CoinTalk made me do it

Many times I have seen members respond to coins in posts with "I want to get one of those." That happened to me in response to this thread started in 2016 about "bare-bottomed Venus Victrix"

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/bare-bottomed-venus-victrix.283366/



My example arrived yesterday.
IVLIA DOMNA AVG
VENERI VICTR, Venus, naked to waist, standing r., holding apple and palm, resting l. elbow on column.
RIC-536; BMC 55 (p. 28, plate 6.15); Sear-6608;

We've already showed lots of examples of this type. I'd like to see your coins where "CoinTalk made me do it."

 

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I blame CoinTalk for this one. More specifically @TIF is the real culprit.



L • MVSSIDIVS • LONGVS AR denarius

Obv: Diademed and veiled head of Concordia right; CONCORDIA upwards behind

Rev: Shrine of Venus Cloacina: L • MVSSIDIVS • LONGVS around above.

Crawford 494/42a; CRI 188; Sydenham 1093; Kestner 3753-4; BMCRR Rome 4242-3; Mussidia 6b.

Ex: Ancient Numismatic Enterprises

Purchased at the RCNA August 8, 2018 Toronto

 

Lucky, still want that type too but I already have many Domnas.

There have been several coins I have seen and ended up getting. Most have been Medieval & Modern World.

For ancients, it's typical like Athens Owl, Julius Caesar, and so on.

 

I blame @Carthago & @Volodya getting me KNEE-DEEP in these! I was casually looking, but their postings put me over the edge. They are Denarii from the Social War, however, NOT Roman... but from the OTHER Side - The Marsic Confederation:


Marsic denarius 89 BCE Bovianum-Asernia-Samnia HN Italy 407 Sear 230 SCARCE



Marsic Confederation denarius 89 BCE Italia-Italia seated shields vict Corfinium Campana retro B 105 HN Italy 412a Sear 228 RARE




Marsic Confederation denarius 90-88 BCE Italia-Corfinium Oath Ceremony over pig Sear 227 SCARCE

Yeah, THEIR fault...

 

This thread made me get this one:



Thessaly, Trikka, hemidrachm, 2nd half of 5th c. BC. Obv: Youthful hero, Thessalos, holding a band with both hands below the horns of the forepart of a bull right. Rev: T PI KAI N, forepart of horse prancing right. 16 mm, 2.86 g. Ref: BCD Thessaly 775.7 (same dies); see SNG Copenhagen 262–265; see BMC 1–9; see CNG, e-auction 129, lot 94 (identical dies). Ex BCD collection, ex Kenneth W. Dorney (his picture).

 

I've wanted one of these ever since I saw @Pishpash 's example. I've asked before and I'll ask again, "Is there anything cooler than Cybele riding in a quadriga pulled by lions?"

 

Those who read all the posts when these common Domna/Venus coins have appeared before might see that this one is an example of a bit less than the most common variety. I have a bit of a specialized set of these currently at 45 coins and can not blame CT for any since my first was purchased in the early 1960's. Since we are blaming TIF for everything, I'll show a pig coin from Kyzikos I have bought since I have known her. This one is a 7mm 0.2g wee little piggy. The reverse shows two tunny fish which I thought should make it twice as valuable in its day as the one fish from Kyzikos. I was wrong.


This one also qualifies for this thread since it once belonged to Stevex6 who I suspect is responsible for quite a few tag-a-long purchases here, too. It is also 7mm and 0.2g but, I believe a bit earlier than the pig model. For now, I'll call both tetartemoria but really have no firm grasp on weight standards for these little fellows.

 

That is indeed supercool but I'm not sure who would come out on top when looking at the wacky array of ancient animals and entities depicted pulling wheeled vehicles. Winged serpents, hippopotamuses, hippocamps, centaurs, cupids, panthers, elephants (which seem downright ordinary amongst these others), stags, goats... I don't know how I'd vote in such a match but I do know I want a coin like yours!!

So many of my coins were sought out after seeing the type on CoinTalk. @zumbly and Stevex6 were frequently responsible for my spending. @dougsmit too, and many more. Sometimes a type becomes so ubiquitous and frenzied that it's hard to remember whose coin first caught my eye. Such is the case with the Black Sea "Perseus holding the severed head of Medusa, her body gushing blood on the ground" coins. I swear the prices went up worldwide because of the exposure these have had on this and other coin forums in recent years!

Here's one. I have three .


PONTOS, Amisos
85-65 BCE, time of Mithradates VI Eupator
AE, (each is 27-29 mm)
Obv: helmeted head of Athena right; helmet decorated with griffin
Rev: AMIΣOY; Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa, Medusa's body at his feet, blood gushing from the neck; monogram in left field

Here's one I sought out after seeing Doug's. This coin was not inexpensive but I have zero regrets .


BRUTTIUM, the Brettii
216-214 BCE
Æ quartuncia, 13.5mm, 2.06 g
Obv: head of Amphitrite left, wearing crab headdress
Rev: crab; torch above, BPET-TIΩN above and below
Ref: Pfeiler p. 33, 4a; Scheu, Bronze 51; HN Italy 1944; SNG ANS 123–4; SNG Lloyd –; McClean 1579

 

CoinTalk made me do this:


Which led to a bunch of them:

 

Here's another type which was definitely sought out after seeing it on a coin forum. The first one I saw belonged to @Ancientnoob and I immediately started hunting. Fortunately they are not rare. Four years later I added a second one, the smaller denomination.

I bet a lot of your bought your "cow surfer" after seeing these on Cointalk, frequently with the thread caption of "Cowabunga" . Who wouldn't want a coin that shows a cow using a dolphin as a surfboard?




THRACE, Byzantion
340-320 BCE
AR siglos, 17 mm, 5.0 gm
Obv: Heifer standing left on dolphin swimming to left
Rev: Incuse mill-sail pattern
Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 21



THRACE, Byzantion
Circa 340-320 BCE
AR; Half Siglos; 14 mm, 2.53 gm
Obv: monogram; Bovine standing left on dolphin left
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square of mill sail pattern
Ref: Schönert-Geiss 291. SNG BM Black Sea 36–41

 

Excellent
Hilarious thread @Valentinian! I'd be a liar if I said I didn't immediately go on the lookout for the same coin when I found the post.

@Orfew simply beautiful (and an excellent strike!). I would know cause once I saw a certain person, who's name rhymes with KIF, I had to have one and the best I could come up with was a fouree...

And those 2 are just a hair of the dog. I appreciate all the inspiration, knowledge and friendship of all whom enter here

 

no nothing cooler than Cybele with Lions quadriga but this serpent driven chariot/car of Triptolemus comes close on a Caracalla provincial of Cilicia:
TIF attributed this one for me, had no clue except that is was from Cilicia with the two "Pi"s on the obverse.
Tarsus, Cilicia. Caracalla. 198-217. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 31mm, 16.26 g 6), c. 214-217. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ CΕΥΗΡ[ΟC ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC] CΕΒ Π Π Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝΗC CΕΟΥΗΡ....... ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΜΚΑ /ΓΒ Triptolemos, sowing grain with his right hand and holding a grain sack in his left, standing right in car drawn by two serpents to right. SNG Levante 1049 . SNG Paris 1509-1510 . A rare and most interesting piece of fine style. Dark green patina. Good very fine.

 

This type posted by @Ed Snible caught my eye and I found this one by chance on ebay. From Teos with Griffin/Lyre

 

PHOENICIA, Tyre. AE26. Dido overseeing the building of Carthage. @TIF made me do it. I even had to buy it from her.


PONTOS, Amisos. AE28. Perseus and decapitated Medusa. stevex6 made me do it.


PISIDIA, Etenna. AE18. @chrsmat71 made me do it.


MACEDONIA, Roman Protectorate. First Meris. AR Tetradrachm. @Ancientnoob made me do it.


CARACALLA and [GETA - erased]. CARIA, Stratonicaea. AE38. @dougsmit made me do it.


Doug made me get one of those Domna/Venus types too.


And to bring things full circle...
TACITUS. Double Antoninianus. @Valentinian made me do it.

 

I blame CT for getting me to expand out of ancient China.



But here are a couple specific coins that were put on my radar because of reading CT posts.

 

Great post, @Valentinian ! I've experienced the "I'd like one of those" or "some of those" feeling many times while browsing this forum. My interest in collecting Roman denarii was inspired entirely by enjoying the posts of the members of the Ancients Forum.

 

If you don't know who inspired me to buy this, you haven't been following this forum very long:


Ionia. Klazomenai. 480 - 400 BC.
10 mm. 1.09 grams. Diobol.
SNG Turkey I 334-335. BMC Ionia 11-13. Sear Greek 3503.

If you want to know the inspiration, see this thread:

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-pigs.293090/

or this:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/boared.285714/#post-2554889

This idea was begun long ago (2013)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-when-pigs-fly.236753/#post-1792599

I'll bet I'm not the only one she influenced to buy a pigasus.

 

..kool coins posted by kool peeps have a way of doing that to ya..i want one of each too...^^