The influence of classical numismatics on modern advertising

While buying tires today, I noticed this:



Does this remind you of anything?

 

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Well spotted !

Q

 

There's an ancient on our olive oil

 

Oh nice! I'll have to keep my eyes open.

 

Nice spotting!

A wine/coin pairing:


Phliasia, Phlious
AR obol
400-350 BC
11 mm, 0.84 gm
Obv: forepart of butting bull left
Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9
Triskeles Sale 9; Oct 2013
ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales

Assorted wines with ancient coins on the label, found on the internet:

 

@TIF That's quite a collection of numismatically-related wines! You must go out of your way to obtain and photograph them.

 

I haven't actually purchased any wines with coins on the label.

Three years ago when I bought the Phliasia obol I and noticed a wine with a similar coin, I thought it would be fun to collect wine/coin pairings. At that time I searched the internet for wine labels with ancient coins. I lost interest due to the high price of some of the coins, and a couple are simply not attainable. I never began the project.

Might be a fun project for someone else though!

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-bull-phi-and-wine-a-phliasia-obol.238511/#post-1813237

 

good eye i can see how they copied it.. well romans are gone its not copy written

 

interesting thread.

 

WOW, that is VERY similar to my Carthage AR 2/3 Shekel... those are pretty scarce!


Carthage
AR 2-3 Shekel
Tanit
Horse r., looking back
Ref: Sear6491 SNG COP143var

 

From @TIF 's wine post... Wow, This Is FUN!


VERY similar to my Alexander III the Great AR Di-Shekel... with a different control mark...
Makedon Alexander - Alexandrine Babylonia Di-Shekel Tetradrachm LIFETIME 328-311 Baal-Lion.JPG

 

I think it's an AE/BI like this one on the olive oil



http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=102359

 

Well... not quite

The label features a "Dido" tetradrachm, one of my forever unattainable dream coins. Like this one (images and text from acsearch):




NAC 96, lot 1039 6. Oct. 2016 price realized: 150'000 CHF
(images from a prior Kunker sale)
Greek Coins
The Carthaginians in Sicily. Tetradrachm, uncertain mint in Sicily circa 320-300,
AR 17.40 g.
Description Female head l. (Tanit ?), wearing a necklace and a Phrygian tiara encircled with a band decorated with palmettes. Rev. Lion advancing l., head facing; behind, palm tree with cluster of dates. In exergue, ‘ s'mmhnt’ (people of the Camp) in Punic characters. References
Rizzo pl. LXVI, 7 (these dies)
Kraay-Hirmer pl. 72, 207 (these dies)
Jenkins SNR 56, 1977, 271 Condition
Extremely rare and possibly the finest specimen known of this magnificent issue, possibly the most desirable of the entire Siculo-Punic series. A spectacular portrait work of a very skilled master engraver perfectly struck and centred on in high relief on a very large flan. Light iridescent tone and good extremely fine

Provenance
Künker sale 262, 2015, 7079
This extraordinary tetradrachm seems to have been struck late in the 4th Century B.C., perhaps between 320 and 310, and very likely in the early part of that range. It belongs to a series containing just three sets of dies, each of which presents this interesting subject matter in a different way. Though each is spectacular and original in its own right, if one set of dies had to be chosen as the most accomplished, it certainly would be the one used to strike this coin. In his die study of the Siculo-Punic series, Jenkins was hard-pressed to find a place for this group among the other series of tetradrachms. Even if the superior style of engraving and the unusual subject matter were not obvious considerations, the fact that only three sets of dies were used and that they do not link with other issues (or even within themselves) demonstrates it was a special and isolated series. Aspects of the engraving style led Jenkins to conclude that they belonged at the end of his series 2d (head of Kore/horse animated before palm tree) or the beginning of his series 3 (dolphins around the head of Arethusa/horse head and palm tree). If linked with Jenkins’ series 3, this coinage might be associated with preparations by the Carthaginian leader Hamilcar (son of Gison) to combat Agathocles; as such, Jenkins suggests they may have been minted for the 2,000 elite citizens who headed the new Carthaginian armada. A convincing interpretation of the designs has thus far been impossible to achieve. The head was traditionally described as Dido (Elissa), the legendary foundress of Carthage, but that identification has not found much support in recent decades. She may also be the personification of Libya, for that would match well with the prowling lion on the reverse. Jenkins objects to that idea, however, noting that celebrating an indigenous people subject to Carthaginian rule would not have been ”consistent with Carthaginian nationalism”. To the contrary, Robinson suggests Libya would have been an ideal subject if the bulk of the Carthaginian army at this time were comprised of mercenaries from Carthaginian Libya. Another possibility is that the Punic goddess Tanit (being in some ways the equivalent of the Greek goddess Artemis) is represented, and in many respects she seems to be the best choice.

 

Nice! Thanks for the update... WISH I could say I had that one!

 

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Hmmm... close to my AR Shekel then... But, no palm, and my horse is standing...


Carthage - Zeugitana
AR Shekel-Didrachm 360-264 BCE
Tanit
Horse r head l palm

 

Wow, what a fun thread this turned out to be!

 

I don't have anything to add, but I really enjoyed reading this thread!

 

Close enough? ... sometimes I miss the mark by a tad

 

Wow TIF => hard to believe that your thread is already three years old, eh? (seems like yesterday)

 

All,
I live near Napa Valley and may have to investigate some of the wineries just to make sure that their wine is as good as the imagery on their labels. A full report, hiccup, will be forthcoming...