Ok-Ok... Now I REALLY got a PIG!!!

What can I say? @chrsmat71 was soooo... disappointed in one of my threads that I had a PIG of a coin instead of a Pig ON the coin...

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/wow-i-got-a-pig-today.277632/#post-2401409

Well, because I let someone down, (man, I felt so bad, sweating bullets, and everything...) I thought I would try to make things right again...

NOW, the world is back in balance...

Please see my latest capture of a pig! He was greased and slippery, but I was able to tackle and capture the little bugger!


IBERIA. Castulo.
Quarter Unit (Late 2nd century BC).
AE16, 3.27 g, 16mm
Obv: Diademed male head right.
Rev: KAŚTILO (in Iberian).
Boar standing right; star above.
ACIP 2152; SNG BM Spain 1354-7.

Hey, let's make a chain of PIGS for this pig-pen! If you have any coins with PIGS or BOARS or any other type cool-critter on them, lay 'em down in your posts!

 

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That is straight up Bacon, dang.

 

Straight from the CBOT Pork Bellies Futures!

 

that's an awesome pig!


looks like he replaced the usual sphinx on the reverse didn't he...good for him.

glad i was able to be a bad influence!

here's my favorite porker from 1st century BC gaul

 

C HOSIDIUS CF GETA ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS HOSIDIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: GETA before, III VIR behind, diademed & draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver on shoulder
REVERSE: C HOSIDI C F, wild boar of Calydon right, pierced by spear and attacked by dog
Struck at Rome 64 BC
3.6g, 17mm
Cr407/2; Hosidia 1


MYSIA
AR Hemiobol
OBVERSE: Forepart of running boar left, tunny fish behind upward
REVERSE: Head of roaring lion left within incuse square, star above
Struck at Kyzikos, 480-450BC
0.41 g, 9.5 mm
Sear 3850

 

Congrats!! I'm watching Pecunem right now and saw that. Debating whether to drop a few bids .

You want to see our pigs? Happy to oblige, sir . This may take a few posts since there is an upload limit

First up, winged bacon. Leading the squadron is this hekte I hadn't shown before:


LESBOS, Mytilene
521-478 BCE
EL hekte, 10.5 mm, 2.6 gm
Obv: forepart of winged boar right
Rev: incuse head of lion left; rectangular punch behind
Ref: Bodenstedt Em. 10; HGC 6, 935; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA 1678; BMC –


IONIA, Samos
510-500 BCE
AR drachm, 13.7 mm, 3.2 gm
Obv: forepart of winged boar left
Rev: facing lion scalp with dotted square, within incuse square
Ref: SNG Cop 1673


ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Ialysos. 480-408 BC
AR Obol (or some other size-appropriate fractional name), 9 mm, 0.6 gm
Obv: forepart of winged boar left
Rev: helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square.
Ref: SNG Keckman 315; Karl 373

Representatives from the Klazomenai squadron of the First Pigasus Division:


IONIA, Klazomenai
c. 500 BCE
AR drachm, 15 mm, 3.33 gm
Obv: forepart ofwinged boar flying right
Rev: incuse square
Ref: Babelon, Traité II/1, 487; Jameson Coll. 1492


IONIA, Klazomenai
499-494 BCE
AR diobol, 9mm, 1.2 g
Obv: forepart of winged boar left
Rev: incuse square
Ref: Cf. BMC 9-10 (drachm); cf. Traité I 488 (drachm). VF, toned, porous. Very rare with boar left, apparently unpublished as a diobol


IONIA, Klazomenai
499-494 BCE
AR diobol, 10 mm, 1.0 gm
Obv: forepart of winged boar right
Rev: quadripartite incuse square, K
Ref: SNG München 451


IONIA, Klazomenai
c. 5th century BCE
AR hemiobol, 7 x 5 mm, 0.27 gm
Obv: forepart of winged boar right
Rev: incuse square
Ref: SNG von Aulock 1985; Klein 817


IONIA, Klazomenai
4th century BC
AE10.7, 1.53 gm.
Obv: head of Athena right
Rev: ram lying left, winged boar above, Φ in left field; ANOK (ANOY?) below
Ref: Not in literature consulted, including Imhoof-Blumer, F., Kleinasiatische Münzen


(similar to above; the only two like them I've found)


IONIA, Klazomenai
190-130 BCE
AE 16 mm, 5.9 gm
Obv: forepart of winged boar right, ΣΙΜ-Ω-ΝRev: ΚΛΑ-ZΟ-ΜΕΝΙ-ΩΝ in cross-divided square, monogram to left.
Ref: SNG Cop 96, rare


MYSIA, Kisthene. Pharnabazos, satrap
413-374/3 BCE
AE, 9 mm, 0.75 gm
Obv: Bearded head right, wearing bashlyk.
Rev: KIΣ.; forepart of winged boar right.
Ref: Troxell, Orontes 7


MYSIA, Kisthene. Orontes, satrap
357-352 BCE
AE 10 mm, 1.25 gm
Obv: bearded head of satrap right, wearing tiara with diadem tied at rear; [below, K]
Rev: [OPONTA]; forepart of winged boar right
Ref: Troxell, Orontes 6


(same attribution as above)

 

Me LOVE all those PIGS, but the Winged EL Hekte is FANTASTIC! WOW!

 

Wingless bacon:


Roman Republic, Ti. Veturius
137 BCE, Rome
AR denarius, 3.85 gm
Obv: Helmeted bust of Mars right
Rev: youth kneeling left, holding pig; two soldiers standing holding spear and touching pig with swords. ROMA above.
Ref: Crawford 234/1, Sydenham 527, RSC Veturia 1


ATTICA, Eleusis
360-330 BC
AE16
Obv: Triptolemos, seated left in a winged chariot drawn by two snakes
Rev: Pig standing right on mystic staff, (bucranium below?)
Ref: SNG Cop 415


Celtic potin, Leuci tribe
80-20 BC
AE18, 3.4 gm
Obv: bald warrior head left
Rev: boar standing left, three half-circles below
Ref: BN 9100-9104

 

I think I will pile on my RR Pig too, since @Bing has a great one!

Roman Republic
C. Hosidius C. f. Geta.
AR Denarius (16-17 mm, 3.75 g),
Mint: Roma (Rome), 64 BC.
Obv. III VIR / GETA, draped bust of Diana right, wearing stephane, bow and quiver over shoulder.
Rev. Calydonian Boar standing right, pierced by spear and harried by hound below; C HOSIDI C F in exergue.
Sear 346; Crawford 407/2

 

Oh Yeah! I have some other PIGS...

Mysia, Kyzicus,
AR hemiobol, (0.4g)
480-450 BC.
Obv: Forepart of running boar left, tunny fish behind upward.
Rev: Head of roaring lion left within incuse square.
Sear 3850
Ex: @red_spork

 

Those are some very nice Greek and Republican coins! Here are Imperial and provincial pigs:
Antoninus Pius As Sow suckling young
Antoninus Pius Æ As. 143-144 AD. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / IMPERATOR II S-C, Sow seated right under helm-oak, suckling four young, another before, SC in ex. RIC 733, Cohen 450, BMC 1624
SOLD


Epirus, Nikopolis, AE18. Augustus / Head of boar
Obv: AVGOVCTO CKTICTHC, Head of Augustus r., bare.
Rev: NΕIΚΟΠΟ(Λ) ΕW(C), Head of boar r.

 

Holy Ham!!!!

 

Lotta pigs on this forum.

 

Thin sliced bacon!!!!

 

I do NOT have that coin, and I want to capture one...

But I do have a NON-Roman Italic one... Love the Oath scene... So solemn, really impactful...


Marsic Confederation / Italian Allies
Social War 90-88 BCE
AR Denarius
19x17.9mm, 3.7g
Anonymous Issue, Corfinium Mint
Obv: Italia head, l, ITALIA behind
Rev: Oath-taking scene with eight warriors, four on each side, pointing their swords towards a sacrificial pig, which is held by an attendant kneeling at the foot of a standard.
Comment: The reverse is based on the gold Stater and Half-Stater from the Second Punic War, and the Ti Viturius denarius...
Ref: Sear 227; SYD 621

 

WOW !! What a cool thread!!! Wonderful posts !!!

I've been accused of being a 'bore'---Does that count???

Well, I'll pass on posting my Lydian types but throw in my version of the RR boar:

 

What an excellent pig, Alegandron, a really cool type. I don't have any Iberian ones, but I've got a few nonetheless.


Roman Republic Æ Semis(25.2 mm, 19.73g). Anonymous(Sow series), 206-195 B.C., Rome mint. Laureate head of Saturn right; behind, S/Prow right; above, sow; before, S; below, ROMA. Crawford 121/4; Sydenham 254a; BMCRR Rome 484
Ex. RBW Collection, Ex. Goodman Collection(CNG 45, lot 1298 3/18/1998)


Roman Republic AR serrate denarius (19 mm, 3.50 g). C. Hosidius C. F. Geta, moneyer. 68 B.C. Rome mint. Bust of Diana right, draped, with bow and quiver over shoulder; behind, GETA downwards; before, III·VIR downwards. Border of dots / Boar right, wounded by spear and attacked by hound; in exergue, C·HOSIDI·C·F. Border of dots. Crawford 407/1, Sydenham 904, BMCRR Rome 3386, RSC Hosidia 2.

 

LOL, Love the Semis! A pig on deck!

 

Very thoughtful @Alegandron and tremendous OP coin !

Nice other pigs folks (special mention to @TIF hekte). Not even the tail of a pig here. I'd like to pig up one someday though

Q

 

Kyzikos, Mysia
AR Tritatemorion, 9X12mm, 0.58g; 480-450 BC.
Obv.: Forepart of running boar left, tunny fish facing upward.
Rev.: Roaring lion.