Potamikon due this month

Ha your not alone....I too thought of the Heavy Cruiser.

 

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I received my book today! It looks GREAT! I am going to enjoy the read, and I look forward to finding my coin!

Found mine: Pg 232, Plate 343. Fun to have the plate coin!

 

You're making me want it more!

 

That's a great coin. The IS beneath the MFB is very significant and discussed in chapter 5 (and other places, too).

 

Don't suppose you're in the Springfield area, are you?

 

Northbridge. I usually go out to Springfield for the gem and mineral show but I doubt I'll make it this year.

 

I received my copy yesterday. I love it so far! I like the essays on this rather mysterious image and the catalog will be a very useful reference.

So my challenge to folks is: which of these bronze coins do you own? Post a picture of your coins next to the catalog entry. Who has the most of these?

I have a group of Greek bronzes I never went through and I am pretty sure there is a MFB in it.

John

 

Thanks for the feedback. The reception here on CT has been great and I appreciate that a lot. I have the cover coin and a few other plates:

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=3892&page=1&sort=pa

But I tried to use the best available coin for each plate, so not all of mine made the cut, and sometimes we had to repurpose old line drawings from Goltzius!

 

I love that cover coin. I didn't vote for it in the Forvm poll, but it's a beautiful coin of exceptional style.

 

I actually really like the line drawings. They look like something from the middle ages and add a nice vibe to the catalog.

 

See my post #42. My coin actually IS the plate coin #343. Had no clue Nicholas was publishing the book. Cool beans coincidence!

 

I collect silver, so will have to wait until the next volume, where I believe at least one of my coins will be illustrated.
The first volume includes a coin I previously owned: Figure 151 on page 116 is a very rare Gela tetradrachm with Sosipolis crowning the mfb on the reverse. I purchased this coin from CNG, Triton II, December 1, 1998, lot 158, total cost = $3,750. The most recent sale I have found for the coin is Busso Peus 401, November 3, 2010, Lot 43, total cost = $13,000+. Only one of many coins I have great regrets about selling.

 

Will there be a Kindle/Google Books version of the book?

 

Mine was waiting at the office today . I've only had time to look at a few pages but it appears very well-made, and the contents look like the best of both worlds: interesting information + catalog of types.

In addition to a very nice inscription, mine had artwork on the box, sure to be valuable someday (seriously, it's cute and made me smile-- I cut it out and will keep it )

 

There is an e-book available from the publisher for only 19GBP. You can order that right from the archaeopress website. They also have softcover for 45GBP and I can send you a coupon for another 20% off of that, good until the end of November.

 

What are the chances? The day the books shipped from Oxford this coin appeared on the market. It is a unique and unpublished variety (so NOT in Potamikon )! At least I was able to win it, and it is my first RBW coin.



Glad you like the illustration TIF

 

Very cool new coin. What is the attribution?

 

Oops double post...

 

Neapolis. I'm not with the catalog right now so I'm not sure the exact location (probably between 306 and 308), but it is a quarter unit, c. 317/310-270BC. The Phi I behind Apollo are unrecorded. There are plenty of Apollo left/ MFB left, dolphin above types.

 

Thanks for the info. I'm saving for a coin and I have textbooks to buy soon so I can't get it at the moment, but I'll try to buy it first chance I get.