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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2625027, member: 56859&quot;]Nice nab, Steve-O!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Okie dokie <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My first Silenus was on a Corinth stater, which was also my first &quot;good&quot; coin (ie, not from a crummy &quot;uncleaned&quot; lot of slugs.&nbsp; I felt guilty for spending money on a coin.&nbsp; In my family, collectible coins are lucky finds from pocket change but the odds of finding an ancient coin in US pocket change were a <i>tad</i> slim <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I thought it would be okay to buy<b> <i>just one</i></b> coin.&nbsp; Yeah.&nbsp; One coin.&nbsp; That was the plan <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; The story of its acquisition is <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/how-i-became-interested-in-ancient-coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/how-i-became-interested-in-ancient-coins" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_42c0f54cecdb4e0da9e47cd1703546b2%7Emv2.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_42c0f54cecdb4e0da9e47cd1703546b2%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=1ca0643e4b9946ae6b3be1ff95f7ab1f" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>345-307 BCE</p><p>AR stater, 8.65 gm</p><p>Obv Pegasus flying left, qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena left wearing necklace; head of Silenus behind</p><p>Ref: Ravel 1046. Calciati 408. Scarce variety.</p><p>from Heritage Auctions, June 2013</p><p><i>This scarce variety was chosen to represent Corinth staters, #23 in Harlan J. Berk&#039;s book, &quot;100 Greatest Ancient Coins&quot;.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Another Silenus beckoned, this one with a creepy/evil facing head.&nbsp; Finding an example with a clear face (not too smushed, not too obscured by the undertype on these often overstruck coins) was difficult and I got lucky with this one.&nbsp; </p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_c2531bf482334eedb37350c8988118fd.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_960%252Ch_476%252Cal_c%252Clg_1%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_c2531bf482334eedb37350c8988118fd.jpg%26hash%3D6f88fb7063477b72db9df3f5e1641465&amp;hash=576d25d12ab9fcd9bdc3ef63be169b7e" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>MACEDON, under Roman rule</b></p><p>D. Junius Silanus Manlianus, praetor</p><p>142-141 BCE</p><p>AE, 20 x 22 mm, 9.5 gm</p><p>Obv: Facing mask of Silenus, wearing ivy wreath</p><p>Rev: MAKE ΔONΩN legend In two lines; D above; all within ivy wreath</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 1324</p><p><br /></p><p>A year or two ago I bid on and failed to win a cool electrum hekte in which the person on the obverse was wearing a mask of Silenus pushed back on his head.&nbsp; If you turned the coin 90 degrees counterclockwise you could see it clearly.&nbsp; A couple more came to market after that and <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-fun-little-el-hekte.276264/#post-2375123" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-fun-little-el-hekte.276264/#post-2375123">I nabbed the worst one I&#039;ve seen</a>.&nbsp; It&#039;s good enough though and the price was more palatable.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ionia-phokaia-elhekte-silenosmask-rt-jpg.486138/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>IONIA, Phokaia</b></p><p>EL hekte, 11 mm, 2.5 gm</p><p>c. 478-387BCE</p><p>Obv: head of young male left, wearing Silenos mask on top of head; to right, small seal downward</p><p>Rev: quadripartite incuse square.</p><p>Ref: Bodenstedt Em. 70; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA –; BMC 43</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ionia-phokaia-elhekte-rotated-tif-jpg.486139/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Last year I picked up a very nice EL Pigasus from Lesbos:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_a694caeb89394002af827a59357bbfc2.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_a694caeb89394002af827a59357bbfc2.jpg&amp;hash=c3ba543d32c5304e7ce0985ffda907cc" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>LESBOS, Mytilene</b></p><p>521-478 BCE</p><p>EL hekte, 10.5 mm, 2.6 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; incuse head of lion left; rectangular punch behind</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Bodenstedt Em. 10; HGC 6, 935; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA 1678; BMC –</p><p><i>I have a thing for these winged pigs and am slowly trying to buy at least one from each ancient city which issued coins with winged pigs, whether as a main device or a control mark or secondary device.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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