I received 3 new coins today, all from different sellers. One from Germany so I was surprised it came so fast. The first one is Cherronesos, one I;ve grown jealous of seeing here on CT a lot Cherronesos, Thrace, c. 400 - 338 B.C. Silver hemidrachm, SNG Dreer 107, Weber -; McClean -, BMC Thrace -, Dewing -, SNG Cop -, SNG Milan -, SNG Lockett -, SNG Dreer -, SNG Berry, F, small edge split, 2.312g, 12.8mm, Cherronesos mint, c. 400 - 338 B.C.; obverse lion forepart right, head turned back left, tongue protruding; reverse quadripartite incuse with alternating shallow and deeper sunken quarters, pellet in one sunk quadrant, I over pellet in the opposite sunk quadrant Next is a tiny list Barbarous Falling Horseman type (crumby pic sorry) Barbaric Imitation of Roman Constantius II Fallen Horseman Type. 4th century AD. AE 10mm (0.77 gm). Obv.: diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: Soldier spearing horseman. Lastly, another FH, from Cyzicus. It's rated R5 on Danes FH spread sheet. Though nicer in had, it's a bit ugly. It was cheap ($15 shipped) and very rare so I can't complain about the condition. Constantius II AE2. 351-355 AD. 25mm 4.6g D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier standing left, spearing a fallen horseman wearing a Phrygian helmet, clutching, Star left,SMK Gamma in ex. Boljetin hoard, Sirmium VIII Cyzicus, 529 R5
Cool coins! Agreed with @Bing , you have a cool Morse Code Cherronesos going on there! Purdy nice! I think the code is for the letter "R" ...
I've been very tempted a few times to snag one of those Cherronesos coins but haven't yet. I think the imitation is really interesting.
Very cool! That's a really cool lion on that Cherronesos. ALMOST makes me want to take up Greek coins...
Nice additions, Randy. I like the Barbarous FH. hrace, Chersonesos (386 - 338 B.C.) AR Hemidrachm O:Forepart of lion right, head reverted. R: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet to left of VE monogram and pentagram above pellet in opposite sunken quarters. 13mm 2.4g BMC 43; McClean –; Weber 2422; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Dreer 115.
Nice coins, its nice to be surprised when your coins come earlier then expected. I see everyone is getting some FH coins.
I have a lion coin too. Wanna see? They are fun, and very affordable in F to XF grades. I kind of overpaid for mine, but so will anyone trying to get gXF (what some of you call UNC.
