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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4606286, member: 56859"]Lost in SHAG carpeting! How on earth did she find it? The ol' vacuum cleaner with a piece of hosiery stretched across the nozzle? </p><p><br /></p><p>Those itty bitty coins can be a real pain but I love them anyway. This lion and pig tidbit is one I keep meaning to acquire but so far have failed. Yours is very attractive. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently I have no Greek coins from Kyzikos! How can that be when they are so cool?! Maybe it's time for a Vcoins excursion <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mysia I can do.</p><p><br /></p><p>From Pergamon, the largest city in Mysia:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/eumenestetreshoot2-rt_edited2-jpg.1038850/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS of PERGAMON, Eumenes I</b></p><p>263-241 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm 29 mm, 16.94 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Philetairos right, wearing laurel wreath</p><p>Rev: ΦIΛETAIPOY; Athena enthroned left, right hand resting on shield set at her feet, gorgon on shield; left elbow resting on small sphinx seated right; transverse spear in background, ivy leaf above knee, monogram on throne, bow to right</p><p>Ref: BMC Greek (Mysia) 31, p.115; SNG France 1606–9</p><p>Formerly slabbed, NGC Ch AU 5/5 3/5, Fine Style</p><p><i>Ex Dr. Spencer Paterson Collection of Ancient coins, Great Collections 15 Sept 2019</i></p><p><br /></p><p>A 9 mm beauty (so dang hard to take focused pictures of these!)</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_8fd3023bfd1c4e7ba87e0f4aeae32178.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_505%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_8fd3023bfd1c4e7ba87e0f4aeae32178.jpg&hash=76b5cce635360f03cb60edf7e6a72b27" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MYSIA, Pitane</b></p><p>AE, 4th-3rd c. BCE</p><p>9 mm, 0.64 gm</p><p>Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right</p><p>Rev: ΠΙΤΑ; Pentagram, branch in center</p><p>Ref: BMC 5-10 var. (pellet in center)</p><p><br /></p><p>A favorite flying pig:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kisthenepigasusrt-jpg.714605/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MYSIA, Kisthene</b></p><p><i>Orontes</i>, satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE</p><p>AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm</p><p>Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready</p><p>Rev: Forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Ref: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock</p><p>Very rare.</p><p><i>ex X6 Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>One of my earliest attempts at animating a coin:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pigasusanimation-gif.288571/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Peloponnesian war coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A bunch of itty bitties:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tinycoins_edited-2-jpg.407840/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've added many more little coins since the above composite but am behind on photograph and cataloging! Here's a notable one, made "famous" here on CT by [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] when he skillfully deployed the coin and <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-27-14-iamtiberius-vs-27-severus-alexander-round-3-cit-2018.323007/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-27-14-iamtiberius-vs-27-severus-alexander-round-3-cit-2018.323007/">writeup in the 2018 Coin Imperator match</a>. (edited imaged from Sev)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1141060[/ATTACH]</p><p>Magnesia ad Maeandrum under Themistocles, 465-459 BCE</p><p>AR hemiobol, 0.35g 7.5mm</p><p>Obv: Barley grain with Θ to left, E to right</p><p>Rev: Male head right (Apollo?), (flanked by M A?)</p><p>Reference: <a href="https://www.sixbid.com/media/auction_images/3019/2517259l.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid.com/media/auction_images/3019/2517259l.jpg" rel="nofollow">Nollé and Wenninger Th 5c</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another coin I should have shown long before now, an incredibly thoughtful gift from [USER=75525]@rrdenarius[/USER]! The reverse looks like my TIF logo <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1141062[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>IONIA, Kolophon</b></p><p>circa 450-410 BCE</p><p>AR tetartemorion</p><p>I can't find my scales but the flip insert says 0.2 gm; 6 x 7 mm</p><p>Obv: laureate head of Apollo right</p><p>Rev: TE monogram (bottom leg of E off flan) within incuse square.</p><p>Ref: Milne, Colophon 31 (unverified)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1141065[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the mischievous monkey mentioned upthread:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg_srz_p_669_331_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MACEDON, uncertain</b></p><p>c. 500 BCE</p><p>AR 5 mm, 0.26 gm</p><p>Obv: monkey squatting left</p><p>Rev: round shield or pellet within incuse square</p><p>Ref: "Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II", Nomismatika Khronika (1998), 67</p><p><br /></p><p>Dropped it on Berber carpeting shortly after opening the package. Took a while to find it!</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/macedonmonkeyincarpet-jpg.966927/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4606286, member: 56859"]Lost in SHAG carpeting! How on earth did she find it? The ol' vacuum cleaner with a piece of hosiery stretched across the nozzle? Those itty bitty coins can be a real pain but I love them anyway. This lion and pig tidbit is one I keep meaning to acquire but so far have failed. Yours is very attractive. Apparently I have no Greek coins from Kyzikos! How can that be when they are so cool?! Maybe it's time for a Vcoins excursion :D. Mysia I can do. From Pergamon, the largest city in Mysia: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/eumenestetreshoot2-rt_edited2-jpg.1038850/[/IMG] [B]KINGS of PERGAMON, Eumenes I[/B] 263-241 BCE AR tetradrachm 29 mm, 16.94 gm Obv: head of Philetairos right, wearing laurel wreath Rev: ΦIΛETAIPOY; Athena enthroned left, right hand resting on shield set at her feet, gorgon on shield; left elbow resting on small sphinx seated right; transverse spear in background, ivy leaf above knee, monogram on throne, bow to right Ref: BMC Greek (Mysia) 31, p.115; SNG France 1606–9 Formerly slabbed, NGC Ch AU 5/5 3/5, Fine Style [I]Ex Dr. Spencer Paterson Collection of Ancient coins, Great Collections 15 Sept 2019[/I] A 9 mm beauty (so dang hard to take focused pictures of these!) [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_8fd3023bfd1c4e7ba87e0f4aeae32178.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_505%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_8fd3023bfd1c4e7ba87e0f4aeae32178.jpg&hash=76b5cce635360f03cb60edf7e6a72b27[/IMG] [B]MYSIA, Pitane[/B] AE, 4th-3rd c. BCE 9 mm, 0.64 gm Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right Rev: ΠΙΤΑ; Pentagram, branch in center Ref: BMC 5-10 var. (pellet in center) A favorite flying pig: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kisthenepigasusrt-jpg.714605/[/IMG] [B]MYSIA, Kisthene[/B] [I]Orontes[/I], satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready Rev: Forepart of winged boar right Ref: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock Very rare. [I]ex X6 Collection[/I] One of my earliest attempts at animating a coin: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pigasusanimation-gif.288571/[/IMG] Peloponnesian war coin: A bunch of itty bitties: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tinycoins_edited-2-jpg.407840/[/IMG] I've added many more little coins since the above composite but am behind on photograph and cataloging! Here's a notable one, made "famous" here on CT by [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] when he skillfully deployed the coin and [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-27-14-iamtiberius-vs-27-severus-alexander-round-3-cit-2018.323007/']writeup in the 2018 Coin Imperator match[/URL]. (edited imaged from Sev) [ATTACH=full]1141060[/ATTACH] Magnesia ad Maeandrum under Themistocles, 465-459 BCE AR hemiobol, 0.35g 7.5mm Obv: Barley grain with Θ to left, E to right Rev: Male head right (Apollo?), (flanked by M A?) Reference: [URL='https://www.sixbid.com/media/auction_images/3019/2517259l.jpg']Nollé and Wenninger Th 5c[/URL] Another coin I should have shown long before now, an incredibly thoughtful gift from [USER=75525]@rrdenarius[/USER]! The reverse looks like my TIF logo :D. [ATTACH=full]1141062[/ATTACH] [B]IONIA, Kolophon[/B] circa 450-410 BCE AR tetartemorion I can't find my scales but the flip insert says 0.2 gm; 6 x 7 mm Obv: laureate head of Apollo right Rev: TE monogram (bottom leg of E off flan) within incuse square. Ref: Milne, Colophon 31 (unverified) [ATTACH=full]1141065[/ATTACH] Here's the mischievous monkey mentioned upthread: [IMG]http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg_srz_p_669_331_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz[/IMG] [B]MACEDON, uncertain[/B] c. 500 BCE AR 5 mm, 0.26 gm Obv: monkey squatting left Rev: round shield or pellet within incuse square Ref: "Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II", Nomismatika Khronika (1998), 67 Dropped it on Berber carpeting shortly after opening the package. Took a while to find it! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/macedonmonkeyincarpet-jpg.966927/[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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