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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1882663, member: 56859&quot;]Hmm, looks like I only have two more.&nbsp; There are at least 8 places that issued winged boar coins and someday I hope to have at least one from each.&nbsp; So far I only have Klazomenai (where the vast majority were made), Samos, and Rhodos.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]319657[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>IONIA, Samos.&nbsp; 510-500 BC</b></p><p>AR drachm, 13.7 mm, 3.2 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar left</p><p>Rev: facing lion scalp with dotted square, within incuse square</p><p>Ref: SNG Cop 1673</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]319658[/ATTACH]</p><p>From a nice eBay score, misidentified and at a great price.&nbsp; This one is a bit different, a sweeter-looking pig.&nbsp; Looks more like Wilbur. Can&#039;t tell if that is a bristled ridge or its right wing. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Ialysos. 480-408 BC</b></p><p>AR Obol (or some other size-appropriate fractional name), 9 mm, 0.6 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar left</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square.</p><p>Ref: SNG Keckman 315; Karl 373 (a guess based on a similar CNG coin...)</p><p><br /></p><p>There was some discussion about the origin and meaning of the winged boar.&nbsp; In Klazomenai, it may be from the legend of the Hus Klazomenaios, winged sow which rampaged through the islands.</p><p><br /></p><p>From <a href="http://www.theoi.com/Ther/HusKlazomenaios.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theoi.com/Ther/HusKlazomenaios.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.theoi.com/Ther/HusKlazomenaios.html</a> :</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Aelian, On Animals 12. 38 (trans. Scholfield) (Greek natural history C2nd A.D.) :</i></p><p>&quot;I have heard that on Klazomenai [and island west of Smyrna] there was a Sow with wings, and it ravaged the territory of Klazomenai. And Artemon records this in his Annals of Klazomenai. That is why there is a spot named and celebrated as `The Place of the Winged Sow,’ and it is famous. But if anyone regards this as myth, let him do so.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>A question was raised about the sex of these porkers, with someone pointing out that the bristled ridge is found in males, not females.&nbsp; However, yesterday I saw a coin which clearly depicted a sow and she has a bristled ridge.&nbsp; Not a winged pig but otherwise similar.&nbsp; A Mysia, Kyzikos EL hekte from <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=253347" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=253347" rel="nofollow">CNG</a>, a current offering which some lucky person is taking home today:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3220203.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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