I bought a second coin today (besides the good ol' Mini-Bee) ... => yah, I'm not quite sure what's up? ... maybe it's the fact that I love Tyche-coins, or maybe it's because there are a few great animals on these babies? ... ummm, but whatever the reasoning is, I bought another example!! Please welcome Tyche and the good ol' Sucklin' Wolf!! TROAS, Alexandria Troas Pseudo-autonomous issue, Æ As Circa mid 3rd century AD Diameter: 19 mm Weight: 4.27 grams Obverse: Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; vexillum behind Reverse: She-wolf standing right, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus Reference: Bellinger A495; SNG Copenhagen 104-7 Other: 10h … green patina with some areas of red From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection. Ex Noble 70 (11 July 2002), lot 3224
Oh sorry => here are my other two examples: Troas Alexandria Æ20 Date: circa 253-268 AD Size: 20.64 mm Weight: 5.14 grams Obverse: CO TROA, Turreted draped bust of Tyche right Reverse: CO-L AV TRO, Eagle with open wings standing right on head of Bull Attribution: SNG von Aulock 7553 Description: A bold bronze with sharp detail and lots of eye appeal TROAS, Alexandria Troas Æ Pseudo-autonomous issue Circa mid 3rd century AD Diameter: 21 mm Weight: 6.01 grams Obverse: Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right, with vexillum over shoulder Reverese: Horse grazing right Reference: Bellinger A486; SNG von Aulock 1466; BMC 46; SNG Copenhnagen 108 Other: 6h … attractive brown patina, light adjustment marks. Nice surfaces
Very nice Steve, sadly I have no coins from this fair city. Although I do have a coin with Tyche. Carus, year one Obv. Carus Rev. Tyche
Syria, Antioch ad Orontum 56-57 AD Pseudo-autonomous issue under Nero AE18, 4.35 gm. Antioch mint. Obv: ANTIOCEWN; turreted and veiled head of Tyche right Rev: EPI KOUADRATOU; ram leaping right, head reverted; crescent moon and star which may depicts Jupiter's occultation of Aries in 6 B.C. Ref: SNG Cop 101 currently residing in the TIF Pink Floyd / Animals collection, track 4, "Sheep" http://prezi.com/q7mw1k1zur65/pink-floyd-animals/
A question for the man with the books: What characteristics makes this coin Tyche and how do you separate Tyche from Dikaiosyne? A case can be made for using different names for the same figure when we switch back and forth from Latin to Greek but I've seen this coin called both and my opinion (nothing more) says Dikaiosyne. I've also seen people throw in confusion with Providentia and Justitia (who I do consider to be the Latin for Dikaiosyne but that probably is slighting Dike - prounounced Dee-Kay, please). I'll go out on a limb as say some dealers call any woman Tyche unless she is carrying a sign with another name.
=> thanks for the compliment, my Halibut friend!! ... ummm, I am not sure how many are in this series, but until I saw the Sucklin' Wolf, I originally thought that there were only two, so now I'm as curious as you to investigate (I do know that there are a bunch of similar reverses as these, with the obverses of Roman Rulers ... these are known as the 'autonomous issues') ... hey, if anybody knows the answer to Eng's question, then please pipe-up and tell both of us the answer, okay? Thanks cheers my friends
=> geesh, I'm glad that I'm not "the man with the books" ... Doug's homework assignments are always sooo hard!!
Somebody else must have one of these examples? ... Doug, I'm pretty sure that you have a Dikaiosyne horse, yes? => please post 'em, if you've got 'em!!
The three Troas shown are the ones I have seen but I dd not research that one. Steve has more time for that. We only got four inches of snow and may have to go back to school/work tomorrow. I know it is a minority opinion but when you start studying these coins and the cultures you might spend more study time (figured at minimum wage?) than you spent on the coin.
I guess I'm the man with the books Doug, I can't do it right now (I'm filling out my Summer Seminar application) but I will later.
The horse grazing coin reminds me of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. A collector could almost chase Romulus and Remus reverse all on their own. Seems like every week I am seeing one I didn't know existed before.
ALEXANDRIA TROAS CIVIC ISSUE AE 19 OBVERSE: CO-L TRO, draped and turreted bust of Tyche right; vexillum behind REVERSE: CO-L AVG, TRO in exergue, eagle standing right on the forepart of a bull Struck at Alexandria Troas, Third Century AD 5.06g, 19mm SNG Cop 117
ALEXANDER TROAS CIVIC ISSUE AE25 OBVERSE: COL ALEX TRO, Turreted & draped bust of city goddess or Tyche right; vexillum behind REVERSE: COL AL [EX TRO], Horse feeding right, tree behind; beside the horse, a herdsman wearing chlamys, holding pedum in right hand, standing right Struck at Rome, 250-70 AD 5.6g, 24.9mm BMC 52
VALERIAN I AE20 OBVERSE: IMP LICI VALERIAN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right REVERSE: VCOL AVG TRO, horse grazing right Struck at Alexandria Troas, 253-60 AD 4.86g, 21mm SNGCop 191v
Alright Doug, according to Curtis, Dikaiosyne is the female personification of fair dealing, and always has scales and cornucopia. Tyche however, is the female personification of fortune, and comes with cornucopia and a ship rudder. The ship rudder seems to either, A. be optional, B. unknown to some of the engravers. Sooooooo, apparently I forgot to check my listing for the earlier Carus I posted, annnnnd it featured Dikaiosyne rather than Tyche. Oops...