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crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Who would have the answer?
Here's a little beauty I recently picked up. This is an ancient Greek silver Diobol, "Mesembria," 360-450 BC....Not a U.S. coin so I hope I don't get in trouble posting it here. I find the condition of this coin amazing to say the least for it's age. The obverse shows a war helmit and the reverse is a wheel. But to me it kinda looks like a compass.
Anyways I just wanna show it a bit.
Thanks for looking and happy hunting, Joe

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  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,979 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I bet that was in Julius Caesar's Whitman album. More than likely a Raymond Wayte in those days.
    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice coin! I like the hints of color on the helmet.

    I'm not so sure about it being a wheel either. (Didn't Roman chariots have six or eight spokes?)

    Now may be a good time to buy ancients, especially if they become illegal to import, prices may rise.

  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: DNADave
    Nice coin! I like the hints of color on the helmet.

    I'm not so sure about it being a wheel either. (Didn't Roman chariots have six or eight spokes?)

    Now may be a good time to buy ancients, especially if they become illegal to import, prices may rise.



    Thanks. I also like the eye appeal of this one. It's the red eye special!
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Boy...when you wander off course....you go way off!image

    Neat coin!image
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    sure is one eye appealing example here

    should go great by your nordic commemorative too



    interesting to think the life n times this piece survived through

    i'd say lived through

    but there was some trying times this lil piece survived



    one awesome interesting piece
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    It should be in a Jericho City slab.
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    surely those are tooth marks on the right side of the helmet

    looks to be authenticated already if that's the case



    do tpg's accept toothmark's like chopmark's ?



    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice old coin....been meaning to pick up a couple of ancients..... Cheers, RickO

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