Got coins with silly or dippy hats ?????

Sicily Syracuse AE Litra
Time of Dionysos
405-367 B.C.
Diameter: 28 mm
Weight: 27.22 grams (fat-boy!!)
Obverse: YPA, Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath
Reverse: Sea-star between two dolphins
Reference: SNG ANS: 455, calciati 62

 

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L. Marcius Philippus, AR Denarius
Struck 113-112 B.C. Rome Mint
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 3.91 grams
Obverse: Head of King Philip V of Macedon right wearing a diademed helmet ornamented with goat's horns
Reverse: Equestrian statue

 

Lucius Axius L.f. Naso AR Denarius
Rome mint
70 BC
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 4.04 grams
Obverse: Helmeted head of Mars right, wearing crested helmet with plumes; XV¯ to left
Reverse: Diana driving biga of stags right; behind, two dogs running right; below, dog running right
Reference: Crawford 400/1b; Sydenham 795; Axia 2
Other: 4h … VF, toned, banker’s mark on cheek. Rare

 

I wonder how many crosses you had to burn to be a member in good standing...

 

Byzantine Empire, Sassanian occupation of Egypt
AE 12 Nummi / Khusro II
Circa 618-628 A.D.
Diameter: 19.66 mm
Weight: 8.26 grams
Obverse: Cuirassed bust of Khusro facing, wearing crown with simple cross, star to left, C to right
Reverse: Cross on globe between I-B, AAEE in exergue
Other: A very nice example of this scarcer type

 

The beetle king!

 

NOTE => for the record, I didn't gave a "like" to the KKK coin because of what it stood for ... I gave it a "like" because it is merely such a piece of history (bad history ... but still history)

 

If we had to judge our coin collections by the moral stature of the rulers represented, we'd have to throw most everything out.

 

Another bargain from the Used Crown Mart....

 

I can't say anything against the old girl.....she lost the love of her life too soon (Albert). I don't think she ever recovered from that loss.

 

Yah, and her son, good ol' Fast Eddie, probably didn't have a very good life either, for she blamed him for Albert's death ... nuthin' like a lifetime of hearing smudge from your disgruntled Mom, eh?

=> "Eddie ... Eddie, get me some grapes ... I'd ask Albert, but you killed him!!"

=> "yes, Momma ... sorry about that ... I was horny"

 

Steve? You're a devil.........

 

Steve...

He was blamed for it, but didn't cause it...

Modern opinions are that he had a chronic condition leading to death...

Victoria was obsessed with her cousin... Poor Victoria!

 

Yes, I know ... but thanks WC (poor ol' Albert caught somethin' nasty ... it was inevitable)

=> however, Momma still blamed her son for the whole "ordeal"



... I imagine the whole thing being a bit like George and his Mom on Seinfeld ...

*Georgie*

 

Switzerland 1999, commem dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Swiss postal service (image: gedenkmuenzen.ch). Two silly hats, plus a love letter, for the price of one coin!

Christian

 

I'd sure like to see a post with the 80th birthday of Otto von Bismarck silver medal, the one with the cowboy looking hat he is wearing. It is a medal I really want a nice example of - but because of Germania on the reverse.

 

This one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Germany-Otto-von-Bismarck-80th-Anniversary-Medal-1815-/350458543350


It certainly does have an interesting reverse.........

 

But that one suffers from a remarkable lack of standing hats, or silly Germanias. Maybe this:
http://www.muenzauktion.com/hardelt/item.php5?id=9141

Christian

 

You must be correct Christian, as i failed to pickup on Scottish's cowboy clue.........