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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 4491942, member: 75525&quot;]This year I have picked up two interesting coins from one hoard. I have wanted a better Owl for a while and fell for this one at a coin show. A Triskeles was not on my radar until I saw one offered by Ken Dorney. Ken noted that the coin was probably from the large Owl hoard. I wonder if these coins rubbed elbows while hidden.</p><p><b>Athens / Owl Tetradrachm from Athens</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1114514[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1114515[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH]1114516[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1114517[/ATTACH] </p><p>Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.</p><p>Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl</p><p>Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and berry in upper left field, AΘE to right; all within incuse square.</p><p>Struck on a flan that includes all of Athena’s helmet crest and full reverse borders.</p><p>17.17 grams</p><p>1 h</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hoplite / Triskeles Stater from Pamphylia Aspendos</b> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1114521[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1114522[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH]1114523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1114524[/ATTACH]</p><p>These coins were rare until the last few years. It is interesting the hoard had high grade Owls and low grade Triskeles.&nbsp; </p><p>Pamphylia, Aspendos, 465 - 430 BC, Silver Stater</p><p>Obverse: Hoplite warrior advancing right holding spear and round shield. The end of the spear behind the soldier has some extra lines, like a trident pointing the wrong way. I do not see them on other examples. The lines could be an insect with 6 legs or flow lines on the die.</p><p>Reverse: Triskeles, 3 legs running, below - lion crouching left in background, above - EΣT, all within incuse square.</p><p>10.73 grams</p><p>19.4 X 17.3 X 4.8 mm</p><p>Sear – 5381 - 5383 are similar, 5383 is the best but not exact match, 460 – 420 BC</p><p>HISTORIA NVMORVM, Barclay Head – Pg 699, Fig 317, 500 – 400 BC</p><p>BMC – 19.93, 1-2 or 19.94, 9</p><p>SNG von Aulock 4482-3</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Part of the recent hoard of Athenian tetradrachms which included these staters as well as a fewer from Cilicia.</p><p>2. The coin was sold as rare, but I found 750 similar coins on acsearch (PAMPHYLIA Shield Triskeles). Something like a hoard significantly changed availability. VCoins has 64 and MA Shops has 15 similar coins for sale.</p><p>3. Behind the Triskeles on the reverse are: nothing, lion crouching left, lion standing left, lion jumping right, ivy leaf / vine &amp; eagle.</p><p>4. Reverse inscription on my coin is EΣT.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 4.1&nbsp; Some coins replace the T with a turtle.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 4.2&nbsp; Head reported these inscreptions: E, EΣ, EΣT, EΣTFE, EΣP, and others</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 4.3 The legend represents the Pamphylian form fo the name of Aspendos – EΣTVEDIYS</p><p>5.&nbsp; A hoplite was the most common type of heavily armed foot-soldier in ancient Greece from the 7th to 4th centuries BC. The principal weapons of a hoplite infantryman were a long ash wood spear, a short sword and a large circular shield. (ancient.eu/hoplite - Mark Cartwright)&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>7.&nbsp; Aspendos or Aspendus (Pamphylian: ΕΣΤϜΕΔΥΣ; Attic: Ἄσπενδος) was an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya province of Turkey, located about 40 km east of the modern city of Antalya, Turkey. It was situated on the Eurymedon River about 16 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea.</p><p>8.&nbsp; Hoplite / Triskle coins have been featured on several Coin Talk posts in the last few years. More information here: <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/triskeles.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/triskeles.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/triskeles.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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