Happy Thanksgiving

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  1. Deacon Ray

    Deacon Ray Well-Known Member

    Thank you for the great thread/post, Bing! I can’t name all of things for which I'm thankful because the list would be so long—it would overload the CoinTalk server ;) I'll just say that I'm thankful to have found this forum and it’s many inspiring ancient coin collectors! I'm thankful for the excellent coin dealers who have made my collecting experience enjoyable.

    Here’s a grape coin symbolic of the fruitful harvest.

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  3. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Happy Thanksgiving to all!

    Here's my Galeria Valeria with Venus on the reverse - looks Thanksgivingy to me.

    Plus a bronze lepton of Alexander Jannaeus...

    And a coin of Rabbel II with cornucopiae on the reverse...

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  4. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    Happy Thanksgiving, American friends :) (and everyone)

    I'm thankful for friends, a home still liveable after 2 Cat 5 hurricanes, and for the restoration of my electricity a few days ago! Woohoo! No idea how long it will take for restoration of internet service to my home... perhaps many months. I'm sitting at the office today enjoying air conditioning (none of mine survived the hurricanes) and high speed internet.

    Annona and Ceres are appropriate for the day:


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    Nero
    struck in Rome, CE 63
    Orichalcum sestertius, 34 mm, 26.7 gm
    Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP; laureate head right, wearing aegis
    Rev: ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES; Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn ears and torch, her feet on stool, facing Annona standing right, holding cornucopia; between them, modius on garlanded altar; in background, stern of ship
    Ref: RIC 98. Cohen 24
     
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  5. Johndakerftw

    Johndakerftw Mr. Rogers is My Hero

    Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends!!

    Erin
     
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  6. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

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  7. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    Electricity! I am glad this part of normal has returned to your life. I hope the rest follows soon.
     
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  8. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Happy Thanksgiving!
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    Abundantia standing right, emptying cornucopia held in both hands
     
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  9. GerardV

    GerardV Well-Known Member

    Yep, it tastes like chicken.
     
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  10. GerardV

    GerardV Well-Known Member

    How about Trajan and Fortune for a Thanksgiving coin? We are all thankful for good fortune.

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  11. thedredge

    thedredge Active Member

    Hope you all have a wonderful Turkey Lurkey Day.
     
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  12. Parthicus

    Parthicus Well-Known Member

    I'm grateful for my many new friends here on Cointalk, and I'm grateful that all of them pulled through the hurricanes safe and with houses still standing. But today has special meaning to me, as the first major holiday since my father's death in June. His 82nd birthday would have been November 21. And though I'm still deeply sad at not having him here anymore, I am also grateful that he lived as long as he did, and got to enjoy his life so much.

    Anyway... The turkey is a North American bird, so no ancient coins feature turkeys. But this stag would probably make some good venison:
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  13. Smojo

    Smojo dreamliner

    Happy Thanksgiving all.

    The cookings done but have 2 houses on the visit list today.
    I'll be thankful if I can find some alone time with my coins this weekend. But always thankful for family and friends.

    This coin I still haven't been able to take a presentable photo of, so it's JA's pic.
    And sure the sea eagle isn't worthy to be eaten but anyway

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    Istros, Moesia.
    AR Trihemiobol, 10mm, 1.1g; c. 380/350-330/280 BC.
    Obv. Facing male heads, the right inverted.
    Rev. IΣTΡIH, sea-eagle grasping a dolphin with talons.
    Reference: SNG BM 250
    Ex-JAZ
     
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  14. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    Oh! what a coin!
     
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  15. dadams

    dadams Well-Known Member

    Just about to head out for a feast at my sisters, but wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving - here is a mosaic of the goddess Ceres:
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  16. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    I am very Thankful for all my Coin Friends over this tough year - Hurricanes, other struggles, and as they recover from deaths of loved Ones for them.

    I am also Thankful for a healing family after losing a Son-in-Law, leaving a 3 month old, 18 month old, and a 9 year old. Also, thoughts for another Son-in-Law wrestling with major personal issues after retiring from the Army. Another Son-in-Law losing his Dear Father (he was my age) and his struggles. Hurricanes (affecting one of my 6 Daughters)

    Lastly, thankful for my Wife surviving 3 severe Heart Attacks (the second, the Cardiologist said if it were a couple minutes later... all in May-June.)

    Here is my Buddha coin, purported to be minted by His Father in the Shakya Janaprada (He was the Prince) during his lifetime...
    India- Shakya Janapada AR 5-Shana 6th-5th C BCE Buddha Ref-Hiramo-I-8-29 RARE 19 known.jpg
    India - Shakya Janapada
    AR 5-Shana
    6th-5th Century BCE
    25mm x 21mm, 7.05g
    Obv: Central Pentagonal punch plus several banker's marks
    Rev: Blank
    Ref: Hirano Type I.8.29
    Coinage from the Ghaghara Gandak River region
    Mine is one of 19 known

    "Prince Guatama Siddhartha 563 BCE to 483 BCE, the son of the king of the Shakya people (Republic). Siddhartha reached enlightenment, becoming a Buddha at the age of 35.
     
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  17. Eduard

    Eduard Supporter**

    Alegandron, half the travails you describe would suffice to bring many a strong man to his knees. You show great fortitude in how you are enduring this.
     
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  18. 7Calbrey

    7Calbrey Well-Known Member

    The bird, the grapes and the flying horse... might be reminiscent of Thanksgiving Day. Happy Thanksgiving till Eternity. Cheers. AlexTet R.JPG AlexTet O Pegasus.JPG AlexTemnos R civic issue.jpg AlexTem O Price 1686.jpg
     
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  19. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope that your meals are good and everyone gets to spend time with someone the love. We just had our lunch and I'm shirking my clean up duties for the moment. @Eduard you really ought to go for the full experience and roast a turkey!

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  20. Youngcoin

    Youngcoin Everything Collector

    Happy thanksgiving!


    Thanks,
    Jacob
     
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  21. RAGNAROK

    RAGNAROK Naebody chaws me wi impunitY

    Hey, mates! Happy Thanksgiving to all my Amurican´s CTers!! I miss ye!!! (I´m working (in eastern Europe! :penguin: ) like a mule :arghh:)
     
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