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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 24716688, member: 83845&quot;]Great idea for a thread [USER=26430]@Curtis[/USER] . Nice misfit coins all!</p><p><br /></p><p>This first coin has got to be the King of Interesting Ugliness for my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #808080"><u><b>Themistokles in Exile</b></u></span></font></p><p>This coin was struck under the authority of Themistokles after he was ostracized and forced to seek refuge in Persia. It is unique in that it contains the obverse legend Θ-Ε which has led some to speculate that this coin is meant to represent Themistokles himself. If that is true it may well be the first Greek portrait coin in history!!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580376[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum</font></p><p><font size="3">Themistokles, AR Hemiobol, struck ca. 465-459 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 8 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 0.24 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Head of Hephaistos right, wearing laureate pilos; Θ-E flanking /</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ΘE monogram in dotted square border within incuse square.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Nollé &amp; Wenninger 5a; Cahn &amp; Gerin 8 = SNG München 585; SNG Copenhagen; </font></p><p><font size="3">Very rare.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Gerhard Plankenhorn Collection of Ionian Coins, Ex Numismatik Naumann 97, lot 1025 (Jan. 6, 2020)</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #808080"><u><b>The Poet Homer</b></u></span></font></p><p>Smyrna was one of a handful of cities that claimed to be the home town of Homer. Strabo actually mentions this coin in his writings.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>“There is also a library; and the Homereium, a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet; and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called Homereium.”</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps it is a bit of a stretch to call this coin “ugly” but I would definitely say it’s appeal is not closely related to its appearance.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580470[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Ionia, Smyrna</font></p><p><font size="3">Menophilos Krabaus, magistrate.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ae Homereium, struck ca. 105-95 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 21 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 7.05 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ MHNOΦIΛOΣ KPABAYΣ. </font></p><p><font size="3">Homer, holding scroll and resting chin upon hand, seated left on plinth; sceptre behind</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Milne 1927, 294</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Gerhard Plankenhorn Collection of Ionian Coins</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #808080"><u><b>The Ancient Origins of Granada</b></u></span></font></p><p>This coin is not much to look at but it does provide a connection to the obscure ancient past of one of the most interesting places in the world.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580469[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">ANCIENT SPAIN</font></p><p><font size="3">Celt-Iberians, Iliberri</font></p><p><font size="3">AE As, Grenada mint, struck ca. 150-120 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 31 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 16.26 gr </font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Male head to right. </font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Sphinx to right, below legend ILDuRIRCeSTIN</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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