Castor & Pollux

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Good news, Steve. There is a Leda and the swan coin. Bad news. This one brought $98,000. Perhaps you can find a bottom feeder example for half that?

 

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Wow, that is a gorgeous coin!!

 

Yes, it is. My swan is not so hot. It is an obol of Mallos, Cilicia, a city whose location is not certain. It was once important enough to have many nice coins that I don't have including several swan variations. The obverse is a torso of a man.


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This one is nicer but mine was part of a large group of small coins I bought so came by accident.

 

Expensive for such a small coin that doesn't have sharp details. But I guess that's because of the rarity. That first swan coin is beautiful!

 

leda was more into animals than people? man, that was one freeeeeeeeeaky chick.



A mosaic from Cyprus (c. 3rdC AD)

Check this out from wikipedia...

Modern censorshipIn April 2012 an art gallery in London, England, was instructed by the police to remove a modern exhibit of Leda and the Swan.[SUP][24][/SUP] The law concerned was Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, brought in by the Labour Party government of 2005-2010.

 

Darn, I guess they made more than one of these.

 

Very nice salty. Very nice!

 

... hey, maybe that's where they got the term "getting goosed"?