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Aegina,_Attica,_AE-13,_Two_dolphins,_A_between,_Refined_skew,_SNG_Copenhagen_533,_c_360-50_BC,Q-001,_10h,_11,5-12,5mm,_1,53g-s.jpg
Aegina, Attica, (c. 360-350 B.C.), AE-12, SNG Cop 533, -/-//--, Refined skew, #1Aegina, Attica, (c. 360-350 B.C.), AE-12, SNG Cop 533, -/-//--, Refined skew, #1
avers: Two dolphins, "A" between.
reverse: Refined skew.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 11,5-12,5mm, weight: 1,53g, axes: 10h,
mint: Aegina, Attica, date: c. 360-350 B.C., ref: SNG Cop 533, BMC Attica pg.143, 206ff, Laffaille 359.
Q-001
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Apollonia Pontica Topalov 15 - Silver One Eighth Obol (hemitartemorion)540/535 – 519/512 B.C.
0.075 gm, 3 to 5 mm
Obv.: Upright anchor with thin flukes and stock
Rev: Swastika with arms bent left deeply engraved, arms in the shape of dolphins, pellet in center
Topalov Apollonia p. 568, 15 var.;
HGC 3, 1325 var. (hemiobol);
SNG Bulgaria (Ruse) II, 75 var. (tetartemorion)


Topalov Type 15: Silver 1/8 obols (as per the system of Aegina) (540/535-519/512 B.C.) type “upright anchor - swastika in concave sectors with additional schematic images of eight dolphins or fish”
Obv.: Upright anchor with thin flukes and a thin stock. A group of dots under the stock (or maybe just one?).
Rev.: Schematic image of a swastika (with arms bent to the left) in concave sectors forming a square. Two lines representing schematic images of two dolphins or two fish in every sector.

Jaimelai
Thrace,_Islands_of_Thrace,_Thasos_c_500-480_BC_,_AR-Obol,_Two_dolphins,_Quadripartite_incuse_square,_Rosen_146,_Q-001,_0h,_7mm,_0,50g-s.jpg
G., Thrace, Islands of Thrace, Thasos, (cc. 500-480 B.C.), Rosen 146, AR-Obol, Quadripartite incuse square, #1Thrace, Islands of Thrace, Thasos, (cc. 500-480 B.C.), Rosen 146, AR-Obol, Quadripartite incuse square, #1
avers: No legend, Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions, pellets around.
reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 7,0mm, weight: 0,50g, axes:0h,
mint: Thrace, Islands of Thrace, Thasos, date: cc. 500-480 B.C.,
ref: Rosen 146, Le Rider, Thasiennes, 9, HGC 6, 337.
Q-001
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Megaris,_Megara,Circa_350-275_BC___Dichalkon,_Prow,_tripod,_trident,_Two_dolphins,Kroll_643;_BCD_Peloponnesos_9_5;_HGC_4,_1797__Q-001,_0h,_14,5mm,_2,57g-s.jpg
Megaris, Megara, (c.350-275 B.C.), AE-14 Dichalkon, BCD Peloponnesos 9.5, MEΓ, Two dolphins swimming clockwise,Megaris, Megara, (c.350-275 B.C.), AE-14 Dichalkon, BCD Peloponnesos 9.5, MEΓ, Two dolphins swimming clockwise,
avers: Prow of galley left on which stands a tripod, trident above.
reverse: MEΓ, Two dolphins swimming clockwise in circle, border of dots.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 14,5mm, weight: 2,75g, axes: 0h,
mint: Megaris, Megara, date: c.350-275 B.C., ref: BCD Peloponnesos 9.5, Kroll 643, HGC 4, 1797.,
Q-001
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Olbia, Black Sea, Three dolphinsOlbia, Black Sea area. 5th century BC. coins shaped as dolphins, with a fin and an eye. One of the first Type of bronze coins ever minted, BMC 211 commentsjimwho523
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Sicily, Hemilitron, Messana, 412-408 BC, AE SiciliëReference. rare
Caltabiano 656; SNG ANS 390

Obv. ΠΕΛΩΡΙΑΣ
Head of nimph Peloria left, around two dolphins,

Rev. ΜΕΣΣΑΝΙΩΝ
Trident flanked by hare at left. and shell at right.

3.46 gr
15 mm
okidoki
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Sicily, SyracuseSear 1223, SNG Cop 844 ff.

AE Litra (22 mm), struck under Hieron II (275-215 B.C)

Obv: Head of Poseidon, left, wearing tainia

Rev: Ornamental trident-head between two dolphins, dividing [ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ, monogram]
1 commentsStkp
Sicily,_Syracuse,_Dionysios_I__(405-_367_BC_)__Drachm,_Athena_left,__#931;_Y_P_A,_Dolphins,star,_CNS_II__Syracuse_62-3,_p-112,,_395_BC,Q-001,_7h,28,5-30,5mm,_34,4g-s.jpg
Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I. (405-367 B.C.), AE-Drachm, SNG Ans 454, Sea-star between two dolphins, #1Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I. (405-367 B.C.), AE-Drachm, SNG Ans 454, Sea-star between two dolphins, #1
avers: Σ Y P A, Head of Athena to left wearing olive-wreathed Corinthian helmet.
reverse: No legend, Sea-star between two dolphins.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 28,5-30,5mm, weight: 34,4g, axes: 7h,
mint: Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I., date: 395 B.C.,
ref: CNS II. 62/3, p-112, SNG Morcom 697, SNG ANS 454, SNG Copenhagen 720,
Q-001
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Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy(Circa 415-405 BC)Hemilitron

16mm, 3.82 g

Obverse: Head of Arethusa to left, hair in sphendone.

Rev. ΣY-PA Wheel of four spokes, dolphins in lower quarters.

CNS 22. SNG ANS 404-410.

Arethusa was a naiad (a water nymph) who frolicked in the vicinity of Olympia and was desired and pursued by the river-god Alpheios. She appealed for assistance from Artemis, goddess of the moon and the hunt and the protector of women. Aretemis transformed her into an underground stream emerging as a freshwater spring on the Sicilian island of Ortygia, the future site of Syracuse. Undaunted, Alpheios diverted his river’s flow underground to follow Arethusa, and both of their waters now mingle eternally in the Fountain of Arethusa in Ortygia. Arethusa’s image on coins is usually accompanied by dolphins, which were common in the sea around Ortygia in classical times.
Nathan P
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Syracuse Poseidon c. 270-215 B.C.Greek city of Syracuse in Sicily
Bronze 18mm (5.16 grams) under King Hieron II, 270-215 B.C.
Obv: Head of Poseidon left, wearing tainia.
Rev: Ornamented trident-head, between two dolphins, dividing IEPΩ - NOΣ.
Ref: Sear 1223; B.M.C. 2. 603.
mjabrial
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Syracuse, Reign of Hieron II275-215 BC
AE21 (9.19g)
O: Head of Poseidon left, wearing tainia.
R: Ornamented trident-head between two dolphins, dividing [IE]P-ΩNOΣ below.
HGC 2, 1550; Sear 1223; BMC 2 603
ex M&R Coins

"Incessant cataracts the Thunderer pours,
And half the skies descend in sluicy showers.
The god of ocean, marching stern before,
With his huge trident wounds the trembling shore..."

~ The Iliad, Book 12 (Alexander Pope)
Enodia
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Syracuse, Sicily, Tyrant Agathokles, 317 - 289 B.C.Silver tetradrachm, Ierardi 40 (O7/R23), SNG ANS 639 (same dies), SNG Delepierre 701, SNG Lloyd 1479, Boston MFA 460, HGC 2 1348 (S), SNG Cop -, SNG München -, gVF, superb classical style, excellent centering on a tight flan, toned, flan flaw on obverse, Syracuse mint, weight 16.954g, maximum diameter 25.2mm, die axis 270o, c. 317 - 310/305 B.C.; obverse head of Persephone (or Arethusa) left, crowned with grain, wearing triple-drop earrings and a pearl necklace, surrounded by three dolphins, NI below; reverse quadriga galloping left, young charioteer wearing long chiton, kentron in right hand, reins in left hand, triskeles above; ΣYPAKOΣIΩN over AI monogram in exergue; ex Helios Numismatik, auction 6 (9 March 2011), lot 345; scarce.



With an army of mercenaries, through deceit, and after banishing or murdering some 10,000 citizens, Agathocles made himself master of Syracuse and later most of Sicily. Machiavelli wrote of him, "It cannot be called prowess to kill fellow-citizens, to betray friends, to be treacherous, pitiless, and irreligious" and cited him as an example of "those who by their crimes come to be princes." According to the historian Justin, very early in life Agathocles parlayed his remarkable beauty into a career as a prostitute, first for men, and later, after puberty, for women, and then made a living by robbery before becoming a soldier and marrying a rich widow.

FOVM Ancient Coins / From The Sam Mansourati Collection.
7 commentsSam
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Thasos, Islands off Thrace Purchased from FORVM
Silver obol, SNG Cop 1020 - 1021; SNG Lockett 1224; SNG Fitz 1811; Rosen 146; HGC 6 337; Traité II 1750; Le Rider Thasiennes 9 var. (dolphins reversed), gVF, nice metal for issue, 0.512g, 10.46mm, 180o, Thasos mint, c. 435 - 411 B.C.; obverse dolphin right above dolphin left; three pellets around; reverse quadritpartite incuse square; ex CNG auction 231 (14 Apr 2010), lot 18, Ex ForvmAncientCoins
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