Show the coin for the Avatar Name!

LOL, this is a fun post. I sometimes am interested in various people's Avatar names and what they may mean.

I just happened on @Spargrodan 's name, and translated it: SAVE THE FROGS in Swedish. LOL, just laughed out loud because of a cool name. Same with @Roerbakmix , which I translate as STIR-FRY MIX in Dutch. Good stuff!

Here are a couple of coins that I can associate with those names, just for fun!

SPAR GRODAN
Save the Frogs


Luceria AES Grave Anonymous 217-215 BCE Uncia 7.35g Frog-Corn Ear pellet retrograde L T-V 285



ROERBAKMIX:
Stir-Fry Mix ingrediants for a great SEAFOOD stir-fry Yeah, the fly is buzzing around):


Sicily Akragas AE Onkia 16mm 3.8g 425-406 BCE Eagle r fish fly - Crab conch SNG ANS 1062 var


FOR FUN: Post a coin that can be associated with some cool Avatar names! LOL, some great humor both in the names, as well as some of the comments in some of the Avatars.

 

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Haha! Love the idea Gandy!!!
I know one coin talker who loves equating my Avatar to that of a certain mystery solving pooch due to his catch phrase "rutro" sounding an awfully lot like Ryro (I'm looking at you shaggy... I mean @TIF).
Here's a recent purchase that looks a bit like Scooby:

Lycaonia. Laranda 324-323 BC.
Obol AR
10mm., 0,67g.
Baaltars seated left, holding grain ear, grape bunch, and sceptre / Forepart of wolf right; inverted crescent above; all within circular border of pellets.
nearly very fine
Göktürk 82; SNG BN 443 (Cilicia); SNG Levante 223 (Cilicia).

 

Ooooh! Gotta get a shot out to, "Pan"zerman here:

Antigonus II Gonatas or III Doson
229-221 BCE, AE19. 4.08g, 18mm.
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. c/m: prow
Rev: Pan right, erecting trophy to right; B-A across upper field, monogram of Antigonos between legs. In left field, Macedonian helmet; in right field, wreath.
Moushmov 7308; SNG Copenhagen 1205-11; SNG Alpha Bank 1017-1019; Furtwängler

Recent scholarship indicates that the Pan types were issued past the death of Antigonos II, through the reigns of Demetrios II Aetolicus, Antigonos III Doson, and possibly even into Philip V’s reign. Furtwängler(Beobachtungen zurChronologie antigonidischerKupfermünzen im 3. Jh. V. Chr, Obolos 7 2004, pp. 277-290) assigns this issue to AntigonosIII Doson, who led Macedon’s last resurgence before its final defeat (to the Romans) under Philip V and Perseus.

 

..i alway think of a German tank......

 

Hehe I have a thing for frogs. The nickname is a bit tricky if you translate it directly to English it would be as you say "save the frog" but the idea to the name is taken from piggy banks. In Swedish piggy bank is spargris so spargroda is a piggy bank in the shape of a frog. But yeah it would for sure fit to have an avatar with a frog coin!

 

I always think of Antigonus Ominus1phthalmus!


Antigonos I Monophthalmos
As king, 306/5-301 BC. Æ Unit (15mm, 3.75 g, 12h). Salamis mint. Struck under Demetrios I Poliorketes. Macedonian shield, boss decorated with facing gorgoneion / Macedonian helmet; kerykeion and monogram to lower left and right. Price 3159 (c. 323-315 BC); Zapiti & Michaelidou 7–8. VF, dark patina
Ex: Savoca

 

..oh, you besieger you ^^.....(i'll keep an eye out 4 ya )

 

I "sea" what yea did thar

 

Well, this tetradrachm is from Ake-Ptolemais, Ake is the first half of my username

 

"Show the coin for the Avatar Name"
OK !

Rajas of Kangra, Avatara Chandra Deva.
Obv: Abstracted horseman right.
Rev: Legend "MaHaRaJa / Sri AVaTaRa / ChanDra DeVa" in late Sharada script.

 

... ..@THCoins

 

Sorry, there is no trickery with my name , but here is the coin I use for visual ID.

 

Those very well acquainted with the Peloponnesian war might recognize my avatar name, though even then, you may draw a blank since the man is only recorded in the role he played during the Mytilenian revolt. Salaethus was a Spartan emissary and general who was smuggled into Mytilene c. 427 BC, where he took command of the besieged city's defenses. Since Peloponnesian reinforcements were delayed and not able to arrive in time, and with the situation in the city reaching its breaking point, Salaethus decided to gamble in an attempt to breakout from the siege. Hoplite arms and armor were distributed to the commoners, who were up to that point only ever armed as light troops. Not long after receiving the arms, the populace refused to obey orders and demanded that the remaining food stores be distributed among them, threatening to make terms with the Athenians on their own otherwise. Knowing the siege was lost, and hoping to play a part in the negotiations, Salaethus and the Mytilene government then surrendered the city. The last mention of Salaethus in Thucydides' history is that he was condemned for being a key agent in the Mytilene revolt and was put to death by order of the Athenian assembly. I love Thucydides' history and the Mytilenian debate is in my opinion one of the most compelling, eloquent perspectives of ancient Greek warfare and politics. Salaethus is also a bit of a play on my last name. Here's a coin from Mytilene (not my coin)

 

Mine I'm afraid is very boring/ACH is exactly what it implies. On another forum on a different topic my handle is the abode of the gods in Hesiod, the 2nd tallest mountain in Greece after Olympus. That one is a bit more interesting.

Heck, one day I will be doing this....

 

Great post, @Alegandron ! My screen name is my nickname in real life. Here are some of the avatars that I’ve used since being a member of the Ancients Forum. The one that I’m using now reflects my interest in French medals and coins of the Great War.

 

Theses are great, and I recall each one as you used them. Well done!

 

My name was my collecting focus (Roman Republican silver coins) when I started my blog - rrdenarius.blogspot.com
I liked the stories that went with the coins - like the one armed man carrying a defeated foe's head.

I have since branched out a bit to cast bronze and scale weights. I have several knuckle bones and coins with them. One of them is my avatar pic.

 

Here is one coin with the legendary Tiger/ modern version of Hannibals "Elephants"

 

Like Al, my avatar name has nothing hiding. My initial avatar image related to my name, my own namesake, the obverse of this Justin II (with his wife, Sofia) follis.


Justin II, Struck 574/575 AD
AE Follis, Nikomedia mint
Obverse: DN IVSTI-NVS PP AVG, Justin II and Sophia seated facing.
Reverse: Large M; cross above, A below, ANNO GI/II flanking (RY 9), NIKO below.
References: DOC 98a; SB 369
Size: 28.6mm 12.77g

Since August 2018, I swapped it out with the obverse of this Augustus restoration issue. I bought it and it was covered over with hard, black junk (kind of like tar and hard ash or something like that). So after some elbow grease, the notable Augustus profile shined through with a nice cocoa brown patina and is one of my faves in my collection.


Divus Augustus, Died 14 AD
AE As, Restoration Issue,
Struck under Titus 80-81 AD, Rome Mint
Obverse: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left.
Reverse: IMP T VESP – AVG REST, Victory alighting left, holding shield inscribed SP/QR, S-C across fields.
References: RIC Titus 446

 

I had trouble thinking of a username and recently before that I had achieved a significant victory in Medieval 2 playing as Spanish mounted knights against a Moorish stronghold, so I just rolled with this by calling myself ValiantKnight. My avatar coin, a 1968 Colombia 50 centavos, reflects my family and heritage. The avatar photo is of my own coin but I lost my original photos so here’s an example from elsewhere online: