It's my birthday!!! - Post a coin with a cool story

If I don't get a coin or a story in today the least I can do is to wish my young ingineer a Happy Birthday.

 

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Happy Birthday

 

haha! yesterday i couldn't spell ingineer..now i r 1><

 

funny story.. i collect all types of ancients and antiques, including, but not limited to coins. so, when you where about 9(HAPPY BIRTHDAY), i bought a bronze sword from the warring states period, along with 5 calligraphy pieces from a dealer in china and had him ship them to me here in the states. when the package arrived, it had a sizable hole in it along with 3 of the calligraphy pieces gone and the tip of the sword bent. i tried to straighten out the sword and broke off the very tip of a perfectly well preserved piece of ancient art that still had chinese characters on it. i still have the sword, but not here with me and here's the 2 calligraphy bronze that made the trip. i thought seriously of making a journey to china to pay him a personal visit.

 

Happy Birthday TypeCoin971793, hope you are having or had (I just got up here in Aus) a great birthday, I will post a Rome birthday coin to celebrate with you. Philip I SAECVLV M NOVVM SC 249 AD, the 1000th anniversary of Rome, Sestertius 16.77gm, RIC IV 164.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

All I can say about this coin is that my father found it one evening while walking his dog. He found lots of coins while doing that but this is the most interesting one. I think it may be a coin part of a very modern feng shui decoration made to look like it came from some long ago Asian dynasty. I have not found anything exactly like it on line but I only attempt to research it once in a while and never have more than an hour to spend on research at a time.
The closest coins I have come across were Korean.

It weighs 8 grams and inside the hole and around the rim there are seams as if the obverse and reverse sides were joined. I read that authentic Asian dynastic coins would have been produced in a way as to show a seam.

Anyway, it reminds me of the top part of your key coin which is outrageously gorgeous!!

Enjoy your day with lots of cool gifts!

BTW, this was a wonderful idea for a thread. I thoroughly enjoyed reading all the historical information of those with knowledge who posted. And to think I hated history as a kid. I can not get over how horrible some teachers are and how naturally talented and effective are others.

 

What a speacial boar you have

 

Happy Birthday my coin friend

 

Thanks @chrsmat71 I knew nothing of them until I read the book Good Money. It is written by economist George Selgin, so it is a little dry at times.
There is a great quote about the Seven Years War that goes something like the following:
So that he (Frederick) could rob a neighbor he had promised to protect, black men fought on the coast of India and red men scalped each other by the great lakes of North America.

 

Happy Birthday, TypeCoin971793!!

Best coin story eva!

Erin

 

@TypeCoin971793: Happy Birthday!
@LaCointessa: Your coin has the inscription "Ban Liang" (half ounce) in archaic Chinese script, this was used (with many varieties) on coins from pre-Qin to the early part of the Western Han dynasty (c. 350- 120 BC; see Hartill chapter 7). But I think yours is a modern copy- the shape of the characters isn't right, and overall it just looks "off". At least you didn't lose any money on it, and if you're lucky maybe one of the real experts on Chinese cash can come in and explain why I'm wrong.

I think I've shared this coin before, but it's a good one so I'll show it again:

Roman Empire. Augustus (27 BC- 14 AD). AR denarius, issued c. 20 BC. Obverse: Augustus head left, bareheaded, inscription CAESAR AVGVSTVS around; a couple of faint bankers' marks at back of head. Reverse: Mars standing, holding aquila and with standard across shoulder, inscription SIGNIS RECEPTIS to sides.

During the last decade of the Republic and the "Imperatorial" period, Rome had several major clashes with the Parthian kingdom. While some of the later engagements went reasonably well for Rome, the net result was still in Parthia's favor, largely due to the crushing defeat of Crassus and his legions in 53 BC. When Octavian became Augustus in 27 BC and began setting the foundation of the Roman Empire, the Parthian Question was surely on his mind. Rather than attempt a massive invasion, he decided instead to take a more diplomatic approach, and in 20 BC reached a major agreement with the Parthian king. Rome received back the surviving POWs who had been captured in previous decades, and (just as important symbolically for the Romans) also the various military standards, aquilas, and other military symbols that had been lost by the Romans. Augustus clearly considered this a great accomplishment and wanted to make sure that it was known throughout the empire, as he issued a number of different coin types commemorating the event. This type shows Mars holding a returned standard and aquila (staff with an eagle design) and the inscription "Signis Receptis" ("Standards Received"). A special temple of Mars Ultor (Mars the Avenger) was built to house and display the returned standards. As for what the Parthians received on their end: the full details have not survived, but one of the personal gifts given to the Parthian king by Augustus was a slave-girl courtesan named Musa, who eventually became Queen of Parthia... but that's a story for another time.

 

@Parthicus - Wow re my coin (can't wait to learn more) and Wow re Musa! Thanks.

 

I'm not an ancient guy, so I have no stories to tell or coins to post, but...

 

Happy Birthday @TypeCoin971793!

 

Dium(Dion,Dio), Macedonia, is located at the base of Mount Olympus. It is known for the most important Macedonian sanctuary dedicated to Zeus and gets it's name from Dios, meaning "of Zeus".

Macedon, Dium. Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE 24
Obv: Laureate head right.
Rev: Athena standing holding patera and spear.
AE 24 (12.55 gm).
Lindgren 1059. WW.

 

Simply beautiful!

Also, I never knew that the word used for G-d in Spanish means "of Zeus." Interesting. (I can't make up my mind whether the period comes before or after the quotation mark in this case.)

 

Happy Birthday ma´mate!!!

 

@LaCointessa

Unfortunately, Parthicus is correct. Your coin is a modern replica. It looks to be made of lead or something similar.

 

Thank you for commenting, TypeCoin. As I mentioned in my post when I shared the photographs, I think it may be part of a very modern feng shui decoration made to look like it came from some long ago Asian dynasty. I read that many such coins were made for this purpose.

 

And it is strange because this coin can be had for just a couple dollars.