Two Minute Greek Aes

I seem to have come a across a handful of well-preserved tiny Greek bronzes. Here are two.

AE11 of Myndos, Caria - smallest Poseidon, and a beautiful tiny dolphin, replete with trident and letters MY. Poseidon is crowded against the flan, but his entire face is intact. It's also great that a sea-themed coin has a sea-green patina!

AE8 of Elaea, Aeolis, with the itsy-bitsiest Athena I've ever seen, corn, wreath, E-Λ

 

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The artistry is just amazing for such small coins. Thanks for posting those.

 

They are both nice and I love the dolphin. It is incredible the artwork of these tiny coins. I just got a silver 6mm coin I haven't posted yet, but it too has incredible detail.

 

Lovely ja, you selling any ?

 

both sweet little greeks...that dolphin is cool, and the tiny athena is great.

here's my tiny greek bronze..



Magnesia, Ionia. c. 400 BC
Obv. Laureate head of Apollo left. Rev. Cuirass, M - A in fields. SNG Kayhan 393.
7 mm 0.5g

 

That's an unusually well-centered example of those. Nice find!

 

SHIIIIRRRTTS we need SHIRTS!!! LOL

 

Hmm. It seems like I might be able to make some coin money by producing shirts of various forum-funnies

 

Hmmm ... Seamstress, Moneyer, Die-maker... Now Entrepreneur, Marketeer... You are becoming quite the Jack-O-Trades!

 

I'm a serial hobbyist . The ancient coin collector schtick seems to be sticking though .

 

Ah! That explains it! Yup, there appears to be a trend of collecting mindsets... I fancy a few Humpty-Dumpty Cast / metal banks and figurines.

 

Well, if you're cranking-out sweet coin T-shirts, then I'd love a cool purple-blue-red-orange tie-died X-Large T-shirt with a tastefully-sized left-breast-pocket-stitched-logo of a Gryphon-with-wheel (kinda like this) ...



=> and on the back, there should be a nude dude riding a dolphin, with a kantharos in his hand (do ya kinda got the picture in your head?)



=> hey Princess, I'm totally joking (please don't spend your day crafting ... you're soooo fricken you, ya know?)



... but seriously though => if you weren't already swimming in coin-cash, I'm sure that you could make "some" coin-cash creating shirts for us coin-nerds (probably not quite enough to buy an AJ-coin => but a fun hobby-income nonetheless) ... hey, maybe that could be a retirement craft-biz?



By the way => you absolutely rock!! ... I hope that you have a sweet Saturday (best day of the week "EVER")



"S" is for Saturn (Saturday)

 

Thanks, Steve-O! It's going to be another laborious weekend as I prepare another room for major repairs.

First though I think I'll play with coins . Time to work on a new coin post!

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You folks know that there are several print-on-demand t-shirt places, right? Zazzle.com, for instance. You could drop that CoinClub picture on black t-shirt if you wish

 

Naw, the best print-on-demand shirt is from the Tiffonian Empire! All shirts painstakingly hand crafted from Tiff's sweat-shop! All shirts are hand-made!

 

I'm waiting on the flax to ripen before threshing and spinning the thread. Meanwhile, I have to build a loom.

 

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LOL, yup, that is definitely you!

 

I see you're finally accepting your place.

Don't forget the sexy costume...

 

Random post, since y'all hijacked my thread anyway. A litra of Syracuse I picked up last week. The surfaces are rough, but I liked it because it's centered on both sides, with a very respectable hippocamp...