Halloween Coins

We did this last year or the year before, but how about showing all your scary coins?


APOLLONIA PONTICA
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Gorgoneian facing with snakes for hair and a protruding tongue
REVERSE: An anchor flanked by letter A and a crayfish, which represents the minting city of Apollonia, the major fifth century BC Greek colony on the west coast of the Black Sea, modern Sozopol in Bulgaria
Struck at Apollonia 450-400 BC
3.13g, 14-15mm
BMC IX, Black Sea 150-151


SIKYONIA SIKYON
AR Hemidrachm OBVERSE: Chimaera standing left, with heads of snake, lion & goat, raising forepaw, SI below REVERSE: Dove flying left
Struck at Skyon, Fourth Century BC 2.6g, 17mm
SNGCop 57, BMC 111
Ex Doug Smith


THRACE, PANTIKAPAION
AE21
OBVERSE: Head of Pan left
REVERSE: Roaring lion's head left; fish below
Struck at Pantikapaion 400-300BC
5.3g, 21mm
SNG BMC Black Sea 883
Ex Doug Smith

 

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According to E.A. Poe ravens are scary. Here is my raven. "Quoth the raven...'nevermore'"

 

Trick or Treat!


Starring @John Anthony as Gomez Addams, @Pishpash as Morticia, @Bing as Pugsley, @stevex6 as Wednesday, and @zumbly as Uncle Fester

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As for coins, every year I think I'll post a Hostilius Saserna denarius on Halloween but I still don't have one. Those coins are creepy! Here's one from CNG's archives:



Don't know about you, but if I saw that freakish Artemis of Ephesus I'd run screaming, not stop to worship her!

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A couple of semi-suitable coins I do own:


MACEDON, under Roman rule
D. Junius Silanus Manlianus, praetor
142-141 BCE
AE, 20 x 22 mm, 9.5 gm
Obv: Facing mask of Silenus, wearing ivy wreath
Rev: MAKE ΔONΩN legend In two lines; D above; all within ivy wreath
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 1324


MYSIA, Pitane
AE, 4th-3rd c. BCE
9 mm, 0.64 gm
Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right
Rev: ΠΙΤΑ; Pentagram, branch in centre
Ref: BMC 5-10 var. (pellet in center)

 

Haha, thanks TIF!

 

=> Happy fricken Halloween, you bunch of scary coin-dudes!!

... we rock!!

 

whaha nice @TIF

 

@TIF that's hilarious

 

GREAT Thread idea!

CREEPY:

The Hand... THING on the obv...Skinny big nosed sphynx on reverse...creeeeepy

Iberia Castulo Late 2nd C BC AE As 25mm Bust Nose Hand Sphinx O-R.jpg


SCAREY:

Medusa's Head carried by Perseus...

Pontos Amisos Mithradates VI 109-89 BC AE 28 Athena Perseus Medusa Head Body O-R.jpg


GROSS:

The Eagle ripping apart the Snake!


Makedon Amyntas III 393-369 BC Herakles lion skin Eagle Serpant SNG ANS 100ff O-R.jpg


ZOMBIE!!!

Fouree...

RI Julia Domna 194-217 Fouree AR Plated Den Isis Horus O-R.jpg


My favorite... TERROR!!!


Etruria, Populonia
3rd Century BCE
Silver 20-Asses
8.1g, ovoid 16.6mm x 20mm
Obv: Facing head of Metus, hair bound with a diadem, X:X below
Rev blank
Sambon 47; HN Italy 152
Comment: Broken die forehead through eye.
Metus was the Etrurian name of the similar Greek God Deimos or fear or ..............TERROR.

 

Happy Halloween

 

OMG, @TIF ...wonderful SCORE... Such a gaunt interpretation by the cellator. I had to go out and see what the "normal" denarii by Hostilius looked like! Gallia (obv) is gauant and ghost-like, and Artemis (Rev) is just DEATH! Great Halloween Coin!!!
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I have this creepy reverse dude with no face on a Diadumenian AE courtesy of John Anthony.

Edited to add John's description of this unusual coin:

Deultum in Thrace issued some very interesting and scarce types, among them coins featuring Telesphoros, who symbolized recovery from illness. He frequently accompanies Hygieia, as her creepy little brother I suppose - he is always depicted as a dwarf in a cowl, sometimes faceless, as on this coin. (It’s not wear - he really doesn’t have a face - trick or treat!)

This is John's photo.



Diademenian, AD 217-218
AE21 4.9g, 7h; Deultum.
Obv.: M OPEL ANTONI DIADV C; bare-headed, draped bust right.
Rev.: C - F - P - D; Telesphoros standing facing, hooded, cloaked.
Reference: Yurukova, Deultum 86.

 

What great creepy coins, everyone!

Hey, @TIF, where's your costume?

Happy Halloween, all... Boo!!

 

Happy Halloween Bing!

I agree Alegandron, even the legend looks spooky.

Here's my E.T. reverse.


Evil Faustina:


Anubis seated:

 

look at these coins with bronze disease!





now that's scary!




aawwWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

Gotta love Count Floyd!

 

Love the Jibjab @TIF

 

My son as a fighter pilot for Halloween. Well, considering this Cuban-American family already has two people serving in the military, maybe my son will follow in that tradition. He seems to like military stuff, so we shall see. I'm still hoping he'll take medicine though. Daddy needs a beach condo for his retirement, or so I keep reminding him...so fingers crossed he'll become a doctor.

 

I'm rooting for numismatist so he can appreciate dad's hand-me-down silver.