Well, I finally scored myself a good ol' Rooster coin!!! Good thing too, because tomorrow is my first day back at work after having 4 weeks off, so I'll be needing a wake-up call ... hopefully this rooster still works!!! Italy Campania Teanum Sidicinum Æ20 Date: 265-240 BC Diameter: 20.5 mm Weight: ?? grams Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena left Reverse: TIANO, Rooster standing right, star behind Reference: SNG ANS 626 Other: EF/EF … a splendid example from a rare city. Ex Coin Galleries auction April 10,1991 lot 0182 with tag ... pretty fricken cool, eh?
I haven't been to Teano, but I love the look of the old Roman Theater. Perhaps your coin circulated there - it was built in the 2nd century BC.
=> very cool looking theatre, JA ... yah, it is amazing to think that my coin may have actually changed hands at the ol' Roman ballgame, eh? (2200 years old ... very cool) Hey Bing, did you happen to tour anywhere outside of Rome? (have you, or anyone been to this theatre?) ... man, once again => Italty/Greece is definitely on my bucket-list!!
I haven't been to Teano, but I've seen Roman and Greek theaters in other parts of the world: Ostia Antica: and Athens, Greece:
Great Coin! Greece was disappointing after first seeing Rome... Rome is an amazing trip, as so much survives, and there are a ton of great museums along with the sites.
=> it's very impressive, Ripley (thanks for sharing) ... actually, both sides of the coin are very impressive!! (is it an actual gold coin from 1907?)
Hmmm? ... Teano sure looks like a nice place to raise roosters!! Bucket-list retirement hobby => Italian Rooster farmer
Man ... everytime I think that I'm bringin' it, AncientJoe reminds me that there are others out there that can nuke me outta the game!! => awesome coin!! (it looks very nice in Harlan's book!!)
Beautiful AJ. Absolutely stunning. You and steve always make me want to find something similar to your coins. Only cheaper!
Joe, I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I see your coins, lol. Absolutely stunning! Thank you for posting that coin.
I visited this Epidaurus theatre in Greece a few years ago. I believe it seats about 15,000. Folks used to travel for weeks from places like Athens to get to this place for festivals.
Steve, Wow great look'in coin, love the details...awesome.. I think i see heavy tooling on those old theaters, so they don't only tool coins..