Ancients => defend yourself!! => show me your shields!!

This thread has produced many round and oval shields. Where is the rectangular scutum?

 

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Yah, you're right ... where are the square shields?

=> I guess this was the "squarest" of my shields:

 

Thanks jw, one of my favorites...
Here's a couple more...

 

well dang, looks like i missed the shield party....here's the basic soldiers with 1 standard...and a couple of shields

 

well, since ENG is still partying, i guess i do another...this is a shield with the gorgon on it i believe...

 

Howdy chrsmat71 => I was wondering where you were? (I love that gorgon shield coin of yours ... I was outbid on a very sharp lookin' example and I'm killing myself that I didn't come-big and win it!!)



great coins, everyone!!

 

Here are pretty much the last of my weapon coins ... yah ummm, I'm not sure if a Trident counts as a "weapon", but the coin is so fricken cool that I had to chuck it into the ol' mix, ya know?! ... oh, and then I added-in three more coins with "clubs" on 'em!!

 

Wow, not that I'm counting, but I posted "38" coins with shields and/or weapons on 'em ... that's not too shabby in my eyes!! (I only own 198 ancient coins, so almost 20% of 'em have shields and/or weapons on 'em) ... interesting

=> ummmm, I'm sure that the other 80% of 'em have animals on 'em!!



NOTE => yah, I realize that a few of you (Bing fer sure!!) probably have 200 or 300 hundred coins with shields and/or weapons on 'em (I bow to your greatness => awesome showing, Mr Harper!! ... simply relentless and totally amazing display of coin-ness!!)

 

Perhaps not so many, but thank you for the coin compliment. And back at ya for having such nice coins (man that hurt to say).

 

Hey, I got first pick in our NFL Fantasy Draft

=> naturally, I grabbed Adrian Peterson!! (RB)
=> Tom Brady (QB) ... was still around for my second pick!! (still around at 20th pick!!)
=> Steven Jackson (RB)
=> Vernon Davis (TE)

... then who really cared about my other 11 picks, right!!?

I'm super fricken happy!!

sadly, I admit that I wanted to scoop SF's QB Kaepernick as my second QB, but he went earlier than I thought, so I missed-out (*sigh*)


... anyway ... thanks for listening about one of my other addictions (I'm happy!!)

 

A Trident is a type of weapon.

 

What better protection does an ancient need when you have a club, a bird and a BIG dude!!

 

Antoninus Pius, as. The reverse displays two ANCILIA. Wikipedia says, "They were twelve sacred shields kept in the Temple of Mars. According to legend, one divine shield fell from heaven during the reign of Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome. He ordered eleven copies made to confuse would-be thieves, since the original shield was regarded as one of the pignora imperii, sacred guarantors that perpetuated Rome as a sovereign entity."

 

cool tale, Warren

 

THESSALIAN LEAGUE
THESSALI, Larissa
AR Stater, 196-146 B.C.
6.14 grams, 21 mm
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
crowned with oak
Rev: Athena Itonia advancing right
brandishing a horizontal spear in
right hand and shield in left hand.
ΘΕΣΣΑ to left, ΛΩΝ to right, ΦIΛ-ΩN*
above, and ποΛοΧοΣ below
magistrates Hippolochos and Philon
Grade: Well centered about EF with
gentle toning and attractive
obverse field flow lines.
Other: Good style similar to Sear 2232, BMC 3,34.
BCD Thessaly II 869.2
[Double Victoriatus = 1.5 Denarii].
Ex La Galerie Numismatique (Heritage Jan 2013) lot 61035
From Eye-Appealing Coins April 2013

 

I found this one in my pocket.

 

Late Roman Period
City Commemorative 330 AD

AE 3 (18 mm)
Obv: CONSTAN TINOPOLI Helmeted Bust of Constantinople (The personification of the city).
Rev: Victory (winged female) standing on prow of a ship with left hand on shield. SMNA in exergue
Other: Constantine I (the Great) coinage from Siscia mint, commemorating the Empire's capital moving to Constantinople.

 

It is 11 days since this thread was started & I got one. It has been on my want list for a while now. This one was offered for a good price at the Bay State Coin Show. Here is the label:


BOEOTIA, Thebes
AR Stater, ca. 395-338 B.C.

Obv: Boeotian Shield
Rev: Amphora with ΘE-OT across field all within incuse concave circle.
Grade: aVF nicely centered with some horn silver
Other: Theot-, magistrate. Struck circa 363-348 BC. Similar to Sear 2384 & 2389, Hepworth 60, BCD Boiotia 546. From Allen Berman September 2013.


Thebes was perhaps the greatest & largest city in ancient Greece. Located in central Greece, the city was the arch-rival of Athens, supported Sparta during the Peloponnesian war and was subsequently destroyed by Alexander the Great.