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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3198946, member: 19463&quot;]Sallent said it in another thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>but I don&#039;t have any Sicilian pigs so I am starting a new thread with two coins from the show Saturday that qualify as having other issues.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>First is an AE14 from the 4th century BC with great detail somewhat obscured by the mottle green patina.&nbsp; The two dolphins and legend in the reverse wheel are really quite clear for a small bronze.&nbsp; An example with those details an a smoother patina would have been out of my price bracket.&nbsp; The coin reminds me of some of the posts here of Chinese coins where value is increased by patina over legible detail even at the expense of eye appeal by Western standards.&nbsp; I do like those little dolphins.</p><p>Syracuse, Sicily AE14 Arathusa head left / wheel with two dolphins, ΣYΡΑ</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827433[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Second is later and larger AE20 which I believe is an exceptionally well detailed bronze but, again, has &#039;other issues&#039; in the form of patina faults.&nbsp; The reverse has full circle of dots and both ends of the bull. The issues introduce some scattered crusties and a green wart on the forehead of Persephone.</p><p>Syracuse. Hieron II (275-216 BC). AE 20mm,&nbsp; Head of Persephone left, wreathed in grain / Bull charging left, head lowered, club above Φ, IE in exergue. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]827440[/ATTACH] </p><p>Research might provide denomination names for these coins and how they relate to the silver but I would want to see the evidence used to make those calls.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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