Post your Pigs

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Pishpash, Mar 17, 2017.

  1. Ken Dorney

    Ken Dorney Yea, I'm Cool That Way...

    Coming from a poor family I was brought up on it but hadnt eaten it for maybe 30 years. A few years back I told my kids that all Americans needed to know what it was and what it tasted like. So on a camping trip I served it. I didnt remember how horrible it was! I wont do that to them again!
     
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  3. gregarious

    gregarious E Pluribus Unum

    hmmmm... i see a connection.. piggy bank.jpg
     
  4. gregarious

    gregarious E Pluribus Unum

    i feel the same way about canned ravioli...
     
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  5. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    OINK!

    RR Veturius 137 BCE AR Den Mars X Oath Scene pig S 111 Cr 234-1 Obv-Rev.jpg
    RR Veturius 137 BCE AR Den Mars X Oath Scene pig S 111 Cr 234-1

    Love this Oath Scene...
     
  6. Severus Alexander

    Severus Alexander find me at NumisForums

    Wow - many, many awesome coins in this thread. Pigs are popular here.

    My only decent pig (Trajan quadrans w/ Hercules):

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  7. Ken Dorney

    Ken Dorney Yea, I'm Cool That Way...

    Yes. This is one of the coolest of Roman coins (though many would disagree I am sure).
     
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  8. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    I always felt the Veturius Denarius inspired this one:

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  9. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

    Another one I forgot......
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    Gaul, Senones
    Coin: Potin
    Two rampant goats facing one another; pellet between, annulet between hind legs
    Rampant wolf and boar facing one another; pellet between
    Mint: Gaul (100-60 BC)
    Wt./Size/Axis: 4.20g / 20mm / -
    References:
    • CCCBM III 466ff
    • De la tour 7458
     
  10. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    cool new boar reverse pish!

    i'll post this recent acquisition i haven't showed off yet. it was a cheapie picked up with some other coins as i had already payed for shipping...why not add another coin. it's my smallest silver coin and cross "coin from lesbos" off my list.



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    LESBOS, 5th century BC. 1/24 stater.

    O: Confronted boars' heads R: Quadripartite incuse square, divided diagonally. HGC 6, 1071. VF. 7 mm, 0.7 g.

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  11. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

    Great coin Chris. Lesbos is high on my list but I have never found one I like that is in my price range.
     
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  12. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Love the "RAMPANT" description! You can "feel" the fighting!
     
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  13. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    chrsmat => thanks for the heads-up ...

    I also have two confronted boars ... oh, and TIF helped me with the presentation



    Lesbos Two boars confronted TIF.jpg

    :rolleyes:

    Pig City!!
     
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  14. gregarious

    gregarious E Pluribus Unum

    a pictures worth a 1000 words, but adding a few adverbs and adjectives never hurts...
     
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  15. Ken Dorney

    Ken Dorney Yea, I'm Cool That Way...

    I havent seen Moose Drool around here for years. Do they still make it?
     
  16. icerain

    icerain Mastir spellyr

    Does half a boar count?

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  17. Gary Fleet

    Gary Fleet New Member

    Please help! Can anyone identify my one and only coin? I am new to Coin talk and thought this thread to be the most appropriate to post on. Many thanks in advance. 20200621_195757.jpg s..
     
  18. Terence Cheesman

    Terence Cheesman Well-Known Member

    Arpi Ae 22 325-275 B.C. Obv Head of Zeus left laureate Rv. Boar standing right in defensive posture HN 642 7.53 grms 22 mm Photo by W. Hansen arpi4.jpeg
     
  19. bcuda

    bcuda El Ibérico loco

    Here is a pic of My Dad and I with a feral Hog that I got about two years ago.

    hog.jpg
     
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