AR Terone Tetrobol 424-422 B.C. (2.43g, 16 mm)
O: Oinochoe to left flanked by T-E. Hardwick, Terone Group IV, pl. 29, 13; SNG ANS 751-2; Dewing 1080.
R: Incuse square.
G: Extremely Fine “Unusually high relief. The finest I have ever seen. An exceptional strike in high relief and with lovely toning.” EJW
S: Edward J. Waddell, Ltd.
Registered: February 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,047
May 23, 2008 12:27pm
Rating: 10
Ditto on EJW's comments.
------------------------------ . . "When you are in Rome live in the Roman style; when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere" St. Ambrose (340-397) to St. Augustine."
pantheon Registered User
Registered: January 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 188
May 24, 2008 6:15am
Rating: 10
Beautiful coin!
------------------------------ William Joy
marsmike Registered User
Registered: July 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 538
May 24, 2008 8:44pm
Rating: 10
This is a very impressive coin. I did not notice it in the catalog, but looking at your photo it really has grown on me. Very nice style - seems virtually perfect for the type.
-mike
hieron Registered User
Registered: May 2007 Posts: 894
May 25, 2008 10:00am
Thanks for the comments guys. This little coin is a beauty. It has nice iridescence which is underrepresented by the picture and its high relief is not fully apparent. The design is simple yet elegant and classic. I can't help wondering the significance of the pitcher to Terone. I imagine it's a religious allusion, but I haven't found any more detail. The stippling of the quadripartite reverse is very much like the reverses of Akanthus tetrobols of the same time period. Not a coincidence I suspect. -h
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