Ancients => Electrum Ram & Bull => yup, I'm no longer a Golden-Virgin!!

Yah, I've looked in awe at some of these electrum babies, but until today, I shied-away and thought to myself

=> "Self, those are big-boy coins ... those Goldilocks aren't for the likes of you!!"

... but when this sweet lil' coin stayed within my budget, I lept-out like a starvin' Moray-eel and took-out Nemo!!

=> man, I sure hope that you awesome coin-buddies think that this coin is as cool as I do!!

LESBOS, Mytilene. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater
Circa 478-455 BC
Diameter: 10 mm
Weight: 2.48 grams
Obverse: Ram’s head right
Reverse: Incuse bull’s head right
Reference: Bodenstedt Em. 27; HGC 6, 954




Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals. It has also been produced artificially, and is often known as green gold. The ancient Greeks called it 'gold' or 'white gold', as opposed to 'refined gold'. Its colour ranges from pale to bright yellow, depending on the proportions of gold and silver.

 

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Congratulations! Glad you were able to nab one at a good price!

 

very nice coin Steve....

 

Congrats! This is a beauty. I have an EL hekte on my want list, hopefully it'll be as nice as yours.

 

Sweet coin! And to think it was minted half a millennia before Christ. Just amazing.

 

Eeeccch, yah I'm a bit sorry that I brought-up the subject of Moray Eels ...

=> man, they're horrible things, but they're pretty cool ...

http://vimeo.com/52915158 (don't watch, if you can't handle National Geographic)

... anyway, I digress ...

Thanks for the coin compliments!!

 

Oh => I thought I'd change into my Canadian Olympic Avatar!!

Go-go-go-go-go-go!!!

 

sweet little gold coin stevex..and a double critter score.

really like that incuse bull!

 

This is a real beauty. You got to stop. You're killing me.

 

I can't believe you didn't have an electrum coin until now. The designs are bread and butter Stevex animal coins. That is one awesome coin.

Now that you have a taste of gold does that mean more is on the way after this one?

 

Whiz => I guess we'll have to wait and see, eh?

 

Hey, am I merely imagining, or is there a bull's head or maybe a bucranium hidden within the incuse reverse? (ahhh, I'm probably merely seeing shapes in the clouds, eh?)

 

Whiz => the other coin that is sorta similar to this new coin is my Lydia AR Siglos

 

what does MD mean?

 

Ummm, Medical Doctor?

... why do you ask?

 

medium date.

 

i posted a 1970-s penny and two people said MD. it just means there is a large and small date.

 

You are posting in a thread about ancient coins, which has no relevance to your topic...And MD means machine doubling and has nothing to do with small or large dates.


Anyway Stevex, I like the coin! Eels are pretty cool, but if I were in the ocean I would steer away from the holes in the rocks where they live...

 

Wrong forum buddy. You're looking for the US coin forum.

 

Awesome coin btw steve!