A tinge of pride

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Suarez, Feb 26, 2020.

  1. Finn235

    Finn235 Well-Known Member

    It is interesting once you get down into the nitty gritty of what is and isn't "greek".

    Numismatically, I consider any coin engraved in the Greek style (high artistic merit, thicker flans, Greek language or anepigraphic) to be Greek. For Greece proper, southern Italy, and the Macedon/Thrace/Western Asia Minor this is mostly cut and dry.

    Here's the classifications I use for my collection of pre-Roman coins around the Mediterranean
    - Greek (duh)
    - Celtic
    - North African (Carthage, Numidia)
    - Iberian (from the earliest until Roman emperors started appearing on them)
    - Achaemenid
    - Achaemenid satrapies (regardless of whether they use Greek, Lycian, Phoenician, or Aramaic)
    - Independent Arabian (Himyar, Nabataea)

    Also to the OP question, even though I do have some, Islamic coins without any sort of figural anything just never clicked for me - I can identify the Kalima in most cases, and I can read numerical dates, but that's it. Ditto with the run of the mill Song coins - a few years ago I bought almost 200 of them in a bulk lot but after a few ID sessions of frustration and not knowing any characters besides "Tong", "Yuan" and "Bao" I gave up, picked out the prettiest ones, and sold the rest.
     
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  3. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    I am lucky, I really like all eras of coinage. But, I keep to gold/ platinum/ paladium coinage. I also recently dabbled in AR Roman Denari/ Parthian Drachms.
    Of course, I would never collect the modern coins/ esp. silly themes/ colored types.
    My fav. movies:
    Gladiator/ Braveheart/ Kingdom of God/ The Red Baron/ Apocalypto (my favorite)
    Hardly wait for modern remakes of: Genghiz Khan/ Hannibal
    Sign of the Pagan (Atilla the Hun) Anthony Quinn
     
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  4. Alegandron

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

    John, I saw an Italian movie on Scipio from the late 30’s on NetFlix or Amazon Prime that was really good! It was kinda a propaganda film for Italy at that time, but they did a great job depicting Ancient Rome’s struggle against Hannibal and Carthage. Scipio was the central figure, and I did not feel it was a propaganda film. Rather, I saw pride in their ancient heritage and bringing that history to life in a good movie. I would watch it again.

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    Carthago Nova SCIPIO Africanus Roman Occupation 209-206 BCE Sear Vol2 6575 Left R

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    Campania, CAPUA
    AE Uncia
    Attribution: SNG ANS 210
    Date: 216-211 BC
    Obverse: Bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder
    Reverse: Boar right, one pellet above, KAPV (retrograde) in exergue
    Size: 20.72 mm
    Weight: 6.56 grams
    2nd Punic War - Hannibal promises Capua as Capital of Italia after Rome destroyed.
    Scarce
     
  5. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Thanks, I actually have that movie on DVD. It was made during Mussolini era.:) I have some Italian lawn clients who where there when "Il Duce" was in power. Most of them liked his tough stand on organized crime (Mafia) and getting the trains to run on time. But, they thought it was a fantasy to think him as a "Roman Emperor".
     
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