I do not know much about the history of this city or the iconography of the coin, but I bought it purely for the cool obverse! It is Pan riding a goat, it cannot get better than that. Sicily, Himera. Æ Hemilitra or Hexonkion. Circa 420-410 B.C. Obverse: Pan, blowing into conch shell and holding lagobolon, riding goat springing right; helmet below. Reverse: Nike flying left, holding aphlaston in extended right hand, left hand holding hem of chiton; six pellets (mark of value) to left. Reference: SNG Copenhagen 318; Calciati 27; HGC 2, 474 6.22g; 20mm If you have any more info regarding the coin/city please feel free to share it. Also, post your coins from Himera, goats and people (or gods?) riding animals!
A nice coin. Here is one of my goats. Kelenderis, Cilicia, (440 - 400 B.C.) AR Stater O: Young man riding sideways on horse galloping left, nude, preparing to dismount, bridle in left hand on near side of horse, whip in left hand, A below before hind legs. R: Goat crouching left on solid exergue line, head turned looking back right, KEΛEN over ivy spray with leaf and berries, all in a shallow round incuse. Kelenderis (Aydincik, Turkey) mint 10.83g 20.1mm Celenderis Hoard 3 (O15/R15); SNG BnF 46; cf. BMC Cilicia p. 52, 10 (KEΛ); SNGvA 5617 (KEΛEN) Ex. Numismatik Naumann Auction 77 (5 May 2019), lot 304.
Never seen that type, very interesting obverse. A much more common goat : Valerian II, antoninianus - Cologne mint, AD 257-258 VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust of Valerian junior right IOVI CRESCENTI, Young Jupiter on back of goat Amalthea right 3.66 gr Ref : RCV # 10731, Cohen #26 Q
...Wow. I'm still getting my head around the whole concept of anyone riding a goat. Divine or not. If you've ever seen a real one, who was single and correspondingly Mad As (expletive of choice), and kept in his own fence for the safety of the general public.... It was like, you look at him, and you Know he wants to hurt you. ...True story. Sorry if it was off point.
Here's my Valerian II goat, nice reverse strike which pushed the cost up... Valerian II, AR antoninianus, 23 mm 4.2 grams Struck: 257-258, Cologne. Obverse: VALERIANVS CAES, radiate, draped bust right Reverse: IOVI CRESCENTI, the child Jupiter sitting right on the goat Amalthea, looking left, right hand raised, left hand holding the goat's horn. Reference: RIC 3 (Lyons); Cohen 26 (Saloninus); Elmer 67a; Goebl 0907e; Sear 10731.
OLD GOAT THRACO-MAKEDON TRIBES- MYGDONES or KRESTONES 480-470 BCE AR Obol 0.79g 11mm Goat Quadripartite incuse square AMNG III 14 Ex: @Bing
MN FONTEIUS CF ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo Vejovis right, M FONTEI CF behind, thunderbolt below, ROMA monogram below chin REVERSE: Infant winged Genius (or Cupid) infant Genius riding goat right, , caps of the Dioscuri above, filleted thyrsos below Struck at Rome 85 BC 3.87g, 20mm Cr353/1a; Fonteia 9
Goat Sacrifice RR AR Denarius 3.88g L Pomponius Molo 97 BCE Rome Apollo Numa Pompilius stdng Lituus alter sacrifice goat Cr 334-1 Syd 607
My Mn. Fonteius Apollo/Cupid riding goat denarius: And my own Valerian II -- a pretty popular type around here, it seems.
Val II also rides an eagle. Way more fun than a horse. VALERIAN II AR Antoninianus OBVERSE: DIVO VALERIANO CAES - Radiate, draped bust right. REVERSE: CONSACRATIO - Valerian II riding eagle right, upwards Struck at Rome, 257-58 AD 3.2g, 23mm RIC 9, S 3071
My grandma used to keep a goat when I was a kid. I was supposed to take the goat to the pasture occasionaly and keep an eye on it while it was grazing. A smart and useful animal. CILICIA, Kelenderis. Circa 430-420 BC. Stater (Silver, 18mm, 10.70 g 10). Youthful nude rider, holding the reins with his right hand and a goad in his left, seated sideways on horse prancing to left, preparing to jump off and run alongside the horse. Rev. Goat kneeling left, its head turned back to right; above, knucklebone. SNG France 44-45. ex Stoecklin collection, Nomos AG 14, 17.5.2017, lot 155, ex Hess-Leu 28, 5.5.1965, lot 258, supposedly bought in the bazaar in Istanbul in June 1958
I am thrilled to see the OP - I have one of those. Or rather a smaller version of the OP. Or at least I think so! As for attribution, it's kind of a guess: the OP has very clear pellets, mine not so much: Sicily, Himera Æ 16 Tetras (c. 420-410 B.C.) Nude rider (Pan as youth?) on a goat right, blowing in conch; three pellets below / Nike flying left, holding aphlaston in right hand & seam of her gown in left; two pellets before. Calciati 32-34v (?) (2.72 grams / 16 mm) eBay Sep. 2018 Lot @ $1.08
