I (finally) have managed to get a 'Scorpion'. It is not the same quality as TIF's and Sallent's (majestic coins, by the way) but it is 'mine'. CARIA, Mylasa 450-400 BC AR hemiobol, 7 mm, 0.4 gm Obv: forepart of Lion, facing Rev: Scorpion within incuse square Ref: SNG Kayhan 925-927 Please show your Scorpion/Lion obols.
It's certainly recognizable as a scorpion! Mine is one of the first really small coins I bought and I was rather shocked by the size despite knowing the dimensions .
Coingrats on the cooooool new addition! I got "stung" by the same bug when I saw some fellow CTers coin's of this type. Here's mine...it rocks! Like a hurricane: CARIA, Mylasa(?). Circa 450-400 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.63 g, 6h). Facing forepart of lion / Scorpion, tail to right. SNG Kayhan 934-8; SNG Copenhagen (Cyprus, etc.) 379very fine
Cool scorpion, be careful they're quite dangerus animals I got stung as a kid (they were quite a lot of them where my grandma' lived), it hurts badly (at least in the memory of the kid I was back then) M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus. Denarius Rome mint, 58 BC M SCAVR AED CVR In two lines above camel, EX | SC, in exergue REX ARETAS, King Aretas of Nabataea, kneeling right beside a camel, holding an olive branch P HVPSAEVS AED CVR in two lines, CAPTVM in the right field, C HVPSAE COS PREIVER in two lines, Jupiter driving a quadriga left, holding a thunderbolt. Below horses a scorpion Ref : RCV #379 Q
Like @Cucumbor , the CUKE, I have a similar denarius: (These are just loaded with “schtuff”) RR Aemilius Scaurus and Plautius Hypsaeus 58 BC AR Denarius camel scorpion quadriga 4.1g 19mm Rome Cr 422-1b
No scorpion coins to show, but here is a scorpion bolt projectile for a Roman war machine - I believe found in the UK. Also I have an ominous looking scorpion Roman oil lamp @ 2nd century.
Julia Iotape, Queen of Commagene AD 38 - 72 AE diassarion, 23.4 mm, 13.64 g, 12 h Syria, Commagene, Samosata mint Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑ ΙΩΤΑΠΗ ΦΙΛΑ∆ΕΛΦΟΣ, diademed and draped bust of Iotape, right; countermark: anchor? Rev: ΚΟΜΜΑΓ−ΗИΩИ, scorpion and inscription all within laurel wreath Refs: Lindgren-Kovacs 1887; RPC I 3858; BMC Galatia p. 109, 4; Nercessian AC --; SNG Cop VII 5; similar to Sear GIC 5514 (which has lunate sigmas in the inscription).
I forgot to include the coin in my previous post. CARIA, Mylasa 450-400 BCE AR hemiobol, 7 x 9 mm, 0.5 gm Obv: facing forepart of lion Rev: scorpion within incuse square Ref: SNG von Aulock 7803
My lion turned up so he could talk to TIF's lion about how rough life is for the poorly centered. Our scorpions are aware of the importance of keeping rivals where you can see them. 'Up' can be hard to define on some coins.
I have two of these- I love this type. I have enough of them running about my house- you would think I would not want them in the coin cabinet too!
Nice scorpions- I like those above that are nested in the incuse squares. KINGS of COMMAGENE Antiochos IV Epiphanes Æ28 AD 38-72 Diameter: 28 mm Weight: 15.57 grams ex x6 Collection
Nice coins all. I did step on a scorpion in Hawaii which was on the kitchen floor when I was a kid. Kind of painful.
