Got a weird one today.

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by happycobra, Nov 21, 2007.

  1. happycobra

    happycobra Senior Member

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    Greek, Sicily, 415-405 BC about 12mm.

    It was a toss up between this or a nice Nero Tetradrachm. Something called to me. It said “MOOOoo, buy me”.
    :p
     
    happycobra, Nov 21, 2007
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  3. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    Moo! Nice one! Pity you didn't get a Syracusan tetradrachm instead ;)
     
    Ardatirion, Nov 21, 2007
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  4. Bonedigger

    Bonedigger New Member

    I like it. Great coin which will give milk... :D ;) :) :rolleyes:
     
    Bonedigger, Nov 21, 2007
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  5. De Orc

    De Orc Well-Known Member

    Have to agree it looks good :D
     
    De Orc, Nov 21, 2007
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  6. happycobra

    happycobra Senior Member

    Sorry I haven’t replayed, but you know, family and the holidays. =)

    Thanks for the nice comments. I got the coin because of the bulls with a man face on the revs.

    I’ve looked around and can’t find any info on bulls with man faces in Greek mythology and I’m wondering what it means. I’ve seen several such coins that come from Sicily but I haven’t seen examples from other Greek areas or city-states. Anyone have any insight on why this is? Is there a story behind it? Why is it only found on one island?
     
    happycobra, Nov 26, 2007
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  7. JeromeLS

    JeromeLS Coin Fanatic

    Very interesting piece (is it a tetraobol ?)
     
    JeromeLS, Nov 26, 2007
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