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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 8293445, member: 15481"]Prices were kinda bonkers at Savoca today, but I bought two coins and put my new Sear book to use:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1466258[/ATTACH]</p><p>Akarnania. Oeniadae</p><p><br /></p><p><i>AE21, circa 219-211 BC. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right, (Λ below, eagle behind head)</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: OINIAΔAN above head of the river-god Acheloös right, trident above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: BCD Akarnania 349; BMC 12., Sear 2298</p><p><br /></p><p>Size: 21mm Weight: 6,67g</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Oeniadae was situated south in Acarnania, near the mouth of the Achelous, the largest river in Greece. The man-headed bull is thought to be a symbol of this important waterway. He also appears beardless on several Acarnanian silver coins from Leucas and Thyrrheium .</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>That was 28€ plus %. The coin is not in good condition, and I had decided to skip it after having had it on my watch list before the auction. But when it came up, I just really wanted that man-headed bull. Plus I had just seen a picture of it in my new book. Fools and their money are easily parted.</p><p><br /></p><p>The next one was this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1466259[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Ionia. Kolophon</p><p><br /></p><p><i>AE19, 4th-3rd century BC. Magistrate Alkidemos?</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Youthful head of Apollo right, hair bound in taenia, upright jewel or horn above forehead</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: (AΛ-KI-ΔH-MOΣ?) around linear square with lyre within with KO above it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: M&M 21, lot 626. Magistrate unlisted in Milne; BMC; Mionnet; SNG Cop; SNG ANS etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size: 19mm Weight: 6,41g Conservation: very fine details, scratches.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Kolophon was a city of very early foundation, and was one of the places claiming to be the birthplace of Homer. A temple of Apollo excisted at Clarus in the territory of Kolophon, and was the highly regarded oracle of Apollo Clarius, thus the frequent appearance of Apollo and his lyre on the coins of Kolophon. This began with late archaic style drachms, and continued on silver and bronze coinage in classical style during the 4th century BC. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>This was 34€, and when I looked at the scarred face of Apollo afterwards, I thought I had overpaid. I got some comfort in finding this entry on wildwinds, though:</p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1466260[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i>Another sold in Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, Auction 17 in 2005, lot 850.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Very scarce.</i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i>Used with permission. Münzen & Medaillen GmbH (DE) Auction 21, 2007, lot 626. Sold for 260 Euros (ca. $349)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><a href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/ionia/kolophon/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/ionia/kolophon/t.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/ionia/kolophon/t.html</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Although I’m unable to read the lettering on my coin, they look too similar to be different issues. But I can be wrong. In any event my old 12mm Kolophon chalcous gets a big brother now. And I think it has beautiful style despite the surfaces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 8293445, member: 15481"]Prices were kinda bonkers at Savoca today, but I bought two coins and put my new Sear book to use: [ATTACH=full]1466258[/ATTACH] Akarnania. Oeniadae [I]AE21, circa 219-211 BC. [/I] Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right, (Λ below, eagle behind head) Reverse: OINIAΔAN above head of the river-god Acheloös right, trident above. Reference: BCD Akarnania 349; BMC 12., Sear 2298 Size: 21mm Weight: 6,67g [I]Oeniadae was situated south in Acarnania, near the mouth of the Achelous, the largest river in Greece. The man-headed bull is thought to be a symbol of this important waterway. He also appears beardless on several Acarnanian silver coins from Leucas and Thyrrheium . [/I] That was 28€ plus %. The coin is not in good condition, and I had decided to skip it after having had it on my watch list before the auction. But when it came up, I just really wanted that man-headed bull. Plus I had just seen a picture of it in my new book. Fools and their money are easily parted. The next one was this: [ATTACH=full]1466259[/ATTACH] Ionia. Kolophon [I]AE19, 4th-3rd century BC. Magistrate Alkidemos?[/I] Obverse: Youthful head of Apollo right, hair bound in taenia, upright jewel or horn above forehead Reverse: (AΛ-KI-ΔH-MOΣ?) around linear square with lyre within with KO above it. Reference: M&M 21, lot 626. Magistrate unlisted in Milne; BMC; Mionnet; SNG Cop; SNG ANS etc. Size: 19mm Weight: 6,41g Conservation: very fine details, scratches. [I]Kolophon was a city of very early foundation, and was one of the places claiming to be the birthplace of Homer. A temple of Apollo excisted at Clarus in the territory of Kolophon, and was the highly regarded oracle of Apollo Clarius, thus the frequent appearance of Apollo and his lyre on the coins of Kolophon. This began with late archaic style drachms, and continued on silver and bronze coinage in classical style during the 4th century BC. [/I] This was 34€, and when I looked at the scarred face of Apollo afterwards, I thought I had overpaid. I got some comfort in finding this entry on wildwinds, though: [I][ATTACH=full]1466260[/ATTACH] Another sold in Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, Auction 17 in 2005, lot 850. Very scarce. Used with permission. Münzen & Medaillen GmbH (DE) Auction 21, 2007, lot 626. Sold for 260 Euros (ca. $349) [URL]https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/ionia/kolophon/t.html[/URL][/I] Although I’m unable to read the lettering on my coin, they look too similar to be different issues. But I can be wrong. In any event my old 12mm Kolophon chalcous gets a big brother now. And I think it has beautiful style despite the surfaces.[/QUOTE]
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