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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7855194, member: 91461&quot;]Travels through time (sorry, never enough room in the title)</p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty geeked to win a coin that I didn&#039;t know about, that tied into something I&#039;ve long been intrigued by aaaand...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353401[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] &#039;s thread: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-monsterous-little-coin.274896/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-monsterous-little-coin.274896/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-monsterous-little-coin.274896/</a></p><p>, on the subject of some of the coins with the KETOS MONSTER!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353426[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1353427[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353424[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp; [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] points out a recent retribution of this very popular, and wonderful coin!</p><p>Of the earliest types, it WAS believed, they derived from Kindya... but now, not so much. Due to a different type then I&#039;m building up to showing<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>You can read my latter version on the subject here:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-kinda-scary-monster-from-kindya.245487/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-kinda-scary-monster-from-kindya.245487/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-kinda-scary-monster-from-kindya.245487/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>from when I was attacked by this BEAST:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353404[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CARIA, Halikarnassos (reassigned from Kindya)</b></p><p>500-496 BCE</p><p>AR tetrobol, 1.78 gm, 11 mm, Samian standard</p><p>Obv: head of ketos right</p><p>Rev: geometric pattern within incuse square</p><p><br /></p><p>Or the better write up here, by our The Is Fun and so is she [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] ! <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-kinda-scary-monster-from-kindya.245487/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-kinda-scary-monster-from-kindya.245487/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-kinda-scary-monster-from-kindya.245487/</a></p><p>However, we now have a rare coin type that seems to show pretty clearly that IT IS from Halikarnassos!</p><p><br /></p><p>And then a coin from the fifth dimension appears! Here is one of the few that we know about of the type. And maybe the most important as this coin clearly shows the AΛ (on my new, though slightly used, coin you can only see the Λ):</p><p><b>Not my coin:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353400[/ATTACH]</p><p>Greek</p><p>CARIA. Halikarnassos. Circa 460-440 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 7.5 mm, 0.32 g). AΛ Head and neck of ketos to right. Rev. Eight-rayed star within incuse square. Apparently unpublished apart from Kagan &amp; Kritt p. 263, note 10 and pl. 47, 6. Well struck and clear; the second known example (see CNG e-auction 207, 2009, 193 - but legend incomplete). Good fine.</p><p>&quot;Unlike the second known example, which was attributed with some doubts to Kindya, (CNG e-auction 207, 25 March 2009, 193), the present piece has the full ethnic AΛ on the flan, which makes the link to Halikarnassos inevitable. The style of the ketos has nothing to do with the one on the early coins of Kindya and is closer to the very rare half staters from Halikarnassos. Both this coin and the half staters cannot be dated as early as the Kindya pieces (510-480 BC) and stylistically again, a date around the middle of the 5th century or later would be suitable. In any case this is definitely a &quot;key&quot; coin since it unlocks a minor mystery.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the little cutie that helps make the case for Halikarnassos that was slept on at auction and that I <b>pounced</b> on over the weekend:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353413[/ATTACH]</p><p>CARIA. Halikarnassos. Circa 460-440 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 7 mm, 0.49 g). &quot;A&quot;Λ Head and neck of ketos to right. Rev. Eight-rayed star within incuse square. Apparently unpublished apart from Kagan &amp; Kritt p. 263, note 10 and pl. 47, 6. Well struck and clear; the second known example (see CNG e-auction 207, 2009, 193 - but legend incomplete). Very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Ryro, you magnificent maniac, you mean the murder was a ruse?&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353411[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Though, for you undying mystery and conspiracy theory fans, here&#039;s some unequivocal proof that the Ketos monster still &quot;Romes&quot; or should I say &quot;Greeks&quot; the world today (or like in the 70s when this Pic was taken, man):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353412[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>No Ketos monster were killed in the making of this thread<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]VlrQ-bOzpkQ[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for reading and please post your Ketos monsters, thoughts and or articles on the subject, coins that transport you between dimensions or whatever let&#039;s the sun shine in<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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