Cuddly Roman snake (featuring Gordian III and Salus in denarius form)

Snakes mainly get their information from their tongues. I did meet an interesting 8ft python named Sophia who appeared to answer her owner. She took a huge interest in me, the owner told me to remain still and not to move. That kind of took the shine of things and I was relieved when he put her away.

I didn't like to feed live food. The only way to give dead food was if I killed it first and waggled it around on the end of a stick. It was not my idea to get the darned thing in the first place and when ex left the snake followed pretty quickly.

Snake to keep things legal.....

 

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Well, I don't want any in the house, but I have no problems with them outside taking care of the other pesky creatures (not on a stick I might add).

Another snake to keep it about coins:

CLAUDIUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI, laureate head right
REVERSE: PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, drawing out fold of robe at neck, holding caduceus above serpent preceding her
Struck at Rome, 46/7AD
3.6g, 19mm
RIC39, BMC40

 

I only have a "modern era" coin depicting a snake.
AV 8 Escudos 1862-Go (Guanajunto Mint) Republic of Mexico

 

I have a bunch of these snakes from Mexico too...


But they remind me of this:

Makedonon
AE 17mm 3-2g
Amyntas III 393-369 BCE
Herakles - Eagle devouring serpent
SNG ANS 100ff

 

cool new snake bing...and cool snakes everyone.

i recently picked up this cool snake coin, have't got my own pics yet so i'll use the sellers pics just editied a bit for color. i have it in hand, it nice...slightly scyphate. a snake and woman having a "cuddle", a jug of wine, and a cool knife...what else do you want on a coin? i'd never seen these before and it spoke to me...jumped off the wagon to get it.



attribution from seller...

Pisidia, Etenna. 1st century AD. AE 20mm (3.38 gm). Obv.: woman grappling with snake, amphora in left field. Rev.: E-T, sickle-shaped knife. Hans von Aulock, Pisidiens, 522

 

All are nice!

 

Nice one, Chris. Really unusual and distinctive type.

 

I've always thought that Mexican 50 Peso piece was really cool.

 

L. Cossutius C.f. Sabula. Denarius 74, AR 3.94g. SABVLA Head of Medusa l. Rev. Bellerophon on Pegasus r., brandishing spear with r. hand; below, L·COSSVTI·C·F. Behind, XXII. Babelon Cossutia 1. Sydenham 790. Crawford 395/1. Sternberg XVII, May 9 & 10, 1986, Lot 498

 

The cuddly snake arrived!



And here is the reference in my 1971 Volume IV of Roman Silver Coins as RSC IV 325



PS: No, I did not paay $125. @Ken Dorney has a summer sale going on. Go check his coins out. He has great inventory at discounted prices. And no, I don't get paid for saying that

 

Snakes I have.

 

I always enjoy seeing that Claudius denarius.

 

Sweet!! => that's a fricken cool snake, chrsmat (congrats) ... I don't remember seeing that example

 

I can slip one in here.