Ancient => Serpent Anyone??!! => man, I am lovin' this coin (I hope you like it too)

I can't make out the image 7C. Are those snakes or Eagles? What is on the obverse?

 

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I think I see and eagle, maybe holding a snake in its mouth.

 

You are right. They seem to be a couple of eagles with long necks. Thanks anyway.

 

It's not a problem, but I would like to figure out the coin you have. If it's double eagles, it may just be Ptolemy coins. How large and what weight?

 

It's definitely Ptolemaic. A shot of the obverse, as well as the diameter in millimeters and the weight in grams are required before we can ID it.

 

Lifetime Alexander III Tetradrachm

I've been reading this thread with interest but didn't have an ancient coin to contribute to it until this coin arrived yesterday. The monogram on this one is a serpent in a bowl. It's the thing that resembles a "6" to the left of Zeus.

 

mmmm, serpent in a bowl

 

Howabout a god fighting a serpent?

EGYPT, Oxyrhynchus. 2nd-3rd century AD
PB Tessera (26mm, 6.53 g, 1 h)
Athena-Theoris advancing right, fighting serpent
Zeus Nicephorus seated left
Milne 5303-6 (same reverse die as illustration); Dattari (Savio) -; Köln 3554 (same dies) ​

 

Ummm sorry Doug .... perhaps I have very weak skilz, but regardless, I could not find an example of this coin with, or without a counter-mark (EPIC Fail)

 

http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=56579

Close enough.

 

Since you couldn't read the date, you might even say this is an epoch fail.

 

Gawd => apparently I've got Laurel and Hardy judgin' my coins!!??




Doug => good searchin' => yes, apparently there was an extra "delta" underneath the counter-stamp (by the way, my coin kicks that other coin's butt!!)

... thanks for trackin' down that coin for me (sadly, I am not exactly snoop-dog when it comes to trackin' skilz!!)

 

The reason some of us hang around these online venues is that it helps to see our hobby from slightly different perspectives. Here, you might say we are mostly at least 'slightly' different. I am slow to realize that there are different people in other phases of the hobby (the guys who try to collect large cents in as close to basal stat as possible come to mind) but ancients seem to attract 'different' people.

 

=> aww shucks ... I think that you're super-cool as well (thanks for helpin' me out, coin-buddy)


:high5:

 

Obverse of Greek

Dear Arda and Bing.
The coin weighs 6.58 grams. Diameter is around 16 mm. It is thick and possibly off- centered. Here is a scan of the poor obverse.
Charles

 

7C: Take a look at this link. It may help you ID the coin. I am having trouble seeing much in the images: http://www.megagem.com/ancient/ptolemy_series.html

 

Bing : Thank you very much. I shall visit the PtolemAE Project Home Page, and keep you informed if necessary.
Charles