetary value that @David@PCC dropped on us is heavy weight king. (Joe Louis, greatest heavyweight of all time) Which currently is #1 on the weight list. That doozy nearly triples the weight of my younger massive cockle Also, excellent titans from @Alegandron and @Severus Alexander I knew Gandy sleeps on a bed of massive bronze coins. The patina of your largest is mesmerizing And also, like @Curtisimo, had thought Sevy was still king of the leader board for noncast ancient bronze. But y'all musta forgot https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-official-cointalk-octobol-leaderboard™.367009/ I still favor the look of yours though. My Skythia Olbian did come with a smaller friend I didn't have room for on the OP. She's just a shade shorter at 63.1 mm:
You have a typo there ry man. It's three thousand one hundred ten grams, or the closest I can measure without a scale that measures that high in grams. Using 327 grams for one libra, makes it a 9.5 pound aes.