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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3179398, member: 91461&quot;]I usually like to do themed posts with music or humorous oddities on coins. The rhythm is predictable: I&#039;ll post coins that are beaters and dingers and then end with some zingers. However, today I thought I&#039;d do... the exact same thing<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (OK, OK, I&#039;ve got a few beauties lying around. But that aint what this post is about).</p><p>This funderful idea brought to you by</p><p>[USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER], whom got a kick out of my reference to an overly porous reverse on my Claudius as &quot;ancient static&quot; in [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]&#039;s recent &quot;Claudius second brass&quot; thread (sounds like the name of the empirial wind section) <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/claudius-second-brass.322829/#post-3179188" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/claudius-second-brass.322829/#post-3179188">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/claudius-second-brass.322829/#post-3179188</a>.</p><p>(The referenced coin)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]819010[/ATTACH] </p><p>RC (Roman Collector), being the RS (Rock Star) that he is, was able to surmise that due to the barely recognizable semi circle in the upper right quadrant of the reverse that this was Minerva advancing right with her shield (much like a younger Ryro trying to glimpse through the static and scrambles on what were stations your parents had to pay for back in the 80s. I KNOW the older gentlemen collectors know what I&#039;m talking about).</p><p>But this wasn&#039;t the first time that I&#039;ve had coins that I had logged in my &quot;cull case&quot; files and given up&nbsp; all hope of ever IDing.</p><p>Another case was one that a certain CT member who&#039;s name I&#039;m pretty sure is the same sound a unicorn makes while sneezing.</p><p>AHH AHHHHH...@tif</p><p>[ATTACH=full]819014[/ATTACH] </p><p>Saw in a scramble of silver static a Thracian dolphin riding cow! </p><p>Check out my &quot;rough&quot; pics (she even had to rotate and crop my amateurish attempt it was so bad). Then, as you can see in the bottom pic, she superimposed her top shelf beauty over my cows &quot;skeletal remains&quot;. What a Siglos sleuth!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]819023[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>THRACE, Byzantion</b></p><p>Circa 340-320 BCE</p><p>AR; Half Siglos; 14 mm, 2.53 gm</p><p>Obv: ΠY Bull standing left on dolphin left</p><p>Rev: Quadripartite incuse square of mill sail pattern</p><p><br /></p><p>These are just a couple of examples of what I&#039;d refer to as &quot;ancient static&quot; on coins.</p><p>Do you all have some butter-face coins (or butter-butts for that matter)? Beauties on obverse or reverse but that other side is un(or near)readable? Do you have any rare coins that are beyond gone but by the grace of Zeus you have been able to ID??</p><p>Post &#039;em if you got &#039;em!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]819029[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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