Hi folks,
As some
Forum members may have noticed, my swapping out of photos has slowed down considerably in the past few weeks. Because of my hernia surgery one month ago, I couldn't do much for the past few weeks. I got backed up on so many things. I'm
still trying to get caught up. Yesterday, I did some things outside. Today, I spent most of the day doing things around the house. I
still have some things to do outside.
I recently received a shipment (one coin) from Joe. I need to post it in my website. Maybe tomorrow?
I also have another shipment (one coin) coming next week. I'll need to add that to my website also.
In the meantime, I've been swapping out my sub-par Greek
Italy photos when I
had time. I am now up to
Lucania, Poseidonia.
My AE Poseidonia coin has been bothering me ever since I posted it. Now that I am up to that coin in my "upgrade", I am correcting some things about it. Let me explain. That is a pedigreed coin from the
Lindgren collection. Mr.
Lindgren only partially (and somewhat incorrectly) attributed that coin. He correctly identified it as
Lucania, Poseidonia. But he got the symbol and some of the references wrong. He described the
bull side as the
obverse and the Poseidon
side as the
reverse. When it was time for me to originally post it in my website, I looked at several references, both books and online (
Wildwinds,
acsearch, etc.). They all describe the Poseidon
side as the
obverse and the
bull side as the
reverse. So, I reversed Mr. Lindgren's description and posted it in my website as the references describe it. But it always bothered me because the Poseidon
side is very clearly incused (concave), and the
bull side is very clearly convex. This implies that the
bull side is the
obverse and the Poseidon
side is the
reverse, which is the way that Mr.
Lindgren described it. I looked at
acsearch today and found 2 examples of that issue. I was able to gather more accurate information about it. The symbol is a
caduceus, not a trident. I also obtained more accurate references. It is a
rare (R1) coin, which I never knew. Those 2
acsearch examples are also incused on the Poseidon
side, and the
legend (
ethnic) is on the Poseidon
side. This is more compelling evidence that the Poseidon
side is the
reverse. Could the references all be wrong? Anyway, I re-wrote my tags today. Regarding my photos, when I get a chance, I'll be switching the sides back to the way that Mr.
Lindgren described them (
obverse bull,
reverse Poseidon). It turns out that he was correct all along (I think).
Meepzorp