Castor & Pollux

Yeah... I know, thier wild, thier goofy looking and older than the dirt; they are often mistaken for. OK lets post those crazy Dioscuri twins Castor and Pollux kids.

 

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Istros, Silver stater
Obv:- Facing male heads, left inverted
Rev:- ΙΣΤΡΙΗ, sea-eagle grasping a dolphin with talons, A below dolphin
Minted in Istros, 400 - 350 B.C.
Reference:– AMNG I 416, SNG Cop 192 var (right head inverted), SGCV I 1669

 

Nice one Mari. Your collection is spectacular.

 

I always love the symbolism of greek coins once you start paying attention. I don't know about this city specifically, but I am pretty sure their symbol was an eagle, and they really didn't like a city with a symbol of a porpoise.

 

ANONYMOUS ROMAN REPUBLIC
OBV: Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, X
REV: The Dioscuri galloping right; in exergue, ROMΛ in raised letters within linear frame
Rome mint 214-13 BC
19.8mm, 3.45g
Crawford 44/5

 

Ripley, Martin, awesome coins, i've been looking at these for a while, so many coin so little money...

 

Hehe silly maybe but I hear those names and i think of Heinleins "The Rolling Stones" the main characters (or 2 of em anyway) are Cas and Pol Stone. Then again it's because of that book that i had to learn more about the originals as well... Who says SciFi rots your brains, it just leads you to read more interesting stuff.

Great coins btw guys

 

Roman Republic, C. Antestius, 146 B.C.

Silver denarius, SRCV 95/1, Sydenham 411, Crawford 219/1e, RSC I Antestia 1, VF, Rome mint, weight 3.971g, maximum diameter 17.3mm, die axis 90o, 146 B.C.; obverse head of Roma right in winged helmet, C ANTESTI behind, X below chin; reverse Dioscuri riding right, puppy with both fore feet raised below, ROMA in a linear frame in ex, linear border

 

GREEK, Kingdom of Baktria, Eukratides I AR Tetradrachm
(171-145 BC)
Obv.: Diademed and draped bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear.
Rev.: Dioskouroi on rearing horses right, holding palm fronds and spears; monogram in lower left field.
Bopearachchi 6W var. (monogram to right); SNG ANS 469-471 var. (monogram to right).

 

daaaaaannnnnnggggg!!!!!

 

I apologize I posted this a few times, but it always seems appropriate, and its one of my favorite coins.
Denarius Commemorating the defeat of the Greeks..
T. Quinctius Flamininus,
AR denarius, 3.82g
c. BC 126
obverse: Helmeted head of Roma. Star, Flamen's cap behind.
Reverse: Twin Horse back riders,Pollux & Castor over Macedonian shield TQ ROMA
ref: Crawford 267/1; Syd 505.

 

and I think everyone has one of these...

 

Its interesting to think that if someone built a time machine, all of us could go back in time and at least buy something...or (with some of the coins I have seen posted)...someone...

Its crazy to think about some of the purchasing power of these coins. I doubt the value on human life and morality had an effect on the people, imagine what lengths people must have gone through to possess our coins when they were circulated.

 

Anoob: I never get tired of seeing your coins posted. Beautiful.

 

i'll post my coin my ya'lls, you coins will look even nicer.:smile

here's my only cater and pollex..





kingdom of chalkis
ptolemy tetrarch
85-40bc
cator and pollux:rev
head of zeus: obv

 

That may be, but to me, yours is the second most interesting, and therefore second best

Dionysos' Tet takes number 1... Man that is a beauty!

 

When I saw this thread's title I immediately thought of the film Face/Off with John Travolta and Nicholas Cage. Cage's character was Castor and his younger, weaker brother was named Pollux. I wonder why they chose those names. Were these two mischief makers?

 

They were twins by different fathers but not all uses in literature stick as close to the original as others. See the section on this at the bottom of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux

 

Man, Zeus knows all the tricks for pickin'-up the ladies, eh? (disguising himself as a swan ... why didn't I think of that!!?)