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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2385863, member: 56859"]Mmmm, Syracuse. Such a wonderful array of choices!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Hieron II Poseidon/trident bronze is a must-have for lovers of Syracuse coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Here's mine.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_b6d15eeba7294202b502e868f90565d1.jpg_srb_p_1000_495_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&hash=0551b0b8bb143073c6211b88533afbcc" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II</b></p><p>275-216 BCE</p><p>Æ 23, 7.4 gm</p><p>Obv: diademed head of Poseidon left</p><p>Rev: IEP-ΩNOΣ Trident upright; on either side, dolphin</p><p>Ref: Calciati 194</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favorites, a sweet little nymph and octopus:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_b951978245b64425a71013018a99516d.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffit%2Fw_850%2Ch_436%2Cq_75%2Fae43f8_b951978245b64425a71013018a99516d.jpg&hash=2773e5bcbc353bd47e5a0d6c7967fb19" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse. Dionysos I</b></p><p>390 BCE</p><p>Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm</p><p>Obv: head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing necklace</p><p>Rev: octopus</p><p>Ref: CNS 29; SNG ANS 385</p><p><br /></p><p>The next one doesn't look like much but it is actually pretty nice "for the type":</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_510%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg&hash=4e05fb18eb697a4cd90a57ad3fdcf5b7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy</b></p><p>c. 425 BCE</p><p>Æ tetras, 13 mm, 1.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Female head right; XXX before</p><p>Rev: Hippocamp right, octopus below</p><p>Ref: CNS 30; SNG ANS 1382</p><p><br /></p><p>And my favorite, likely to remain so for my whole life, unless I come into a bunch of money <i>and</i> AncientJoe loses his mind and sells me his stunning <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-agathokles-tetradrachm.247860/#post-1936489" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-agathokles-tetradrachm.247860/#post-1936489">Agathokles tetradrachm</a> with Kore/Nike erecting trophy,</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffit%2Fw_1702%2Ch_1064%2Cq_90%2Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg&hash=f8e0bac7cb88cdd597dbd0e943b505af" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BCE)</b></p><p>310-305 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm</p><p>Obv: head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath, earring and necklace; around, three dolphins; under, monogram (NK?)</p><p>Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, fast chariot charioteer leads to left, holding reins and kentron; above, triskeles; in exergue, monogram</p><p>Ref: Ierardi 12 (O2-R8); SNG Copenhagen 573 var., SNG ANS 637</p><p><br /></p><p>The story of its acquisition is <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Non-Syracusian coins with Poseidon and/or tridents:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_aa8f475d6a1f49019b1ed222fe03def2.jpg_srb_p_1000_497_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&hash=0d7b16137341fb4db9684aac9e837a2c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson</b></p><p>struck 227-225 BCE, Amphipolis mint?</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 32 mm, 17.1 gm</p><p>Obv: wreathed head of <b><span style="color: #0000ff">Poseidon</span></b> right</p><p>Rev: Apollo seated left on prow left, holding bow; monogram below.</p><p>Ref: Panagopoulou 50–3 var. (unlisted dies); EHC 436; Touratsoglou 52–3; SNG Saroglos 933; SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3266</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phoeniciaberytostychehippocampquadriga-jpg.361205/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Berytos </b></p><p><b>1st century BCE</b></p><p>Æ19.5, 5.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right</p><p>Rev: <b><span style="color: #0000ff">Poseidon</span></b> standing left in quadriga drawn by four hippocamps, holding <b><span style="color: #0000ff">trident</span></b> and patera, small male figure guiding the quadriga</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 83</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffit%2Fw_1702%2Ch_1064%2Cq_90%2Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2Fae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg&hash=ffa9f8f565aa05994201faace65de02b" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus</b></p><p>year 4, CE 163/4</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.51 gm</p><p>Obv: ΛAVPHΛI OVHPOCCEB; bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust left</p><p>Rev: Radiate and draped bust of Serapis-Pantheos right, wearing calathus and horn of Ammon; <b><span style="color: #0000ff">trident</span></b> behind shoulder; ∆/L in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 2360 (4), R1; Köln 2148; Dattari (Savio) 9420; K&G 39.77</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_50da028ede1942328a8e49d2862e9ea7.jpg_srb_p_1000_533_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&hash=d40854538141b61dd1ecde6ec22fb204" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>AKARNANIA, Federal Coinage (Akarnanian Confederacy)</b></p><p>3rd century BCE</p><p>Æ (20mm, 6.38 g, 10h)</p><p>Obv: laureate head of Zeus right; API below</p><p>Rev: head of river-god Achelӧos left; <b><span style="color: #0000ff">trident</span></b> head above, monogram to left. Ref: BCD Akarnania 32; HGC 4, 736</p><p><i>ex Alexandre Carathéodory Pasha (1833-1906)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2385863, member: 56859"]Mmmm, Syracuse. Such a wonderful array of choices! The Hieron II Poseidon/trident bronze is a must-have for lovers of Syracuse coins :). Here's mine. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_b6d15eeba7294202b502e868f90565d1.jpg_srb_p_1000_495_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&hash=0551b0b8bb143073c6211b88533afbcc[/IMG] [B]Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II[/B] 275-216 BCE Æ 23, 7.4 gm Obv: diademed head of Poseidon left Rev: IEP-ΩNOΣ Trident upright; on either side, dolphin Ref: Calciati 194 One of my favorites, a sweet little nymph and octopus: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_b951978245b64425a71013018a99516d.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffit%2Fw_850%2Ch_436%2Cq_75%2Fae43f8_b951978245b64425a71013018a99516d.jpg&hash=2773e5bcbc353bd47e5a0d6c7967fb19[/IMG] [B]Sicily, Syracuse. Dionysos I[/B] 390 BCE Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm Obv: head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing necklace Rev: octopus Ref: CNS 29; SNG ANS 385 The next one doesn't look like much but it is actually pretty nice "for the type": [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_510%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg&hash=4e05fb18eb697a4cd90a57ad3fdcf5b7[/IMG] [B]Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy[/B] c. 425 BCE Æ tetras, 13 mm, 1.9 gm Obv: Female head right; XXX before Rev: Hippocamp right, octopus below Ref: CNS 30; SNG ANS 1382 And my favorite, likely to remain so for my whole life, unless I come into a bunch of money [I]and[/I] AncientJoe loses his mind and sells me his stunning [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-agathokles-tetradrachm.247860/#post-1936489']Agathokles tetradrachm[/URL] with Kore/Nike erecting trophy, [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffit%2Fw_1702%2Ch_1064%2Cq_90%2Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg&hash=f8e0bac7cb88cdd597dbd0e943b505af[/IMG] [B]SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BCE)[/B] 310-305 BCE AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm Obv: head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath, earring and necklace; around, three dolphins; under, monogram (NK?) Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, fast chariot charioteer leads to left, holding reins and kentron; above, triskeles; in exergue, monogram Ref: Ierardi 12 (O2-R8); SNG Copenhagen 573 var., SNG ANS 637 The story of its acquisition is [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/']here[/URL]. Non-Syracusian coins with Poseidon and/or tridents: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_aa8f475d6a1f49019b1ed222fe03def2.jpg_srb_p_1000_497_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&hash=0d7b16137341fb4db9684aac9e837a2c[/IMG] [B]KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson[/B] struck 227-225 BCE, Amphipolis mint? AR tetradrachm, 32 mm, 17.1 gm Obv: wreathed head of [B][COLOR=#0000ff]Poseidon[/COLOR][/B] right Rev: Apollo seated left on prow left, holding bow; monogram below. Ref: Panagopoulou 50–3 var. (unlisted dies); EHC 436; Touratsoglou 52–3; SNG Saroglos 933; SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3266 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phoeniciaberytostychehippocampquadriga-jpg.361205/[/IMG] [B]PHOENICIA, Berytos 1st century BCE[/B] Æ19.5, 5.9 gm Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right Rev: [B][COLOR=#0000ff]Poseidon[/COLOR][/B] standing left in quadriga drawn by four hippocamps, holding [B][COLOR=#0000ff]trident[/COLOR][/B] and patera, small male figure guiding the quadriga Ref: SNG Copenhagen 83 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffit%2Fw_1702%2Ch_1064%2Cq_90%2Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2Fae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg&hash=ffa9f8f565aa05994201faace65de02b[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus[/B] year 4, CE 163/4 billion tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.51 gm Obv: ΛAVPHΛI OVHPOCCEB; bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust left Rev: Radiate and draped bust of Serapis-Pantheos right, wearing calathus and horn of Ammon; [B][COLOR=#0000ff]trident[/COLOR][/B] behind shoulder; ∆/L in right field Ref: Emmett 2360 (4), R1; Köln 2148; Dattari (Savio) 9420; K&G 39.77 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_50da028ede1942328a8e49d2862e9ea7.jpg_srb_p_1000_533_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&hash=d40854538141b61dd1ecde6ec22fb204[/IMG] [B]AKARNANIA, Federal Coinage (Akarnanian Confederacy)[/B] 3rd century BCE Æ (20mm, 6.38 g, 10h) Obv: laureate head of Zeus right; API below Rev: head of river-god Achelӧos left; [B][COLOR=#0000ff]trident[/COLOR][/B] head above, monogram to left. Ref: BCD Akarnania 32; HGC 4, 736 [I]ex Alexandre Carathéodory Pasha (1833-1906)[/I][/QUOTE]
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