A big one from the wish list: Siculo-Punic tetradrachm

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  1. gregarious

    gregarious E Pluribus Unum

    a very fine coin and excellent research TIF. i love it!
     
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  3. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Excellent coin. My only fusion of Sicily and Carthage is this 4/3 century BC AE17 of Carthage overstruck on an Akragas crab.
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  4. Eduard

    Eduard Supporter**

    Congratulations on that beautiful coin, TIF! beautiful and historical.
    I am not a collector of Greek coins, but can certainly appreciate the beauty of your example. It also compares very favorably with other examples I was looking at in acsearch. You chose a good one.
     
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  5. David Atherton

    David Atherton Flavian Fanatic

    I was away for the holiday weekend and am now just getting caught up with CT.

    Wow TIF! If your coin is any indication of what I've missed on here, you guys and gals had a great weekend!

    Utterly superb.
     
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  6. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Awesome coin Tif
     
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  7. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    Congrats TIF , awesome tet , good price too !
    the astragalos looks more like a pommegranate to me.

    Here's one with Arethusa on the obverse, would like to add the Hercules one too, its high on my wantlist.


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  8. AncientJoe

    AncientJoe Well-Known Member

    Congratulations on a fantastic acquisition!! She's a keeper :)
     
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  9. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

    Outstanding TIF, utterly awesome.
     
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  10. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    Thanks, everyone!

    Here are some coins of the closest Sicilian enemy of Carthage at the time, Agathokles.

    A few years before the issue of the Melqart-Herakles/horse head tets:

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    SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BCE)
    struck 310-305 BCE
    AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm
    Obv: head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath, earring and necklace; around, three dolphins; under, monogram (NK?)
    Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, fast chariot charioteer leads to left, holding reins and kentron; above, triskeles; in exergue, monogram
    Ref: Ierardi 12 (O2-R8); SNG Copenhagen 573 var., SNG ANS 637
    The story of its acquisition is here.

    One issued during the same period, with permission from @AncientJoe who is too busy to post it... probably tied up monitoring the NAC auction via phone while sitting on the steps of Poseidon's Temple ;)

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    Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.90g). Struck ca. 310/08-306/5 BC. Wreathed head of Kore right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace. Reverse: Nike standing right, and erecting trophy; to left, triskeles; between Nike and trophy, monogram. Ierardi 98 (O20/R59); Gulbenkian 334 (same rev. die); Kraay-Hirmer 137 (same rev. die); SNG Munich 1267 (same obv. die); SNG Manchester 508 (same obv. die). Superb Extremely Fine. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, part II (Sotheby's, 21-22 June 1990), 286.
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  11. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    I'm having trouble with fine details of the Jenkins plates. I cheated and checked archives, finding one which appears to be a double die match to yours and the seller called it Jenkins 299 (O96/R247). However, I'm not sure they have it right. It's probably either obverse die 95 or 96 and reverse die 244, 245, 246, or 247. It's probably possible to narrow it down but now I have to go to work :(. Hopefully later this week I can resume playing with coins :D
     
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  12. Theodosius

    Theodosius Fine Style Seeker

    Thanks TIF. I appreciate your help.

    John
     
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  13. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    WOW!!

    Stunning example @TIF !!!

    I was able to grab a slabbed example from FORVM a few months ago:


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    Carthaginians in Sicily, 300 - 289 B.C., Silver[​IMG]tetradrachm, Jenkins Punic 394 (O120/R322); SNG Cop VIII 91; Dewing 983; SGCV II 6438; HGC 2 295
     
  14. Alegandron

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

    Congrats @TIF ! Gorgeous Entella Tet! That is a target of mine!

    I do not have anything remotely similar. Bunch of Carthaginians, but nuttin' like your beauty!
     
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  15. ancientcoinguru

    ancientcoinguru Well-Known Member

    You have some awesome coins @TIF! Absolutely stunning:jawdrop:
     
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  16. PMONNEY

    PMONNEY Flaminivs

     
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  17. Severus Alexander

    Severus Alexander find me at NumisForums

    An overtime goal in the seventh game!!!

    (Had to balance the baseball references.)
     
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  18. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    OMG, that's outstanding (and fits quite well with the others you already had)
    The type was on my wish list a few years ago, I missed some, being outbid several times, and I feel they are now far above my budget (moving to other goals and targets I guess)

    Well done @TIF
    Q
     
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  19. dlhill132

    dlhill132 Member

    TIF, That is a beautiful coin and the pic is awesome. Congrats

    ~Doug
     
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  20. Carthago

    Carthago Does this look infected to you?

    Great coin TIF. And it looks like your really doing your homework with die research and all. Very cool and congrats.
     
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  21. Co1ns

    Co1ns Active Member

    @TIF amazing coins, so much detail. Can't believe people were producing coins of this quality 2500 years ago!
     
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