An interesting depiction of Apollo

Thanks, SteveO! Different Alexandria though-- this one is in northwest Turkey and it is my first coin from that city.



Alexandria in Troas is an interesting city and really deserves a decent writeup. Maybe some other time .

Settled in pre-Hellenistic times, further developed by Antigonos I Monophthalmus, it was a bustling port city ~25 km south of Troy. Constantine the Great considered moving the capital to here but ultimately chose Byzantium (Constantinople).

 

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Chicken, Turkey ... same thing



=> Winna-winna, Turkey dinna!!



... I'll dig-deep and refrain from posting all of my Troas examples

 

@TIF Like everyone else I ABSOLUTELY LOVE that coin!! What an incredible reverse!!! And, as usual, a great write-up!!!

Super posts everyone!

 

Thanks

Hmm, I don't think so. He just looks buff (abs! arms!), with some wear on the high points

 

Gawd, what type of sissy-God sits side-saddle on a griffin!!

 

Nice coin TIF with a great reverse. No question about which side goes out in a coin tray.
Is the obverse double struck or something else?

 

I haven't even looked at the obverse under magnification to see what is going on. Doublestruck? Flan flaw? Plain damage? I may never get around to looking closely at that obverse

 

Gorgeous coin @TIF ! Wonderful information, and a great coin.

I have beau-coup Apollos... Can't post them all.

I even have a grandson en route, that I am trying NOT to get named Apollo... but, I do not want to interfere...

Here are a few of that softy-God...
Hans and Franz are here to pump. you. up., girlie-man!




Roman Republic
Anonymous, 234-231 BCE
AR Didrachm (6.63g, 20mm, 12h) (Pre-Denarius Coinage)
Rome mint,
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev: Horse prancing left, ROMA above.
Ref: Sear 28; Crawford 26/1; RSC 37


Roman Republic
AR Didrachm (Pre-Denarius Coinage)
275-270 BCE (Rare)
17.7 x 20.7 oblong strike, 7.3g
OBV: ROMANO, laurel head of Apollo l
REV: Horse galloping r, star above
Crawford 13/1; Sear 23


Roman Republic
Anonymous
AE Double-Litra 275-270 BCE (Pre-Denarius Coinage)
Apollo
Lion Sear 590, Craw 16/1a

 

I only have ONE coin from Alexandria Troas (yeah, I know where it is! )


RI Valerian I 253-260 CE AE 20mm Alexandria Troas mint Horse Grazing

 

Beautiful coin TIF, I have to agree the gems are usually in the provincial section of auctions and the first place I look as well. I only have one Apollo coin this Sestertius of Antoninus Pius. Rome 142 AD
22.5gm, Sear 4149. RIC 598 Apollo standing holding patera and lyre.

 

Here's another Apollo I'm partial to:

 

I have several Sauroktonos coins but none with hand over head. To me, the proper variation is the one showing boy Apollo with hand slowly creeping toward the lizard with plans to grab. Second choice (and more common) shows him with arm drawn back about to throw a dart. Sauroktonos means 'lizard slayer' not 'he who tickles with a branch'.
Geta Nicopolis grabber


Septimius Nikopolis darter


The Louvre copy agrees with my grabber preference but the original statue has not survived and we really do not know how it was configured. The number of artworks reassembled with errors makes my Geta coin very valuable in terms of confirming the current display. Was there a group of these available from Praxiteles allowing buyers to customize their statuary?

 

Apollo with beard, eagle and thunderbolt? Really? Oh, the head!

 

The coin is clearly double struck and it even shows at the bottom of the reverse on OA. How the portrait is that messed up and the obverse legend so clear is amazing.

 

Joking, I hope. The obverse is Apollo.

How about another option? I think he's playing with his lizard friend. That's what I'm going to believe. The translation is simply wrong

 

great reverse congrats from Europa.

 

Awesome OP coin @TIF! I always love seeing that Antigonos Doson coin it's fantastic. I got this Apollo to share

Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.39 g, 12h). Sardes mint. Struck circa 246-245/2 BC. Diademed head right, with curly sideburn / Apollo standing left, testing arrow and leaning on tall tripod; monograms to inner left and inner right.

 

That's really a fabulous design on the reverse of your coin, TIF. Congrats!!

 

This is the third time I posted this coin in 10 minutes. Why is it so applicable?!?

 

Stunning coin @TIF. When I am in the position to expand my collection into more areas, I'm going to have to consider Roman Republic coins and Roman Provincials and whatever else catches my fancy.

And both sides of the coin are double-struck.