Ancient Coins: Newest Acquisitions

Have you tried photo-bucket, its a free program, some people over at collectors universe told me about

 

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Now you are getting it. The research/history is what it's all about (of course holding a 2000 year old piece of art in your hand is pretty awesome).

 

Very nice

 

that's what friends are for :thumb:

 

More ancients...



Roman Imperial, Valentinian II (Antioch mint)
378-383 A.D
AE3 19mm / 2.3 grams
O: D N VALENTINIA NVS PF AVG pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing right
R: VRBS ROMA Roma seated left on cuirass holding victory and spear, facing right. Q to left, F to right, star above F, ANTB in exergue
Reference: RIC 51

 

I bought this one from a seller on line in Jordan. It was minted in Antioch,Turkey around 351 AD.
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Here is a new horse in my collection. It is a late 4th Century B.C. silver Drachm from Corinth, Greece. Of course, the horse is Pegasos.

 

According to the Mythology, that is wrong...

Pegasus is a Pegasi, which was considered to be an entirely different species to horses as Centaurs were.

 

To say that a mythical creature is a "different species" from a horse makes no sense. The creature is imaginary, and thus is not of any species. This would include mythical creatures like Pegasus, Chollima, unicorns, Centaurs, kelpies, and hippocamps (among others). All of these mythical animals are based on the very real horse, and thus, in my opinion, I include them in my horse collection of coins. Others may have different opinions, but it is still just an opinion.

 

When you are studying/talking about Mythology, it does...

Just being a little specific (the mistake annoys me)


Btw, Hippocampi, not hippocamps.

Based on the sentence, I also believe that you mean Pegasi, not Pegasus.

 

Hmm, can Pegasus actually have a plural? To me, that sounds a little like asking for the plural of Jupiter or Venus. As far as I know, Pegasos/Pegasus is one specific winged horse according to Greek and Roman mythology, not a type of which so and so many are known.

(Sure, these days you may see a whole bunch of, umm, Pegasi in movies. But originally ...)

Christian

 

Be a pedant regarding the plural forms if you'd like, the point is that these "creatures" are all imaginary. Thus, stating that they are from a different "species" makes no sense. They are also all undeniably based on the very real horse.

 

I know none of them exist...

However, they were all thought to have been separate species, hence my viewpoint.

I can never remember which myth it was, but one did mention the children of Pegasus, the Pegasi [species named after the first]

 

Thanks, I did not recognize this distinction until you made me think about it.

I'm creating the label for this Corinth coin. It came with zero information from the seller. I have the obverse "Pegasos flying left, koppa below". I have the reverse "Head of Aphrodite left, hair in a sakkos". Can you make-out what the letters or symbols are in front & the 3-4 balls behind? Let me know if you think it is appropriate to include those things in my reverse description.

 

Odious Commodious/Minerva, silver denarius Roman 181 AD. This arrived from the Ukraine a few days ago.

 

My newest ancient.

 

Here is a Roman coin of Crispus circa 321 AD. Minted in present day Sisak (Siscia) in Croatia.

 

I'm starting to get into Roman coins. This denarius features the bust of Julia Domma d. 217 AD.

 

picked this up for melt value today, i never bought anything older than 1800's US Gold before, but it was in such good shape I couldnt say no. The guy said he had one more in a little more worn condition somewhere at home if he could find it, I told him if he finds it call me. I dont know greek, and cant find this anywhere, anyone know what this is?

 

Looks like this one to me:

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/medallion-8-aurei-with-bust-of-claudius-ii-gothicus-199