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Now that is a cool bit of History that I had no clue. Like your shilling, it adds more cool stuff to mine as well!

I captured this one because one of my Daughters was partly named after her, now it adds more special meaning.


England
Elizabeth I
AR Shilling,
5th Issue with "A" mintmark (#54), struck 1582-84 CE
31.4 mm x 5.74 grams
Ref: S-2577

 

What a great idea, to post photos with coins! The best benefit I've derived from ancient coins are the wonderful friends I have made over the years, so to see all your faces is a treat! I was first going to post a photo of me on my draft horse, Alex, but in it I am holding my AR rifle, so that one won't go up.

Instead, a "portrait" an English friend made for my wife on my 40th birthday in 1991.


Next, I and my favorite dog Tetris:


Then, taking a reading break with my 3 girls.


OK, now a few coins!
Constantine I, Constantinople, 327. Ae., 2.77 g. RIC 19. Labarum, above which, a Chi-Rho, piercing a serpent.


Constantius II, Constantinople, 351-355. Siliqua, 3.46 g. RIC 102. G. de Falco list, March 1961, lot 52.


Lastly, Michael III. Constantinople, 866/67. Follis, 9.11 g. SB 1693; DO 8. Ex Hunt, Sotheby's Dec. 5-6 1990, lot 476. This comes with an interesting story which I will try to share this weekend if I don't fall off my horse tomorrow.

 

OK, that coin & write up is incredible!!! I definitely have to search for one!

And then to find out they named a computer game after your pooch!!!! Wow!

Oh, btw, nice coins. I like the Michael III, & anything with a dead snake!

 

PlanoSteve, if you do find an example of the Michael Nomismatikos for sale, be cautious, for there are reported fakes of the type. In fact, sometimes I don't feel genuine myself!

 

OK, but I'm still gonna be on the lookout!

 

Dogs are cool! Unconditional love and friends for life!


Three Dog Night™ • Used under Fair Usage Policy for non-commercial, commentary & educational purposes.

 

I agree. Dogs accept us no matter our faults.

 

“Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.”

- Mark Twain

 

Wm. Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II)

Juliet:
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

 

Friends, Romans, Countrymen. Lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him......

 

(to Mark Antony) . . . "What have you in that bag?"

(reply from one of the masses) . . . "Ears."

 

Bing,
Illegitimi non carborundum has been a favorite of mine for years.

 

Yes, Bing, I think God uses dogs to teach humans to love as He does - with no strings attached.

 

Mine as well. The real Latin phrase should read: Noli pati a scelestis opprimi.

I couldn't agree more!

 

Shakespeare, Twain - both great but I like BUK:
“Dogs and angels are not very far apart.” (Charles Bukowski).
If you're a guy and you've never read Bukowski you should.
-d

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Hence the expression : "Oh my Dog ! "

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As long as we’re tangenting, my favorite clean joke:

What do you get when you cross a dyslexic with an agnostic with an insomniac?
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Someone who lies awake all night wondering if there is a dog.

 

circa 1987 I may have been one of these characters. They seem to recall a time long ago and far away. Like the fading memory of a pre-dawn dream.

But as Annie says "If you can't tell the difference, does it matter if I am real or not" (Westworld Season 1)






Oh yeah...a coin


Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 14.92 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 66. Laureate head left, with globe at point of neck / Securitas seated right on throne, holding scepter; lighted and garlanded altar to right. RIC I 519; WCN 525. Good VF, brown surfaces, a few minor flan flaws on the obverse. An attractive piece.


Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection.

Ex CNG March 1, 2013