Ancients => okay fine, I bought one of those dragon-esque coins (hey, don't judge me, Wagoneers)

Hey, wagons are extremely precarious and incredibly unpredictable vehicles ...

... I mean seriously ...

=> those wagon-surfaces are all uneven and then you add-in the fact that the wagon itself is travelling down a fairly uneven surface, right ... oh-oh-oh, and the wagon is sometimes travelling way too fast, so it's kinda like it's the wagon's fault if a person was to accidentally "slip" off of the side ................. right?

The Duke of Milan, Bernabo and Galeazzo II Visconti, AR Grosso or Pegione
1355-1378 AD
Diameter: 25 mm
Weight: 2.50 grams
Obverse: Serpent with maiden in its mouth (ummm, kinda dragon-esque ... yes?) between B G; above (an eagle) a aquiletta R/S
Reverse: Ambrose on the throne






yah ...... I knew when I first saw one of these "serpent-with-maiden-in-mouth" coins that I was dead in the water (sometimes the wagon seems like it has a super icy surface ... have you guys ever noticed that?)

Cheers brothers


=> oh, and please post any coins with "serpents & snakes" ....

Oh, and because I love pile-on threads => let's add-in coins "that made you fall-off of the wagon"

I love you guys (cheers)

 

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Like I said before. You just can't help yerself, can ya?

Nice coin little brother.

 

I was wondering how long before you got your self one of these,very nice my friend very nice indeed, even has an Eagle WOW..after i saw Chris with one i had to get one too!!

 

You guys are killing me. I WILL NOT stray from my current collection of Greek and Roman coins. I WILL NOT, I tell you!!!!!!! (Please?)

 

Heh, too late. You're a goner.

In the words of JA,

 

Wow, Eng ... welcome aboard, my "Serpent-eatin'-maiden" brother!!

=> absolutely fantastic coin (both of our coins have aspects that should appear on one super-coin!!) ... apparently, both of our coins "ROCK"!!

=> awesome ... that's an extremely cool addition to this thread (thanks for posting)

chrsmat71 => hey dawg, I'm hoping that you stumble across this thread and post your primo-example as well (cheers bro)

Hey, West Coast => it was plus 10 celsius (50F?) here for a bit yesterday and "raining" => our first rain since October (I bet that you guys can't claim that fact, eh?)

Please see "hello" to the ocean from me ... thanks brother

 

Yah, I kinda think that this "era/century" seemed pretty fricken cool ... it seemed like there was a whole lotta "Knights & Dragons" and that sort of thing

=> pretty fricken cool, yes? (real-time Knights & thoughts of dragons)


I kinda think that these two coins from the 1300's kinda emphasize the whole feelin' ...





=> hey Bing ... I'm not sure if these examples are quite enough to make you branch-out, but dawg, you must admit that this era has some pretty cool stuff, eh? (man, "coins rock!!")

 

Okay, I admit it. But I'm still on a budget so for now it's still Romans and some Greeks. Maybe later, eh?

 

I had a feeling you were going to bite on one of those when I posted it. Great coin!

 

"I had a feeling you were going to bite on one of those when I posted it. Great coin!"

... *sigh*

 

I mean what's more Steve than a dragon eating a maiden? An absolute must-have.

 

=> thank you for your awesome coin-suggestion, Wagon-slayer ...

 

I show the wagon no mercy.

 

Love that coin Steve....ahhhh yes the jousting!

 

huh ... sadly, I wasn't able to upload your potentially cool video-clip (but thanks for the effort, coin brother)

 

That knight on the coin you posted, charging forward with lance in hand just reminded me of a knight in a jousting tournament. They still do it nowadays believe it or not. The video highlights some of the rules and regulations to modern day jousting, which I believe is directly descended from the medieval version. Pretty cool.

Try this link and see if it works for ya. I also think the narrator is from the great white north judging from his accent.

 

Thanks anyway ... I can't seem to watch your cool vid (maybe I'll try re-booting)

 

curious? => can everybody else access this video?

 

I love those Milan coins, that's a very nice one stevex! these are all a bit different, lots of interesting variation....anyone know what the different letters in the left and right reverse fields mean??