You know you're addicted to ancient coins when...

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by kirispupis, Jan 7, 2022.

  1. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    When you spend your ENTIRE day off reading numismatic texts. (Bathroom and food breaks allowed.)
     
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  3. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Fun thread idea.
     
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  4. ambr0zie

    ambr0zie Dacian Taraboste

    ... when a modern coin - round and uniform, looks very strange and off and the first thing in mind is "this must be a poor fake"
    True story.
     
  5. rrdenarius

    rrdenarius non omnibus dormio Supporter

    You don't have a book or two in your throne room?
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    These replaced another fun book Magic Fishing P... by Kim Dalfries. I made her web site with the pic below.
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  6. GinoLR

    GinoLR Well-Known Member

    The first thing that comes to my mind when somebody mentions Nero is "I wish I had a sestertius of him".
     
  7. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    I like my greek bathroom style

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    Helios (Sol)

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  8. JayAg47

    JayAg47 Well-Known Member

    I pronounce words with A the British way, so to me it's Ves-paa-sian.
    Like how Italians pronounce their Vespa
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    Who knows how the Romans pronounced?!
     
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  9. happy_collector

    happy_collector Well-Known Member

    29. Sneaking out of bed at 3 am to do live bidding on European auctions.

    30. Checking CT "Ancient Coins" section 20 times a day. :)
     
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  10. happy_collector

    happy_collector Well-Known Member

    ... and you can prove it with a denarius!!! :)
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  11. Cherd

    Cherd Junior Member Supporter

    Hah!!!! I tried to think of the worst possible pronunciation, and it still wasn't that bad!!

    I assumed it was Pup-een-us. But......Poopy Anus! :yuck:
     
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  12. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

    29. Watching an auction for more than 5 hours to bid on two coins that you overpay for and buying 7 more. Or is that normal?
     
  13. 7Calbrey

    7Calbrey Well-Known Member

    30. Getting bored from ancient coins collecting, then deciding to quit, but only to go back collecting modern coins.
    By the way, I didn't get the meaning of year 336 ?
     
  14. Spaniard

    Spaniard Well-Known Member

    31.....When you check a coin in your cabinet 365 days of the year to see if it has toned slightly....
     
  15. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    That's funny, I quit modern coins years ago and then came across ancients and have been hooked ever since.
    If you got 323, then 336 is just a pop away...
     
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  16. kirispupis

    kirispupis Well-Known Member

    323 BCE - Death of Alexander the Great
    336 BCE - Assassination of Philip II. Alexander the Great ascends to the throne.

    Personally, I feel 323 BCE is the more important date, since it literally had drastic consequences on three continents. The Macedonians were relatively prepared for Philip's death, as Alexander was able to take clear control (and he killed those who disagreed). However, they were completely unprepared for Alexander III's death, and they spent the next 50 years fighting over it.

    Which gives me another bullet point.

    32. You know the word lagid and can use it in a sentence.
     
  17. Harry G

    Harry G Well-Known Member

    33: You always type "Victory", "Comes", "Genius" with capital letters even when in a normal sentence. Sometimes uses the letter "V" instead of "U"
     
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  18. 7Calbrey

    7Calbrey Well-Known Member

    @kirispupis . How about the date 333 ? It represents a new era with Alexander defeating the Persians at Issos. That's the beginning of a new page in History paving the way to the Greek reign over the world till the advent of the Romans. And most of all.. It's so easy to remember. Remember 333 for ever. Just free, for all.
     
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  19. kirispupis

    kirispupis Well-Known Member

    The issue with 333 is that it was just one defeat of the Achaemenid Empire. Darius III was by no means vanquished and posed a very serious threat to Alexander at the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BCE. Also, not all cities in the West capitulated to Alexander after Issus. Tyre, which required a nine-month siege in 332, and Gaza, where Alexander was injured, were also serious challenges.

    Compare this to 323 BCE, where the area from Greece to Egypt to India were thrown into sudden turmoil because there was no clear successor.
     
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