Ancient Coins: The Tetradrachm Ep. 2 - Sicily: from Carthaginians to Syracusans

[@Tomjanson333]

Absolutely fantastic work and some exquisite drawings! It’s clear you have a talent for this.

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

And you have a talent for putting together an amazing collection! Once again thanks for sharing these with us :)

[@officeguy3]

Great video and yes thanks to Lance for allowing us a look at these fantastic coins.

[@grizzlybare3771]

Got an Arethusa obverse horse & palm tree reverse "people of the camp" tetradrachm a few days ago. Cost an arm and a leg but love it!

[@luchacefox259]

One of my favorites is a Didrachm from Campania Neapolis. It has the same water nymph obv and she is just stunning 😍

[@jerrybeech4422]

I have just recently come across your content. Your knowledge, content, work, and presentation are all A+. Thank you for this! I enjoyed it thoroughly.

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

When you study, work on and present something you love, its very easy to give it good care. Thanks for watching! :)

[@russellderosa6630]

Thank you for this. My parents were from Sicily, and I have been there a couple of times. You just gave me motivation for my next collectable coins.

[@Matts_Ancient_Coins]

I have a didramma from Calabria. It has Poseidon’s son on a dolphin, holding a dolphin. It is my favourite coin that I own. Such a work of art.

[@cerv.5110]

I have a single Syracusan coin, a little obol with an octopus on it, I would love to get more from Syracuse but the price is too steep for me at the moment.

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Go for the bronzes! Take a look at my video on "Affordable greek coinage", there are some beautiful bronzes of Agathokles and others with very good artistry that wont break the bank!

[@dpicatto]

@@ClassicalNumismatics yes, bronzes are good too, and more cheap. I own a lovely (and heavy) AE minted by Hieron II.

[@alwill745]

I have some nice ones for sale

[@tahliagreenhalgh9845]

We are studying for our Ancient Coinage exam at university and your videos are so helpful for helping us understand some of the background that many scholars expect us to already know, thank you!

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

This is lovely to hear! Im glad to be able to help on your studies. Which university?

[@tahliagreenhalgh9845]

@@ClassicalNumismatics We go to the University of Warwick studying Classical Archaeology and Ancient History! You must do so much research into these its amazing!

[@EricSchouten-h5q]

Thank you for creating such great content!

[@AndrejBk]

very nice tetradrachms

[@-ZTUN-]

Incredible how the reverses of the syracusian coins inspired the roman republican denari reverses. Now we know where they got that idea from. Amazing quality video and information thank you.

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Syracusan coinage is absolutely spectacular. It makes perfect sense other peoples would use them as a reference for beauty.

[@grizzerotwofour7858]

Fascinating

[@alexavers]

I enjoyed watching it.

[@ericcasagrande]

Very interesting, my friend!!

[@prajjwalgarag8815]

Thankss

[@MilledSteel]

Excellent video, you make it interesting & informative

[@길가온-l3d]

How are all the coins of Syracuse so beautiful? I really, really want to own it.. but it's really, really expensive..😢

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Syracusan bronzes arent prohibitively expensive and just as beautiful, you should look them up!

[@nickholderman4891]

Just began collecting and love your videos! Btw, where did you get that awesome map shown at 0:48?

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

This map was a random wikipedia map of Europe with some image editing tricks by me :)

[@nickholderman4891]

@@ClassicalNumismatics Ah! Thanks, again, for these videos! They are very helpful.

[@KrawnKam]

Those legs are also displayed on the Isle of Man’s flag as well.

[@loengkeoi]

cool.

[@mehmetkarabacak8167]

The one horseman in the head part of this I have a necklace like this on the front side Sicily Syracuse

[@bretnielsen5502]

My Carthaginian silver "stater" from between the 2nd & 3rd Punic wars is a very poor quality of silver. Highly debased while the bronzes also feature the Horse & palm motif.

[@deg6788]

❤❤

[@alexavers]

like

[@tattfoo]

At 6:03 is that goddess Tanit?

[@Tomjanson333]

That’s Arethusa, a water nymph.

[@montebellodigging]

Yup

[@Filterite5]

I believe I do… bought off eBay listed as “unresearched ancient coin”

[@ercanozdemir6394]

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