I'm normally a silver guy but I'm sort of getting interested in aes grave after getting a chance to handle a bunch that a friend of mine has. I picked up the dolphin at NYINC and had the minerva type for many years, but I broke out the camera and took some pictures of them this weekend and think they turned out great. Aes Grave, Triens (119.72g, 50.9mm, 9h) c.280 B.C. HNI 270; Vecchi 27. T/V 3. CR 14/3 Aes Grave Circa 225-217 BC. Æ Triens (45mm, 96.03g, 12h). Helmeted head of Minerva left; four pellets below / Prow of galley right; four pellet below. Crawford 35/3a; Thurlow & Vecchi 53; HN Italy 339. Post 'em if you've got 'em.
Way cool @Carthago ! I knew that you being a strong RR guy, you would start diving into Aes Grave. My Aes Grave: Roman Republic Anonymous issue Aes Grave Triens , Libral Standard 46mm, 90.3g, (OH! and 9.3mm THICK!) 280-276 BCE Rome Mint Obv: Thunderbolt; •• •• across field. Rev. Dolphin right; •••• below. Ref: Crawford 14/3; Haeberlin pl. 39, 7-10. Thurlow & Vecchi 3; Sear 538 This is how honkin' big it is in hand: RR Aes Grave AE Quadrans Dog 3 pellets Six spoked wheel 59.8g Craw 26/6a Th-Vecchi 34 RR AE Aes Grave Sextans 270 BCE 37mm 55.2g Dioscuri R and L Luceria AES Grave Anonymous 217-215 BCE Uncia 7.35g Frog-Corn Ear pellet retrograd L T-V 285 RR Aes Grave Uncia 269-240 BCE Astragalus knuckle-bones
Absolutely awesome Dolphin Aes graves. This little Dolphin obol is probably about the size of the dot on your dolphin Aes graves! THRACE, Thasos AR Obol 435 - 411 B.C. 0.50 grams, 8 mm Obv: Two dolphins swimming Top dolphin to rt bottom to left with pellet above & below Rev: Quaripartite incuse punch Grade: a VF Other: Rosen Collection 146, Lockett 1224, Ex (Lewis Egnew Collection) Superior 30 May 1995 lot 7224, Ex Harlan Berk, Allen Berman Dec 2014
Great photos of great aes grave, @Carthago . I nearly bought that dolphin Triens myself at NYINC, but I'd identified too many other targets by the time I saw it. Aes Grave are notoriously difficult to photograph because of their extreme high relief, but it seems you've cracked the code!
Nice coins and photos. You show the high relief well. My NYINC find, my second in the wheel series - Aes Grave Quadrans, 265-242 BC. Rome. Obv - Dog walking left, below, three pellets. Rev - Wheel of six spokes. Cr 24/6a, 56.55 grams So far the seller's pics, above, look better than mine.
Sweet!! => wow, those are fantastic examples (man, those are huge babies, eh?) Congrats on that awesome OP dolphin-winner!! (very cool addition)
