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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2279283, member: 56859&quot;]A coin from praetor Silanus featuring a mask of Silenus-- intentional word play?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_c2531bf482334eedb37350c8988118fd.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_397,q_75/ae43f8_c2531bf482334eedb37350c8988118fd.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MACEDON, under Roman rule</b></p><p><b>Decimus Junius Silanus Manlianus, praetor</b></p><p>142-141 BCE</p><p>AE, 20 x 22 mm, 9.5 gm</p><p>Obv: Facing mask of Silenus, wearing ivy wreath</p><p>Rev: MAKE ΔONΩN legend In two lines; D above; all within ivy wreath</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 1324</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>A few favorite non coin-related jokes, some of them punny:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>It’s hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally.</li> <li>Entropy isn’t what it used to be. </li> <li>A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers, and says, “Five beers, please”.</li> <li>What do you call two crows on a branch? Attempted murder.</li> <li>Two kittens on a sloped roof. Which one slides off first?&nbsp; The one with the lowest mew.</li> <li>A pun, a play on words, and a limerick walk into a bar. No joke.&nbsp; Edit: Apparently an anecdote was also in attendance.</li> <li>Helium walks into a bar and orders a beer, the bartender says, “Sorry, we don’t serve noble gases here.” He doesn’t react.</li> </ul><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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