[ancients] Bull, Phi, and wine: a Phliasia obol

My eyes! My eyes!

Really people...not cool.

 

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I thought no one was paying any attention to my post.

 

Thanks for posting the coin & write-up. I had never seen the coin type until this thread got bumped today.

 

Well, it looks like my grandiose coin/wine idea is a no-go.

Unsurprisingly, some of the coins on these labels are super megabucks rarities.

Like the one on the Treveri wine... it's a gargantuan gold medallion of Constantius Chlorus from the Arras hoard.



Maybe I'll just try to find one such wine/coin... one that is actually available and within my price range

 

Those medallions are spectacular, although I wouldn't count them as coins in any sense because of their lack of being used as currency and in an odd denomination. Or, perhaps that's just the cognitive dissonance I apply to justify not buying one

 

Works for me.

Game back on.

 

Oooh,

I haven't heard that in a while. Coin or no, if I had the money, that medallion could find a new home right here in Tampa.

(BTW, we all use cognitive dissonance on a regular basis.)

 

Found more with some help from friends. Looks like there are more such labels than I imagined. A complete collection will be completely out of budget . New strategy: of the ones whose coins I might be able to find and afford, I'll try the wines and then buy coins for a few that I like the best.

Bennett Lane -- four different coins on four wines.

http://www.bennettlane.com/About/OurLabels/tabid/76/Default.aspx

1, 3, and 4 are probably readily available and not bank-breaking. I'm having trouble recognizing #2. The website just shows the obverse and the description says "Bacchus, 78 BC". Hmm, is it a Roman Republican? Not finding it. Do any of you recognize it?



And other assorted vineyards: