Ancients => Man, that's Bull!!

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  1. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    I had to Google her. Good Lord, Phil... how old are you? :D

    Worth a quick read-- this eccentric dancer was known her liberal use of floaty scarves. One day while riding in a car, her scarf caught in the wheel, which flung her from the car, breaking her neck and killing her. :eek:
     
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  3. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

    Excuse me, I have heard of her. :D
    Before my time, she was strangled by her scarf in the wheel of an automobile, :(
     
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  4. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Tragic story (but kinda funny too).
     
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  5. Ancient Aussie

    Ancient Aussie Well-Known Member

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  6. icerain

    icerain Mastir spellyr

    Got another cow coin I forgot about

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  7. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

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  8. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Nice to see them all together. Funny.
     
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  9. Volodya

    Volodya Junior Member

    I'm just familiar with her TIF; I didn't date her!
     
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  10. dlhill132

    dlhill132 Member

    Steve, no bull, awesome coins.! :)
     
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  11. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Ancient Aussie => apparently the dude has a hammer in one hand and a serpent in the other ...

    ISLANDS off IBERIA, Ebusus. Æ Quarter Unit
    2nd century BC
    Diameter: 17 mm
    Weight: 3.28 grams
    Obverse: Squatting Kabeiros, holding hammer and serpent
    Reverse: Bull butting left
    Reference: ACIP 719; SNG BM Spain 318-21

    Islands off Iberia Ebusus.jpg
     
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  12. Ancient Aussie

    Ancient Aussie Well-Known Member

    I reckon his given himself a headache.
     
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  13. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Or is the dude about to enjoy some sweet snake stew?

    => yah, this is one of those coin attributes where I scratch my head and wonder if they got it wrong ...


    bc snake.jpg

    bc snake three.gif
     
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  14. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Yah, I love BC

    ... almost as cool as Andy Capp and Herman

    => but nothing is as cool as Far Side
     
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  15. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Far Side, and another great comic: Herman
     
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  16. icerain

    icerain Mastir spellyr

    My favorite is still Calvin & Hobbes. But I like a lot of other comics too.
     
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  17. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Yeah! That is a great one too.
     
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  18. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Macedonia, Amphipolis, ca. 187-131 BCE
    AE 21.4 mm 7.57 gm
    Obv: Head of Artemis Tauropolis, r.
    Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩΝ, bull bounding r.
    SNG ANS-113; Lindgren Europe-933; BMC-35; SNG Cop-72

    Amphipolis.jpg

    Macedon, Pella, ca. 187-131 BCE
    AE 17.5 mm 4.99 gm
    Obv: Helmeted head of Artemis Parthenos, r.
    Rev: ΠΕΛ-ΛΗΣ, bull grazing, r. Monograms below and above.
    SNG Cop- 266 ff.; BMC 97, 17 ff.; Moushmov-6453

    Pella.jpg
     
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  19. Carausius

    Carausius Brother, can you spare a sestertius?

    Okay, enough of this bull. I'm bringing out the big gun. All 105 grams of him...

    ROME, ca 230 BC.
    AE Aes Grave Semis.
    Vecchi ICC 67; Crawford 24/4.

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  20. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    :rolleyes:

    boner!!


    Wow, that's an amazingly cool coin => that's one chunky sweetheart!! (totally jealous)
     
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  21. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Very very nice! That is my Target next Aes Grave denomination. I have all the lower denoms.
     
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