Met with a great friend of mine, @ancientcoinguru, as well as her husband at the last FUN Show. Lotta fun meeting other CT people also. She was kind enough to give me a B'day present during the show. I FINALLY got around to taking a quick pic so that I can post this little guy... or little GUYS... Her note to me: Bulls were sacred in Minoan culture, with bulls a symbol of strength, wisdom, self-respect, fertility, and good health. This is cool... how many times do you get to see THREE BULLS on ONE coin? ESPECIALLY, as small as this one! TRIPLE Luck! CARIA, Hydissos or Chersonesus 450 BCE AR hemiobol 0.3, 6.7mm Obv: Forepart of bull to l. Rev: Two foreparts of bulls confronting Ref: SNG von Aulock 6669; SNG Keckman 911-912; SNG Tuebingen 3327-3329 Have FUN! Post your HemiObols, Tiny coins, BULLS (anyone have 3 on a coin?) or whatever...
I believe mine is a bit earlier because of the incuse square reverse. 0.13g For lack of a better answer I am calling it a hemitartemorion. I posted it here last year when I ran across a dealer with a large collection of tiny coins. I spent way too much on little coins that day. I will see him again in three weeks but have no idea if he has any itty bitties left.
Fun, @Alegandron!! Uncertain, Caria AR Tetartemorion, Circa 500-450 BC Obverse: Confronted foreparts of two bulls. Reverse: Forepart of bull right within incuse square. References: SNG Kayhan 949ff Size: 6mm, 0.13g cf: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1943222
Great coin @Alegandron! It’s amazing how much they were able to fit on those tiny ones. Here are a couple of larger bulls. Julian II, AE1, Arles circa 360-363, 26mm., 10.49g. Pear-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust/ Bull standing r.,above, two stars; in r. field, eagle, standing r. on wreath,holding another wreath in its beak. In exergue SCONST. RIC 320. Mysia, Parion, 4th century BC. Hemidrachm (13 mm, 2.46 g). Facing gorgoneion/ Bull standing left, head turned to right. ΠA-PI
FANTASTIC @dougsmit ... I really like that one. I have become a big fan of tiny coins, having several Tetartemorions, or under 0.15g coins myself. Would be very interested in seeing your Tetartemorion captures from that dealer.
Thank you for the Bday wishes. Minor milestone with this one. I really like your Syracuse Bulls! Got one facing right to butt heads with yours! Sicily Syracuse Hieron II 275-269 BC AE 15 Persephone Bull RIGHT rare
Nice Tet, @Justin Lee ! I got a Tet with a bull, but the guy lost his head over it! Uncert West Asia Minor Karia 5th C BC AR tetartermorion 5mm 0.15g Female - Frprt Bull r Kayhan 968 exc rght I checked with @Nicholas Molinari , and, no (bummer), it is not an MFB...
@Shea19 , doooah! Nice! I can cover your Julian II, but, wow, that Mysia! Nice! RI Julian II CE 360-363 AE1 maiorina Diademed R - SECVRITAS REIPVB 2 stars Apis Bull stg R ANT-Gamma 2 palms ANTIOCH RIC 217 LRBC 2641
Happy saweet sixteen(ish), Gandy!!! Hopefully you're able to treat yourself well (though I see @ancientcoinguru has already spoiled you Johnny rotten). That coin is total BS... Bull saweet! Another to the must have list. But I've got a few birthday bulls laying around somewhere: Seleukos I Nikator 312-281 BCE. Æ (15mm, 2.48 g,). Uncertain mint. Winged head of Medusa right / Bull butting right; controls not visible. Former SAVOCA coin L. Thorius Balbus, Denarius, Rome, 105 BCE AR (3,74 gr 20 MM6 H) Head of Juno Sospitar., wearing goat-skin behind, downwards, I S M R, Rv. Bull charging r. above, control letter, O below. L THORIVS in ex. BALBVS. Crawford 316/1 Thoria1 Sydenham 598. Cabinet tone C. Marius C.f. Capito 81 BC. Rome Serratus AR 17mm., 3,63g. Draped bust of Ceres right, wearing wreath of grain ears, anchor below chin / Ploughman with yoke of oxen left, inverted T above. nearly very fine Crawford 378/1c; Sydenham 744b; Maria 9. Former Savoca C. Marius C.f. Capito 81 BCE. AR plated SerrateDenarius (17mm, 3.94 g, 6h). Rome mint. Wreathed and draped bust of Ceres right; LXXVIII at end of legend, [cornucopia] below chin / Husbandman with yoke of oxen ploughing left; LXXVIII above. Crawford 378/1c; Sydenham 744b; Maria 9. Julian II AD 360-363. Nicomedia Double Maiorina Æ 27mm., 8,68g. D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS REI PVB, bull standing right, two stars above, (palm)-NIKΓ-(palm) in exergue. very fine RIC 121; LRBC 2319. Edit: often I'm saddened when my obscene word play goes unoticed. It took me until the second reading of your threads title to see BULL and THIS. Very good wordplay right there folks. Rearrange the letters in THIS. See what my man did?? Hehe
Another recently acquired (Nomos 29) little silver bull, this one from Thessaly Krannon: Thessaly, Krannon AR Obol (11.5mm, 0.97g, 11h). c. 460 BCE Obv: Forepart of bull l., his head and neck turning forward, trident behind; all in a circle of dots. Rev: Κ-RΑ (latter retrograde), head and neck of bridled horse r., all in incuse square. Ref: BCD Thessaly II 114.1. HGC 4, 378; Liampi, Corpus, Group I, I.B.4 (V3/R2) (this coin referenced). Prov: Collection sans Pareille 724, ex Leo Mildenberg Collection, acq. 1960 from MM FPL 206, 21.
