TELLVS STABIL - The Earth Firmly Established

Holey smokes, that medallion is something else - AJ league stuff.

 

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I wish my "Wish List" only had two on it.

 

Scarcer deities, hmm-- not sure I have any which are truly scarce but here are a few less common deities.

Achelӧos (alternate spelling Achelous or Akheloios)


AKARNANIA, Federal Coinage (Akarnanian Confederacy)
3rd century BCE
Æ (20mm, 6.38 g, 10h)
Obv: laureate head of Zeus right; API below
Rev: head of river-god Achelӧos left; trident head above, monogram to left. Ref: BCD Akarnania 32; HGC 4, 736
From the collection of Alexandre Carathéodory Pasha (1833-1906)

AKHELOIOS (or Achelous) was a River-God of Aitolia in central Greece. As the god of the largest fresh-water river in Greece, he was often represented as the god of fresh water in general. Akheloios once competed with Herakles in a contest for the hand of the Aitolian princess Deianeira. In their wrestling contest, Herakles tore of the god's horn, out of which was made a cornucopia or horn of plenty.
The river occurs in Greek art in three forms. In vase painting he was depicted as either a "merman," with a coiled fish tail descending from below his chest, or as a large man-headed bull. In both cases his head was crowned with a horn. In mosaic art he appears as a reclining man with an amphora.
The Akheloios river rises in the Pindar ranges, to flow down through the heart Aitolia and Akarnania, reaching the Ionian Sea near the mouth of the Gulf of Korinthos. The most important neigh-bouring river was the Euenos to the east.

--from theoi.com​

Not scarce per se, but appearing only on two coins issued by Roman moneyer Mussidius Longus, Venus Cloacina:


Sol/Shrine of Venus Cloacina (attribution here)


Concordia/Shrine of Venus Cloacina (attribution here)


Concordia/Shrine of Venus Cloacina (attribution here)

We've discussed the type a few time so I'll just post the my Sewer Goddess thread .

 

I'm holding out for one featuring Achelӧos's biscuit-ier brother, Speculӧos .

 

Mmm, Speculӧos. I bought some recently. Good stuff, but I prefer the intact cookie form. They serve them on Delta Airlines (cookie brand name is Biscoff)... almost making it worth flying Delta.

 

Cookies need butter?? Damn. I've been doing it all wrong.

 

First Hadrian, then Speculoos... this thread has Oki all over it!

 

=> bacon-wrapped cookies!! (where have you guys been?!!)

 

Um, no.

 

Needs more bacon.

 

No.

 

what a drag, Dad

 

Excellent, this thread has devolved into a bacon throw-down? You guys might as well go home now. Pictures of my entries in Baconfest 2010:

Bacon S'mores (shut up... they are truly awesome! Try it!)


Bacon Firecracker Shrimp (shrimp, bacon, cream cheese, pickled jalepenos in wonton wrapper, fried in bacon grease, served with bacon ponzu dipping sauce)


Bacon-wrapped parmesan-stuffed dried plums (sounds fancier than prunes)


Polenta fried in bacon grease, with bacon & rosemary gorgonzola sauce, with chicken garnish:


... there was more.

 

mmmmmmmmmmmmm .... drooool

... ummm, are there any openings in your snack-night troop?

I always laugh when I see this portrait of Kevin Bacon ...

 

Yeah, but I'm trying to lay off the bacon .

 

My only TELLVS STABIL was the following:-

Hadrian Denarius
Obv:- HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right
Rev:- TELLVS STABIL, Tellus Stabil standing left holding plow and rake, corn growing to right
Minted in Rome. A.D. 134-138
Reference:– RIC 276. RSC 1427.
17mm. 3.35g.

Ex- Tom Cederlind

 

Eh, its nothing some HB medication can't take care of...

 

You just gotta go with the flow on CT...

 

You win, but I have to ask what the mortality rate at Baconfest was.

 

Now that we've got that out of our system, here's a less-than-common Roman goddess, Valetudo. To my knowledge, this is the only coin on which she is portrayed. Valetudo was originally the Gaulish goddess of healing, Glanis. When the town of Glanum was appropriated by the Romans, Glanis was absorbed into their pantheon as Valetudo. Later she became increasingly associated with Hygiea, although according to Rolland, she retained her original aspect as Valetudo in the immediate vicinity of Glanis until its destruction in AD 270. (H. Rolland, "Un temple de Valetudo à Glanum", Revue Archéologique (1955: II. 98-106.)



Man. Acilius Glabrio
AR Denarius, 18 mm, 3.75 g, 6h; Rome: 49 BC
Obv.: SALVTIS; laureate head of Salus right.
Rev.: III VIR VALETV MN ACILIVS; Valetudo standing left, resting arm on column and holding snake.
Reference: Crawford 442/1a; Seaby Acilia 8; Sydenham 922, BMC 3944.