Hammer price according to biddr was 1100 I hope you got it!
A Sybaris stater, gift to my daughter born under the taurus[ATTACH]
Forepart of bull (?) kneeling to the left
Owl tets are well known even to non-collectors and are so very popular; there is always demand. Then there are people who can't just have one but...
@1934 Wreath Crown : both of them are lovely, at some point I remember following the second one but didn't bid as I have clearly overdone it with...
I have a positive experience with Kuenker. Looking at their coming auction, I can say that most of the mainstream greek silver coins are starting...
Here is one with similar depictions https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4051913
@Jochen : we're in coin talk why don't we celebrate the myth with a coin instead of pottery? ;) [ATTACH]
@Valentinian: very nice! I love Apollo's high relief portrait in this series, hope I get one some day...For the time being I only have one coin of...
The bull's head and "EY" point to euboia, however from the overall appearance I wouldn't be surprised if this is a tourist fake...
@TIF @AncientJoe : thanks! it is however struck on a short flan and the nymph is distorted by flan faults. I mainly liked the expression of the...
@AncientJoe : congrats that's a coin to keep for ever! Here's mine from similar dies, nothing exceptional of course[ATTACH]
After so many hoots in this thread my flock would like to rub feathers with the others :woot: [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Here you go, my point proven https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1276052
What I can say for sure is that your coin cannot be of an Athenian mint. Look at the owl's talons; I have not seen such talons on any Athenian...
Sorry for the off-topic but I see a turret instead of a kidaris, there is a laughable un-evenly dotted border for the kandys and the incuse punch...
They have an AV double daric in their currect auction which looks ultra-suspicious to me.
With all due respect, I wouldn't call that a typical example, it looks more like an eastern imitation!
@Rich Beale : It may ease the discussion if you would just say how many emails/requests you are receiving per day/week in your functional mailbox...
I guess he meant that the coin was examined and then NGC slabbed? So probably it's going to reappear soon in another auction...
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