Ancient => SCORPION KING!! (yah, I'm lovin' this sweet lil coin!!)

Yah, I saw this lil' colorful scorpion and I knew that it was comin' home to Manitoba!!

KINGS of COMMAGENE
Antiochos IV Epiphanes Æ28
AD 38-72
Diameter: 28 mm
Weight: 15.57 grams
Obverse: Diademed and draped bust right
Reverse: Scorpion within wreath
Reference: RPC I 3854; AC 199 (obv. legend)
Other: 12h … Near VF, earthen brown patina, rubbed on the high points, two long scratches near obverse edge






=> I am a fan of "just enough wear"!! => yup, this coin looks "just right" through my eyes!!

 

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Sweet, one of my favorites youve gotten as of late.

 

Cool pickup. Scorpion isn't the easiest to find. My main ones I have are Hepthalite countermarks.

 

Since I doubt many others have one, I'll share a scorpion from my collection:

SPAIN. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
PB Tessera (13mm, 1.28 g)
Scorpion
Blank
Unpublished ​

 

Cool Kingdom Steve!

Not much known about it...

His Kingdom was given back to him, taken away, given back to him again, THEN destroyed...

(much of it was destroyed by the Romans in 72 and erosion claimed much of the rest [also probably due to the Romans])

 

Neat Arda. :thumb:

 

Sweeeeet coin Jerry. Great portrait and an even better scorpion.

You are correct Ardatirion, I have no coins featuring a scorpion, but I do have a Hadrian with Africa reverse holding a scorpion. Hmmm, I just may have to look for something to add to my collection.

 

that is VERY cool, hadn't seen one like that before...and the color is great! :yes:

 

Cool scorpion-coin, Ardatirion => thanks for postin' your schtuff!!

Oh, and thanks for your coin-compliments, bros & sis (I/we always appreciate feedback, right?)

=> yah, this was actually the first of the three coins that I bid on => I think everything about this coin is very cool (the wear, the colour, the scorpion!!)

.... oh, and plus, this baby is pretty hefty => 28 mm and 15.57 grams is a nice sized coin (I'm hoping this one "pops" in-hand!!)

anyway => thanks again, gang (I love hearing from you guys!!)

Cheers!!


:cheers:

 

huh, eh?

 

Ooops ... I posted to the wrong thread (again!!) ... my bad!!



Huh? => once again, I have zero-idea how to get rid of "ghost-photos"? ... for example, I accidentally posted photos to this thread and then wanted to delete them, but it is impossible to delete these old photos (so they are still hanging around => they're kinda ghost photos)

 

=> this is merely my attempt to get it back onto "SCORPIONS"

 

I really like the scorpion coin. Have you considered trying to assemble a "zodiac"?

 

An "all in one" (pretty cool but also pretty unaffordable)...

http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=79698

 

That sounded like a challenge, so I tried to complete it ... but sadly there were a couple of signs that I don't own (yet):


ARIES (RAM):




TAURUS (BULL):

 

gemini (the twins):




cancer (the crab):

 

leo (the lion):






virgo (the maiden, parthenos):

 

libra (the scales):


oops => i didn't have this one!! (*rats*) ... Does anybody else have this one?



scorpio (the scorpion):

 

sagittarius (the archer):





capricorn (the goat):

 

aquarius (the water bearer):

ooops, i really didn't have this one either .... Does anybody else have this one?




pisces (the fishes): ... apparently that's a sturgeon underneath the Gryphon