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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #250 on: November 30, 2020, 12:32:41 am »
Thanks Nick.
I'm good at research but less so at making a comprehensive statement. Maybe someday.

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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #251 on: December 01, 2020, 03:43:05 pm »
Here's another new didrachm, this one from an earlier period...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166803

While this isn't my oldest didrachm it is my oldest horseman. I still need a Period I didrachm before I finish collecting, but after this latest splurge (I still have two more coins on the way!) that may be a while down the road.
In the meantime...

~ Peter

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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #252 on: December 01, 2020, 04:23:54 pm »
I love those didrachms

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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #253 on: February 19, 2021, 01:48:42 pm »
I aquired a few coins while my old phone was dying, and I finally got around to posting them.
The first up is a didrachm of Period 1, my first example from this period...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-168304

And here's another didrachm, this one from just prior to the coming of Pyrrhus...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-168303

Next up is a very early and very tiny fraction. I already have a similar hemilitron but with the head facing right...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-168302

Here's another fraction which I picked up at the end of 2020 (after a great deal of hassle!)...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-167543

And finally this beautiful and unusual didrachm bought at the same time...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-167540

I hope you like them!  🙂


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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #254 on: February 20, 2021, 10:34:49 am »
I love those didrachms

Et tu, Jay?  Et tu?

Tarantine didrachms are just so massively collectible. Those dolphins, horses, and owls are amiable, and you see different series over time.
I love Enodia's Tarantine gallery, with an abundance of coins both archaic and classical, and in such great condition. 

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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #255 on: February 20, 2021, 12:10:43 pm »
I agree, congrats, Peter,

 So many nice collectible coins  +++

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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #256 on: February 21, 2021, 12:29:52 am »
Thank you gentlemen. It is nice to have one's efforts appreciated, especially from such knowledgable collectors as yourselves.  😉 

~ Peter

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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #257 on: April 04, 2021, 01:28:34 pm »
Here are a couple of new diobols, both with Athena facing left. While left-facing are not as common they are not necessarily rare. However both of these could be considered scarce due to the unusual helmet decorations, or in the case of the first coin no adornment at all...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-169605

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-169606


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« Reply #258 on: April 04, 2021, 01:39:01 pm »
Love these small coins

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« Reply #259 on: April 04, 2021, 01:56:31 pm »
I agree, great little coins 👍👍👍

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« Reply #260 on: August 25, 2021, 09:06:48 pm »
I just received this very rare and unusual bronze. It was sold as being from Taras, and it may be. But even Vlasto was doubtful, believing it to have possibly been minted at Kroton in Bruttium. ANS agrees, attributing to Kroton, while Copenhagen claims Taras.
I'm leaning towards Kroton due to the octopus device which was not uncommon there while being virtually unknown at Taras, but I'm placing in my Tarentine gallery because of its Vlasto number...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=171766

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« Reply #261 on: July 16, 2022, 02:24:34 pm »
After nearly a year I've finally added a new coin to my collection. Retirement is nice but there is little money left for coins. However I couldn't resist the price of this diobol  type which I have wanted for some time...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=176436

This type is scarce with Athena typically facing left, but becomes even more so when She is facing right, as here. Vlasto had two specimens (incorrectly described), but this type is unpublished in SNG France, Cote or McGill, and HGC is so generic that I didn't bother to include it here.

I hope you like it,
~ Peter

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« Reply #262 on: September 09, 2022, 04:08:12 pm »
Well the retirement induced buying slow down hasn't worked out so well, lol.
I just acquired this early and short-lived didrachm from the 5th century BC...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=177001

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« Reply #263 on: September 28, 2022, 03:39:52 am »
Well the retirement induced buying slow down hasn't worked out so well, lol.

Ha, that's an understatement!
I added this obol I won at auction last month. It's an ugly and damaged little thing but very rare, and I would have bid on this one even if I had maintained my budget discipline. The flan crack had me worried though, but it seems to be stable...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=177205

And I have two more on the way!

~ Peter

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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #264 on: February 03, 2023, 04:48:45 pm »
Here's a new Dionysian obol, featuring Athena's owl peeking around the lower edge.
Most of these kantharos obols found online are greatly overpriced and ive never understood why. They are not terribly rare for the most part. Alas 🤔
In any case i didn't pay those prices for this one, but I still think it's kinda cute...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=180155

~ Peter

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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #265 on: February 03, 2023, 06:25:02 pm »
Lovely little coin Peter, I have a couple of these as well

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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #266 on: February 03, 2023, 07:02:46 pm »
Thanks Jay, the little owl intrigued me as they appear on every denomination of Tarentine coinage.

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« Reply #267 on: March 09, 2023, 01:44:49 pm »
Here is my latest acquisition, a late period didrachm...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=181053

This coin, while not particularly inspired artistically, has provided me with an interesting attribution conundrum regarding the distaff and a confusing cornucopia variety.

~ Peter


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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #268 on: March 09, 2023, 02:45:44 pm »
The McClean Collection has both varieties, I believe, assuming you can navigate the obverse's hand-held objects (variously javelin, whip, or nothing? with reins in left or right hands).

#663. Horseman galloping r., wearing cuirasse; r. arm raised above head; in left hand, reins. / Cantharus in extended r. hand; cornucopiae in left, raised to side. Amphora. (plate 25.20).
#664. The same, but whip in r. hand. / The same, with distaff in place of cornucopiae. (no plate).

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« Reply #269 on: March 09, 2023, 03:13:15 pm »
That's cool Anaximander, thank you!
It seems the McClean Collection is not available online. Is there any way you can post a scan?
While I'm not a big fan of HGC, it does usually have a fairly comprehensive list of the various devices, but only the one for this coin. So thanks again for removing yet one more thing for me to obsess over.  🥴

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« Reply #270 on: March 09, 2023, 03:42:28 pm »
Ask and ye shall receive... 

McClean Collection (by SW Grose). Extract of one page of text and one plate is mid-resolution (we'll see if they post).  I have higher resolution if needed!
Edit: Added a max. resolution of pl.26 20 (#663).

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« Reply #271 on: March 09, 2023, 03:48:50 pm »
Sir, you are a prince among men!
It's hard to tell from the image, but it seems that plate 20 is also a distaff, although the text says cornucopia. Can you tell better in hand?

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« Reply #272 on: March 09, 2023, 04:01:20 pm »
Well spotted! You are correct; the image is that of a distaff, not a cornucopiae

So an errant description in Weber, and we'll have to reference this one as Weber I #663 corr. (distaff misdescribed as cornucopiae).
That's surprising, since the next coin (#664, no photo) is described as having a distaff, so you'd think the immediate juxtaposition would help sort that out. I do not believe the descriptions were reversed.

I added a higher-resolution image of just the one coin, #663, to my earlier post. Perhaps some more eyes would help.

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« Reply #273 on: March 09, 2023, 04:45:03 pm »
I'll hold off on that attribution for the time being, but at least we have one source that recognizes both types. That should keep me from going totally Monk ("It's a jungle out there...").

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Re: My Taras collection
« Reply #274 on: May 07, 2023, 11:49:57 pm »
I almost missed this little coin thinking I already had one. This series has many variations but it turns out I didn't have a head left/left.
Until now...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=182601

This is a scarcer variey, Vlasto citing just the one specimen.

~ Peter

 

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