Ancients => Man, that's Bull!!

Okay, I must admit that I got outbid on my primary target, but I quickly regrouped and then pulled the trigger on this sweet secondary winner!!

*BLAM!!* => $110 => yesssss, I scooped it under its initial estimate (that's always a sweet feeling, eh?)

Man, I love coins with this comfy fabric ... yah, I'm a sucker for this type of lure!!

CAMPANIA, Cales, Æ20
Circa 265-240 BC
Diameter: 19.5 mm
Weight: 7.29 grams
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo left; [uncertain symbol to right]
Reverse: Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; star above, [uncertain symbol or letter below]
Reference: HN Italy 436
Other: 5h … VF, green-brown patina
From the Camerata Romeu Collection

 

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Oh => yup, it's pile-on time!!

It's another stevex6 Post-a-rama!!

 

Hey stevex6 ... that's a cool coin (congrats, me)

I have another kinda-sorta similar example ... but it's silver!!

 

Wow stevex6 ... you rock, coin-bro!! (congrats on that sweet OP-winner!!)







gawd, I'm having a good time, eh?

 

Ummm => Apollo? ... Campania? ... Manbull? ... Bull? ... star? ... any coin?

Hey, I like you guys ... please try to find anything cool to post (thanks)

 

Campania .... yah okay, it's gonna be the first 20 hit thread by one guy!!

 

Jeez, Steve... a little impatient today?

I'll post my one MFB while I'm at work and have a functioning computer. I sure hope my computer is fixed before the weekend!


SICILY, Selinos
Circa 410 BCE
AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h
Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above
Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right
Ref: HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.
ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;
ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;
ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript

 

Steve, it's a very cool coin. I would like to add a man faced bull one day.

 

Nice price on that sweet op coin, bro!

 

man, i have nothign to pile on....MHB so VERY high on my list..i just haven't been able to pull it off yet.

that a nice lookin' coin stevex, cool star symbol above mhb as well!

 

AWESOME pickup Steve! Even if you do say so yourself. Seriously, gorgeous Achelous! Well done!


Campania Neapolis 320-300 BC AR Nomos Nymph Achelous


Sicily Gela AR Litra Horse-Achelous 0-63g 13mm 465-450 BCE Obv-Rev HGC 2 p 373

AND.... one of my BIG faves:

Campania AE Apollo-Achelous -275-250BCE PLATE COIN 4 KNOWN RARE SNG
ANS 474
@Nicholas Molinari knows allllllllll about this little guy...

 

Campana, CALES


Campania Cales 256-240 BC AE 18 Athena Cock & Star

 

Apollo? Naw, have 22. The last time I shotgunned a bunch of pics, Coin Talk shut down my pics as they thought I was Spammin'

 

Steve, both man-headed bull coins are ultra sweet, but my favorite is that OP bronze from Cales!

 

I love the fact that there are enough ancients for each of us to find ones we like enough to outbid others who agree. I won nothing today and am glad since the coins I liked appealed to too many others. I'm trying to say off red meat so preferred the chicken. It is much better than mine.

 

Sweet rooster coin, Mentor ... your example is from Cales (I'm fairly sure that my example is from Teanum Sidicinum)

 

Steve, did you have your coffee today??

Awesome bull, got none, but will one day.

 

Coffee, you're on the bench ...

=> alcohol, suit up!!

 

Sheesh Steve, grab a few glasses of Long Island Ice Tea and play some Led Zep.

Here is a bull to calm you down



Ok ok , this is the closest thing I have to a MFB