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NEWP: Ionian Diobol

ZoharZohar Posts: 6,676 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Bought this little guy on auction and just received. Very sharp in hand. I have a couple of others below including a very similar Miletus Diobol facing right which I had posted a while back. Never thought I would own such small coins.

IONIA. Miletos. Diobol (6th-5th centuries BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left. Rev: Stellate pattern within incuse square. SNG Kayhan 476-82. 10mm, 1.11gr.


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Mysia, Cyzicus AR Diobol. c. 550-500. 11mm, 1.33gr. Obv: Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward . Rev: Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. Von Fritze II 9; SNG France 361-366. NGC MS* 5/5, 5/5

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IONIA, Miletus. AR Diobol. 10 mm, 1.01gr., c. 525-475 BC. Obv: Forepart of lion left, head reverted. Rev: Stellate pattern within incuse square. SNG Kayhan 468ff. NGC MS 5/5, 4/5.

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  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    Very nice Z!
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  • SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,199 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's a sharp coin! Great addition, and indeed, I surprise myself with purchasing small coins as well. With digital images, they can easily become dinner-plate-sized anyway, so the physical dimensions are less crucial (and with ancients, smaller is more impressive in many cases!)

    Is it just my eyes on a small smartphone screen or did Photoshop get overly aggressive with cropping the perimeter of the coin? It looks as if the coin is overly cropped and non-circular, which is probably an artifact of the image editor.
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  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,676 ✭✭✭✭✭
    SmEagle1795 - thanks. And yes you have a great eye, its my crappy "cropping" skills. I need to find software that crops around the edges which are not symmetrical (circle).
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  • NiceCurrencyNiceCurrency Posts: 885 ✭
    immaculate beauties! image
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've always thought those were cool. image

    Really a well-executed design for such an archaic one.

    I used to have this little obol. It wasn't MS, of course, but hey, the coin only cost me 26 bucks before slabbing!

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  • nicholasz219nicholasz219 Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭
    Those are great additions, Z. I only have one Mysia Lion, but I really like it. I know it is in a different class of coin than yours, but I really enjoy this tiny little coin and I like almost everything about it except that the front of the boar is clipped off a bit. I thought the detail on the lion was pretty great for a non slabbed coin.



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  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,676 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Also received this back from NGC.

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  • nicholasz219nicholasz219 Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭
    Good work, Z. Quite the collection of cats you have going there.
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