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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2582571, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Awesome examples, gang ... I love seeing cool and oddly shaped coinage!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, how &#039;bout these AE cast winners?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">They are among the oldest AE coins made ... </span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">SICILY, Akragas Æ Cast Onkia (1 Onkia)</span></b></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Circa 450-440 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Diameter: 19 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Weight: 4.62 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Obverse: Eagle&#039;s head left</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Reverse: Crab claw left</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Reference: CNS 8; SNG ANS 1020</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">[ATTACH=full]560862[/ATTACH] </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">SICILY, Selinos Cast Æ Onkia (1 Onkia)</span></b></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Circa 450-440 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Diameter: 15 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Weight: 4.14 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Obverse: Kantharos; pellet (mark of value) above</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Reverse: Selinon leaf</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Reference: Price, Selinus, Group IIIC; CNS 10; Puglisi 282; HGC 2, 1237</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">[ATTACH=full]560863[/ATTACH] </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Sicily, Akragas Cast AE Trias (4 Onkia)</span></b></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">circa 450 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Diameter: 14 x 19 x 20 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Weight: 16.28 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Desc: Eagle standing left &amp; trident of crab’s claws on sides, four pellets on base</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"> Reference: SNG ANS 1015-7; CNS 1</span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]560867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]560866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]560864[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]560865[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... pretty cool, eh?</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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