Here's my early March order, I had my eye on this Aphrodite coin while planning a Greek Gods collection. It was a bit pricey for me but I've been budgeting it out for a few months. It is the most expensive one for me while choosing through other coins. So decided to just buy it now to knock it out of the way. I returned to see if it was still there. It was and with a price reduction. I had to jump on it. I also nabbed a Histiaia Nymph as well. This will probably conclude my March budget even though it's still February. Plarasa and Aphrodisias, Caria, 1st Century B.C. Aphrodisias-Plarasa mint, pseudo-automomous, 1st century B.C.; obverse bust of Aphrodite right, veiled and draped, wearing stephane, earring and necklace; reverse PLAPASEWN KAI AFPODEISEIWN (or similar, none known with end of legend legible), eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head right, wings open, MY/WN in two lines in left field, XE/NO/KPA/THS / ME/NAN/DPO/Y (magistrate Xenokrates Menandrou) in nine lines in right field. Histiaia, Euboia, Greece, c. 4th - 3rd Century B.C. obverse head of nymph Histiaia right, rolled hair, wearing wreath of ivy, pendant earring and necklace; reverse bull standing right, bunch of grapes (control symbol) above, ISTI below To be continued.....
Wow- that Drachm is a rare coin! one like it(?)maybe a better legend was purchased by the MFA-Boston for more than 22 large. here is a link:http://educators.mfa.org/ancient/drachm-plarasa-and-aphrodisias-bust-aphrodite-1470
OHHH- OK- so how many coins is that? 232 coins? not sure how museum acquisition numbering works- as you can see.
Well, I thought the coin would of been bought by now. I had this one on the list for May. However, when I looked back on it, it showed 'price reduction'. Why was it reduced? I am an addict, I just swapped out one drug for the next (ancient coins). More efficient this way.
Noticed you go for especially rare issues. Have you read any of the articles on the rarity issue in ancients? Like the one by Warren Esty? This applies especially to Romans but it may be of interest to you. You buy pleasant and artistic coins with a special theme so it may not apply too much but it is good to read if you are interested in rarity and are new to collecting..http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/rarity.html
Thank you Mike for that article. I'm collecting all the Greek Gods so to me what's important would be their portrait or Obverse, some are on the reverse as well. I do tend to go for the scarcer or rarer one when choosing from many coins. One factor to me is price, so I stick with the cheaper one but will go a little further if considered scare or rare. Another factor is the type of metal. I will only purchase bronze and silver and not gold. I was never a fan of gold. In the future I may upgrade them and seek out better replacement coins, if available.
kool jbruce!..most of us here are OCD peeps..there are worse habits than collecting ..this way you get history, a thrill + a coin
