TELLVS STABIL - The Earth Firmly Established

Yeah, I guess it's time to get back to coins.

 

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that's a great new coin Z...win!



here's a strange one, belos on the reverse...

 

WHAT??? ... no more bacon!!!



... fine, I have to go outside and mow the lawns ...

 

Awesome coin Z, your sure can find them. how many hours a day do you search for coins. nice coins all..

I always say go big or go home.
Bacon oh ya!!

 

And as long as I've mentioned Hygiea, let's not forget about her creepy little brother Telesphoros...

 

Well, in fact, if you look at this globe, it has STARS in it. The globe represents the night sky or the universe.

Ancients knew the Earth was round, Eratostenes in Egypt even measured it back in III century BC.
Romans used to symbolize Earth with a plain round globe, but if they wanted to display the universe, they put stars or stripes on it.

 

Last thing I read about the universe is that physicists think the universe is like a sphere...that is if you went far enough in a strait line you would end up back where you started.

 

Honestly, I tried sticking to the coin topic, but then Jwt708 mentioned the universe and well, I lost focus and went searching for Escher drawings

 

Escher is great. My mind is blown.

 

Man I love this coin!

 

Great coin Z! I love the honest wear and the fact it's a scarce type is a bonus.

Congrats!

 

Sweet find!

 

Resurrecting an old thread to post a newish pickup - an example of the Tellus Stabil type mentioned in the OP that was originally on my want list. It was also nice revisiting all the bacon in this thread .


HADRIAN
AR Denarius. 2.97g, 19mm. Rome mint, AD 134-138. RIC II 276; RSC 1425. O: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right. R: TELLVS STABIL, Tellus standing left, holding plough and rake; two grain ears to her right.

 

While reading about my new Julia Domna Fecunditas (and thanks for exhuming this thread-- now I have a reason to post the coin again ) I came across this tidbit from Curtis Clay, from a Forvm thread. It speaks to the "globe" issue:

"My view is simpler. The celestial globe is what we see above us on clear nights, the star-studded sphere of the heavens.
On the first coin, the phoenix stands on that globe; on the Domna coin, the reclining Earth lays her hand on that globe, while the Four Seasons progress around it.
On the second coin, the Cosmos is shown in its relation to Earth and its affects upon Earth, i.e. Seasons. But it's the same Cosmos as on the Phoenix coin."

So, that round thing seen with Tellus may not be a globe of the earth but of the cosmos. On my coin you can clearly see stars, not the outlines of land.


Julia Domna
AR denarius, 19.5mm, 3.17 gm, 6h. Rome mint
Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 207-211
Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA; draped bust right
Rev: Fecunditas or Tellus (Earth) reclining left under tree, resting arm on basket of fruit and placing hand on celestial orb; standing before her are four children representing the Four Seasons
Ref: RIC IV 549 (Septimius Severus); RSC 35
ex R.H. Collection

 

Hmmm... so we're definitely ruling out the beach ball idea?

 

Wow, Z & TIF => man, I absolutely love your Tellus coins (yah, they are amazing)

... wow, we really do have some pretty cool stuff, eh? (I love hangin' out with you coin-folks)

=> just when I think that I'm gettin' bored of coins, somebody "pumps me up" and posts an amazing new coin-avenue (yah, this is a fantastic coin-site => we rock, eh?!)





Oh, and I forgot to update this thread with one of my best recent bacon-efforts ...



=> Bacon-wrapped Thanksgiving turkey!!

Mmmm, it's almost that time o' year again!! (Oct, 10, 2016)

 

Thanks for the additional bacon-effort, Steve. Someone has to tell Tellus what's she's missing out on, eh .

 

Wonderful thread everyone!!

Although I'm a bit leery of bacon cookies....and bacon s'mores--- I'll try them one day LOL

Just to jump in, I'll post this unusual deity associated with Priapus---a Republican denarius featuring Mutinus Titinus and Pegasus:

 

Jealous!