I first saw this coin in June when Heritage listed it for the Long Beach auction. I stumbled upon it while playing Guess The Emperor on another site. I put it on my watch list and visited it often. Became quite emotionally attached. Got it today, although it sold for more than I'd hoped-- but in my mind I'd already bought it. It was mine. So I bid more. Considering the scarcity of the issue and that I've found no others like it for sale, I'm very happy with it. Really though, I think it appeals to me because it looks like an Oreo See? Just like a yummy creme-filled chocolate cookie. BOSPORAN KINGDOM. Sauromates I AD 93/4-123/4 AE 48 units (29mm, 10.84 gm, 12h) Obv: diademed, draped bust of Sauromates left Rev: nike advancing left, holding wreath, flanked by mark of value M-H, all within wreath Ref: MacDonald 397/2. Dark gray patina. Smoothing in fields. Nearly Extremely Fine. A little about Sauromates I, excerpt from wikipedia:
A lot of interesting and distinctive coinage from the region, both before and during Roman occupation. That's a marvelous piece, and I can understand why you fell in love with it. Don't chip a tooth.
Actually... I am going to take an imprint and make a cookie mold/press just for grinsies. (I can do this without harming the coin or patina) Then I'll make some edible Bosporeos. I came up with a cookie recipe that works well for stamping out little designs. A thin crisp shortbread and a chocolate version. Last year I made a whole set of cookie stamps with George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words". My friends got some pretty funny cookies during the holidays.
Cool! How do you do it? It'd be fun for birthdays. I can see it now, "Happy birthday Stevex! You bought all the coins I wanted, go soak your head! With lots of hugs, TIF"
i remember seeing that coin and having no clue who that was on the obverse. different and cool...super lookin' color.....yum yum.
I took some heavy wire (~16 g bronze), cut pieces and bent the letters, filed the back side a little bit flatter so they'd stick better to the block, superglued them to small blocks of wood. The trick was figuring out when to stamp the cookies. With the thin shortbreads, it worked best to bake them ~2/3 done, stamp them, then finish baking. Here's a pic of some cookies, had to blur out the 'bad' words for this forum. (mods- if this doesn't fly I'll delete it) I'll look for some of the stamps and post a pic to give you a better idea of how to make them.
do the girls scouts have those cookies? "i'll take a box of thin mints and a box of @#$% its please".
I'm all about the DIY. Move over, Martha, lemme show you how it's done. I have so many tools, so much equipment, so many hobby doodads that my place is like Home Depot + Michaels. The condo I'm in was a mid 70's nightmare. Baby poo brown single-basin lavatory sink. Mirrored bi-fold closet doors. Terrible kitchen layout. Had someone gut it to down to concrete and retile the floor. I did the rest. All the cabinets, plumbing, most of the electric, mosaic tiling, etc. My favorite tool was the hammer drill. Looks like a machine gun, was really fun to use. Walls, floors, ceiling are all concrete and I had a lot of conduits to re-route. Hello hammer drill! Designed and built the cabinets from scratch. For the first two years living I lived in a construction zone and I was the lone worker. During that time all I had in here was a twin bed, a couple of rusty chairs and a plastic table, a 10 foot panel saw, piles of bamboo plywood, lumber, glass mosaic tile, wire, tools everywhere. Kitchen cabinets, kitchen island, a 16' run of cabinetry and closets in the guest hall, wall system with Murphey bed, yadda yadda. All with tons of drawers. 50+ drawers. Man I was sick of making those drawers.
Sounds great, TIF. There's nothing like the sense of satisfaction when you're done. The problem is, you're never really done. One project dovetails into another.
Bosporian Kings, Sauromates I - Implements of Battle – Æ 48 Units Date: circa 98-104 AD Size: 27.94 mm Weight: 9.49 grams Obverse: TIBEPIOC IOYΛIOC BACIΛEYC CAYPOMATHC, Sauromates seated right on curule chair, holding sceptre tipped with the head of Trajan Reverse: TEIMAI BACIΛEωC CAYPOMATOY, Round shield with spear, surrounded by battle axe, horse head, helmet, and sword in scabbard, mark of denomination (MH) below Attribution: MacDonald 417
KINGS of BOSPOROS Sauromates II Æ 144 Units Circa AD 174/5-210/1 Dameter: 25 mm Weight: 9.64 grams Obverse: Diademed and draped bust right; rosette before Reverse: Eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; c/m: laureate head of Septimius Severus right, within circular incuse Reference: MacDonald 544/2; Anokhin 618a; for c/m: Howgego 63
Kings of the Bosporus Sauromates II Æ26 Athena Date: 174-210 AD Size: 26.6 mm Weight: 9.55 grams Obverse: Diademed bust right Reverse: Athena seated left on throne, holding patera in right hand. Counterstamp of the bust of Septimius Severus Reference: SNG 67-68
I love Oreo's, i'll take a bag of Bosporeo.., great look'in coin TIF, that's got some great details... Steve your coins are always great...
