First New Coin - Dolphin With 2 Fish!

I have been embroiled in buying a new house and moving the last couple months which has eaten all my time, energy and spare funds. Things are finally starting to settle a little so I thought I would buy a new coin just on principle. I picked this coin with its three sea creatures because it reminds me of the kind of coin that Stevex6 likes. It turns out to be somewhat rare, CNG only lists 2 in their sales records. I got it for a super deal at ebay shop MORTOWN, a place I check regularly for good stuff.

My camera setup is in a box somewhere so I had to resort to a cell phone picture:


THRACE, Anchialus. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (25mm, 7.57 g, 7h).
Obverse: Laureate head right, slight drapery, AVT MAXIMEINOC EV CEB CAN.
Reverse: Dolphin right, fish above and below; the top to left, the bottom to right. AΓXIAΛEΩN.
References: Cf. AMNG II 604; Mouchmov -; cf. Varbanov 499/494 (for obv./rev.).
Rare.

I am back in the game!

Post your coins with sea creatures!

John

 

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very kool!.. ole Stevex6 has left an indelible influence on us all.. i have a coin coming that is a product of him also glad you getting settled in and getting comfortable Theo. (that's a fine pic by the way!)...i can't recall having any sea critters on coin right off the bat, but i like yours!..

 

That's lovely! Nice, legible inscriptions, too.

I don't have many with sea creatures. Here's a mythical creature, a capricorn:


Cornelia Supera, wife of Aemelian, Augusta, 253 CE.
Roman provincial Æ 20.5mm, 3.78 g.
Mysia, Parium, AD 253.
Obv: G CORN SUPERA, diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: C. G. I. H. P., Capricorn right, cornucopia on back; globe between legs (Sear describes as a star, but this appears to be a globe).
Refs: SGI 4408 (var.); SNG Von Aulock 7448.

 

Congrats! Glad to hear life is getting back to normal. LOVE sea creatures! Here's one of the few I've ever picked up at a coin show...


Sicily, Akragas. Tetras
10.35 g), ca. 420-406 BC.
AKPA, eagle right, head
lowered to devour hare held
in talons; in left field, crab
right. Reverse Crab; below,
three pellets above crayfish
left. CNS 50; SNG ANS
1037; HGC 2, 140. Rare.
Glossy dark chocolate
brown patina.

 

Great Maximinus with character, congrats.

 

Nice!

 

Glad to hear its all starting to settle for you and a nice coin @Theodosius
I am still trying to get moved and get my old house to sell also. The new job and home is going but not fast enough.
I have a coin on the way from a fellow CTer.
Not been able to add any new coins for same reasons as you and has been very difficult.

Here is an old and tiny coin that I have been unsucessful at photograghing so its JA's photo.

Istros, Moesia.
AR Trihemiobol, 10mm, 1.1g; c. 380/350-330/280 BC.
Obv. Facing male heads, the right inverted.
Rev. IΣTΡIH, sea-eagle grasping a dolphin with talons.
Reference: SNG BM 250
Ex-JAZ

 

@Theodosius Congrats getting back in to collection again! Moving can be so frustrating... have done it many a time in my career.

Sicily Syracuse ca 410 BC AE 19 Athena Wreath Hippocamp


Sicily Akragas AE Onkia 16mm 3.8g 425-406 BCE Eagle r fish fly - Crab conch SNG ANS 1062 var


China Zhou Dynasty 1046-256 BCE AE Fish Money 67mm 9.5g AB Coole Enc Chinese Coins 6920ff ex: @Ken Dorney


Moesia Istros AR Drachm 19mm 5.9g 4th C BCE Facing male hds inverted - Sea Eagle dolphin K Rausch 19 17


Syracuse Tyrant Gelon 458-478 BCE AR Tet 24mm 16.7g Slow Biga Victory Artemus-Arethusa 4 dolphins Sear-Greek 914


RR Aes Grave Anon 280-276 BCE Triens 46mm 90.3g 9.3mm thick Tbolt-Dolphin Rome Crawford 14-3 T Vecchi 3


Thrace - Olbius AE Dolphin money


Thrace Byzantion AR Half-Siglos bull-dolphin-incuse 340-320 BC

 

7 "Best Answer" on one page. That's what I call Inflation !!!

 

Mine uses different dies and I called the 'up' on the reverse differently because of the trident around which the dolphin entwines. Mine was from the Guy Clark stock when a friend was selling them for him at a VNA show. I bought 16 of his coins that day. I liked the scale detail on the left fish. I have bought coins for worse reasons than fish scales. I wonder sometimes if a good cleaner could help it but I am not a good cleaner.
https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...s=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=
There are several of these on acsearch (above) showing different dies and every opinion on which way is up. None are high grade.

 

Best Answer.

 

Sea creatures is plural so here you go (two dolphins & two dots):


THRACE, Thasos
AR Obol
435 - 411 B.C.
0.50 grams, 8 mm
Obv: Two dolphins swimming opposite
directions with pellet above & below
Rev: Quaripartite incuse punch
Grade: gF to a VF
Other: Rosen Collection 146, Lockett 1224, Ex (Lewis Egnew Collection) Superior 30 May 1995 lot 7224, Ex Harlan Berk, from Allen Berman Dec 2014.

 

I wondered why some people were showing the reverse orientation that way, the trident pointing up makes sense.

 

Nice sea creatures everyone. Here is an octopus to contribute to the mix.

 

Well, this isn't a FISH, nor under the realm of Neptune.

I believe it is more as @Nicholas Molinari would determine as under the realm of Achelous... who is even an older God:

FROG:

Luceria AES Grave Anonymous 217-215 BCE Uncia 7-35g Frog-Corn Ear pellet retrograde L T-V 285

Back to Sea-Creature under Neptune:

OCTOPI:

SYRACUSE 2nd Democr 466-405 BCE Æ Tetras 2.7g 15mm c.425 BCE Arethusa dolphins - Octopus 3 pellets SNG ANS 376 Calciati II.21.1


Sicily Syracuse AE Onkia 12-10mm 1.4g 425-415 BCE Arethusa - Octopus BMC 249

Under Mercury's Realm - PROPELLER / MOTORBOAT:

LYCIA Dynast Perikles 380-360 BCE AR 1-3 Stater 20x14mm 2.8g Facing lion's scalp Triskeles BMC 157 (Motorus-Boatus Mercury, not genus Evenrudes)

 

Everyone, just about, here gets "Best Answer". Except myself, who the powers that be may be saving for "Worst Answer". The Lobster getting ready for the pot !!!

 

How 'bout a baby Lobster... Crawdaddy device on rev (called a CRAB by Numismatists...)


Apollonia Pontica Thrace AR Diobol 1-3g 410-323 BCE Apollo-Anchor crab A Tupalov 56

 

12 people, or a dozen, on this page have been awarded "Best Answer". In my logic, that is 11 too many. How can all 12 be considered as best ? Or is this a Lunatic Asylum ???

 

That's a link to vote for Best Answer. You can't vote for yourself so it won't show for you but it's visible for everyone else. Sorry but there's no conspiracy here.

 

Thanks for your answer, Ancient Joe. I still think that, in that respect, crazy is the norm here.