Isiusiisiuisii

Better get it slabbed.

 

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I am pretty sure the figure on the reverse is holding an ice cream coin. I believe IIIII IIIII is the number of flavors, in Roman numerals, offered by his ice cream parlor.

 

huh..i thought it was in honor of the 1st frisbee golf game at the Olympics

 

I get five hits on Google for "Isiusiisiuisii", must be real. But @TIF is clearly making hers up. Zero hits.

 

You guys all have this way wrong. This is obviously a commemorative coin celebrating Isiusiisiuisii the Great's victory in the first ever ping pong tournament.

Which he clearly tells us on the reverse he won by scoring IIIII IIIII unanswered points.

Awesome and rare find @arnoldoe

 

1: that reading completely misses the first "I" (highlighted in blue on the picture on the right side
2: Isiusiisiuisii would never add Greek letters to his coins for obvious reasons
3: Isilili Isildia "nus" you are getting nus from the far right side at below his chin? why would Isiusiisiuisii put the nus there?
4: your user title says "I am not an expert" meanwhile I am a numismatic giant.




Also a while ago I noticed you had a major mistake on your website. You called Constantine the unnumbered, Basil's son who died in 879 ---- Constantine VII. The real Constantine VII wasn't born until 905

 

Great imitative @arnoldoe I love it

Q

 

Sir,

Are you accusing me of fraud? I'll have you know that SNG Tiffily is the definitive resource for that area. A supplemental volume is in the works. Some new bronze coins have been found and they have a most exquisite orange patina.

 

Are they CACA certified too ?

Q

 

Obviously one of Carl Beckers earlier works. I believe this is one of his attempts while he was in kindergarden. He was 5 years old at the time. The naive style was intentional. He was obviously a visionary.

 

I have an LRB that confirms this ruler. I make out "ISIISIISSISSIISII," which I take to be a simple misspelling of ISIUSIISUISII, or perhaps part of his dynasty. More research is needed.

 

The north Black Sea region has dynasties not well-known in the West. Of course, it was behind the Iron Curtain until relatively recently, so western numismatists are just discovering these rulers and attempting to determine the chronology. Because of the better quality of this example of King Ssoaaounnnpfonn, we think he was earlier (style usually degrades over time) and possibly the father of Isiusiisiuisii (although he might have been the grandfather).

Also, the inbreeding of the dynasty may mean that the OP Isiusiisiuisii portrait is accurate and he was an congenital idiot. This may explain why the dynasty did not last long and you hardly hear about it anymore.

This coin: 19-18 mm. Found in the North Black Sea region.

 

You know, the coin of Isiusiisiuisii reminded a lot of Ssoaaovnnnpfonn's issues, but I didn't say anything because I was afraid of sounding like an idiot.

 

I have an imitative AR Quinarius that has totally bungled lettering... Good luck reading it:


Imitating Octavian-M. Porcius Cato AR quinarius 13.89 mm 1.29g imitating Octavian r blundered legend - Victory seated r patera Cr 343-462 RARE

 

Part of me would like to post something serious here but that would only serve to cement my position as the one who does not get it. There are some interesting barbarous Commodus coins that seem to be made of good metal suggesting someone needed circulating currency. Mine is from Izzy's relatively well educated cousin's operation.

 

With general population literacy rates pretty low during that time (what, 5, 10, maybe up to 20% in some affluent areas?), I see why some of these funky lettering combinations were salted into general circulation.