Ancients => Cone-head & Snake

man, I seem to be a real sucker for coins with cool hats on 'em?

=> oh, and a coiled snake is always sweet as well, right?

THESSALY, Homolion. Æ Dichalkon
Circa 350 BC
Diameter: 17 mm
Weight: 5.07 grams
Obverse: Head of Philoktetes right, wearing conical hat
Reverse: OMOΛI KO[N] around from lower left, serpent coiled right
Reference: Rogers 263; BCD Thessaly II 92
Other: 7h … VF, dark brown patina

From the BCD Collection





.... please post your Thessaly coins and/or any sweet coins with "cool hats" on 'em

Cheers

 

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Very nice! I was expecting something new and interesting from you today.

 

Cool to see the greeks liked to put garden gnomes on their coinage. Nice addition!

 

Not ancient but it looks like a nice hat on Jefferson's head:

 

For shame steve... buying a coin like that? I thought I knew you better.

 

awesome coin! i remember reading about this cat in college (i think we read one of the plays?), i remember that he was bit by a snake.

there isn't much else i remember from that year in college.

1991....good times...good times.

 

Love the gnome. Great pickup little brother.

 

Nice! No funny hats here, only serious ones.

 

Came for the hat, stayed for the snake. Another great coin and a worthy addition to the SteveX6 collection.

 

Nice

 

Thanks for the coin-compliments, fellas!!

Oh, and cool coin, C89 (thanks for posting for hat-coin)

 

Well, I'm also gonna toss-in another hat-winner from my collection ...


Interregnum, Macedona

 

You want hats steve? I'll give you hats!

 

=> man, that's lotsa hats!!!!

Bring-on the cool hats, my coin-friends!!

Cheers

 

Steve, what's the coin with just the Corinthian helmet without a head?

 

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-strap-on-your-helmets-were-headin-off-to-thrace.232872/


... yah, I love that coin too, my friend (you have cool taste)

That thread is a year and a half old already (apparently every year and a half I get the urge to start a "hat thread"?!!)

Cheers, JA & gang

 

Very interesting. I hadn't seen the type before. I was looking for a face, thinking it was weakly-struck or worn down