Ancients => I wanna put a hundred bucks on the Serpent Biga!!

Man, I love these good ol' Serpent Biga coins!!

=> they are beyond fricken cool, yes?!! ... yes!!

Antoninus Pius Æ Drachm Roman Egypt (Alexandria)
138-161 AD
Year 14
Diameter:
Weight:
Obverse:
Reverse: Triptolemos in biga drawn by two winged serpents right
Reference:




=> oh and obviously => "PLEASE" post any of your own coins that even come close to being associated with this coin o' mine (I love seeing your coins, gang!!)

 

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Ooooh, I saw that today... wondered if you were going to nab it. Glad it went to a good home.

Here's my Triptolemos. Looks like he's sitting in a winged wheelchair.



ATTICA, Eleusis
360-330 BC
AE16
Obv: Triptolemos, seated left in a winged chariot drawn by two snakes
Rev: Pig standing right on mystic staff, bucranium below?
Ref: SNG Cop 415?

 

Some might wonder just what could be considered close to a biga pulled by winged serpents but I'll risk it and offer wingless serpents. M. Volteus - April 76 BC - Liber head / Ceres in biga of snakes. This was one of my first Republican coins. I had it in 1987 when I started numbering my coins but really do not know exactly when it slithered into my collection.

 

I'm insanely jealous of all the coins shown.

 

Doug, that's a fantastic coin (thanks for sharing!! => cheers)

 

They all look great. Alas I don't have one of my own yet. It's a sad collection that doesn't have a biga drawn by serpents.

 

Another winner. I think I have ran out of things to say. I was so close to pulling the trigger on an Antoninus Pius tetradrachm today with a Canopus of Osiris reverse (I want this type really badly) but decided to save my money which was probably for the better since I am taking a bit of a beating on the Christmas gifts (surprising the gf with a super awesome gift that is so Canadian I don't want to say it because you would all just make fun of me)

 

=> you bought her a Mountie?

 

Shoot she would leave me if I got her a mountie. I bought her a new curling broom...there I said it.

 

Curling! I believe there was an article in the Numismatist about it a few years ago.

Nice one!

Pssssstt! I WANT!

 

uh-oh, Whiz => never buy your spouse a vacuum or a broom as a present!!



... just jokes ...

Yup, curling and hockey are a couple of Canada's strong-suits, eh?

Whiz, do you curl as well?? (I have only curled in a handful of bonspiels myself => but really it was more about the partying/drinking afterwards, than the actual sport itself ... I never really caught the curling-bug)

 

I looked long and hard at that one too... almost bid on it. Interesting issue!

 

Super coins, everyone! Triptolemos is tough. There's a certain type I want of Elagabalus from Nikolopolis, but I haven't found one with sufficient detail to satisfy my eye, and if I did, I probably wouldn't be able to afford it. Doug, that Volteius is superb!

 

Yeah, I got my wife a curling iron once..........

 

Steve I used to curl when I was younger. Haven't done so in awhile but might pick it up again next year. I am much better at bonspieling (drinking) all day.

The gf is a huge curler though. When she was younger she played in all of the big teams and has in fact beat a couple of the younger players that were in the Olympic trials a couple weeks ago.

 

Hey Whiz, I'm no Don Juan with the ladies, but I think you should rephrase that descriptive statement?

 

lol

 

She doesn't read the forum I think I am safe but just in case. My gf loves curling very much.

 

I found a sweet Serpent-Biga example while searching through an old CNG auction (not my coin, but certainly worth lookin' at!!) ... congrats if this is one of your coins!!

 

I wonder how much one of those would go for now...

Any guesses?