Little by little continuing to add more greek silver to my collection, here is a nice Siglos of a bull/wheat I really liked. BITHYNIA. Kalchedon (340 - 320 B.C) AR Siglos O: KAΛX Bull standing left on ear of corn. R: Mill-sail incuse 5.35g 19mm SNG BM 112
Nice Greek @Mat ! Cool you are oozing into the Greek Area... I do not have a plethora of Greeks, and I only have ONE Bithynia: I got this one because it depicted Mithras... not too many coins do, and this was the origin area of that religion. This later became the religion of the Roman Legions. Bithynia Kios 250 BCE AE11 1.06g Laureate hd Mithra r Kantharos 2 grape bunches hanging K-I below within a wreath SNG Cop 382
Nice coin @Mat . I like the details of the stalk of grain / ear of corn. I wonder if we could tell the type of grain on the coin? Cereals The general term for any grain grown for food is frumentum. The word "corn" also referred to grain, but not as the corn (maize) known today. Romans ate: Wheat barley oats rye spelt- - far - its use was gradually only reduced to using for cakes of the confarreate ceremony http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romel/html/romefood.html
I see Mat's coin as exceptional for this often poorly centered type. His bull has horns! It could be worse! A fourree:
Sweet coin Mat! I don't have one from Kalchedon but I do have a bull riding a dolphin from Byzantion.
I can’t see my grain and no mill sail either. BITHYNIA, Kalchedon. Circa 367/6-340 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.76 g). Bull standing left on grain ear; kerykeion and monogram to left / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled quarters. Türkoğlu S02a; HGC 7, 511. VF, light toning. From the Kallman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 195 (10 September 2008), lot 64.
The dead got that bovine right smack dab in the middle of that obverse didn't they...very nice! I just ordered me a cool little Greek bull/ mil-sail combo last night, inbound!
I should have been more direct about how much I love the details on the grain of Mat’s OP coin. Now I want one like it. Thanks Mat, my want list grows again.
