A month or so ago I was asked by Dane at Wildwinds if she could use my image and description of a coin I acquired. It has a combination of monograms not previously included on the site. This is the coin and attribution PERGAMON (Mysia) AE16. Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with 8 pointed star. Reverse: AΘHNAΣ / NIKHΦOPOY. Owl standing facing on palm frond right, with wings spread. Monograms ΓΑ and ΑΡ either sides of owl in fields. SNG Leipzig 1102-1103. Pergamon mint, ca. 200-133 BC. 2,9 g - 16 mm. Here is a screenshot of the Wildwinds page and the link to the Wildwinds page https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/mysia/pergamon/t.html
@expat Congrats. I think it is a big deal. I have one listed and consider it an accomplishment. Mine was found while cleaning a batch of ancients. Again, way to go.
Congrats on the listing. I've been corresponding with Dane quite a bit this year as she has been helping me attribute and post several rare / unpublished coins. It always takes her a while to update the Wildwinds database so its exciting when you finally get to see your coin listed.
Congrats @expat - always fun to have a virtual plate coin! and it your case to make a contribution to the understanding of the monograms and perhaps magistrates for this coin type, city, and time period.
Very good! I keep close track of any publication whatsoever of my coins, including "digital plate coins" (or "virtual plate coins" as Sulla called them above). I'm always more excited to find a coin published in a new book or article in print, but you could make a case that the wildwinds coins have much more total exposure and educational impact. I think I may have only ever submitted a single coin of my own to wildwinds. In 2013, and for a long time after, it was the only specimen photographed: I look up all my new coins on Wildwinds to see if they're illustrated. I've found maybe 10, give or take. On several occasions they've included additional background information that was new to me (in the text link). For the coin below, finding it on wildwinds led me to several more links in the chain of prior collections (and several more websites & online references): Incidentally, I keep a folder for screenshots of all these finds and record the URLs in my provenance file so I won't lose track. I use them to construct the individual "object biography" for each coin. If you really want to understand a topic (like ancient coins), I think it's important pay close attention to how the "data" is organized, where and between whom it flows, which audiences use which references, who contributes, how different references are related (e.g., whether die-studies draw data from sources like Wildwinds and private collections, or rely on museum collections, etc.)... Each little bit of "object biography" plays only a small role, but it all adds up.
Awesome! (I went and found it) That is my go to place for ID-ing coins. I think I have one similar? A more affordable "owl".
@expat that is really awesome to be on wildwinds, where collectors of all around the world can find it when looking for information. Congrats! I always search on wildwinds coins that I want or need to attribute
