Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1833130, member: 56859&quot;]Well, it&#039;s been a very unpleasant month on a number of fronts but my day was brightened considerably when these arrived!</p><p><br /></p><p>A keen-eyed friend who regularly scours eBay alerted me to this lot of 2 fractionals.&nbsp; Suboptimal pictures but they were definitely interesting and one appeared to be a winged boar and the other a winged man-headed bull.&nbsp; The listing (British seller), was uncertain of the origin and thought they might be Troas, Ionia.&nbsp; Nope <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Super happy with this score, which came to $53 USD, a great portion of which was shipping.&nbsp; A bargain!</p><p><br /></p><p>Crossing another winged boar issuer off the list <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]303128[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I think is the correct attribution:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. <i>Ialysos</i>. </b>480-408 BC</p><p>AR Obol (or some other size-appropriate fractional name), 9 mm, 0.6 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; forepart of winged boar left</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square.</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG Keckman 315; Karl 373&nbsp; (a guess based on a similar CNG coin...)</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG archives page with <a href="http://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&amp;PAGE=1&amp;TABS_TYPE=2&amp;CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&amp;IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_DESC=Ialysos&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&amp;PAGE=1&amp;TABS_TYPE=2&amp;CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&amp;IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_DESC=Ialysos&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" rel="nofollow">similar coins</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]303129[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one I&#039;m less sure of-- more reading and searching will be required.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s from Caria but in wildwinds these seem to be attributed to Lycian Dynasts.&nbsp; Mine is 9 mm, 0.7 gm.&nbsp; The reverse lettering is OFOV, I think.&nbsp; Same as the similar examples, although in wildwinds it is translated to Uvug and is listed as a Lycian dynast.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a similar coin in CNG&#039;s archives, with its attribution (but there others in wildwinds attributed to Lycian dynasts):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/big/2910106.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CARIA, Uncertain. <i>Orou. </i></b>Local dynast, circa 450-400 BC. AR 1/16 Stater (10mm, 0.70 g, 9h). Aigenetan standard. Forepart of winged man-headed bull right / Female head right within dotted border; all within incuse square. Konuk, <i>Orou</i> 2.3; SNG von Aulock 8474.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in