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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 99114, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Ancient Coins Compel Collectors</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It was not surrounded by emperor coins and warrior coins when it was struck.&nbsp; That came later.&nbsp; The purpose of the images was to tell anyone who saw it where it came from.&nbsp; It also had those images to reflect to the people of that town themselves that this was their own work.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Many coins have puns on them.&nbsp; &quot;Rhodes&quot; equals &quot;rose&quot; is an easy example.</p><p><br /></p><p>We think little of crabs and fish heads because we Americans are at least for now pretty distant from starvation.&nbsp; In ancient times, hunger was closer and food was important.&nbsp; In classical times, the Mediterranean had been fished out and fishcakes were a delicacy -- no Mrs. Paul&#039;s in the frozen foods section of the supermarket.</p><p><br /></p><p>There there is astrology.&nbsp; Some have suggested that the Bull and Lion images of Lydia were Spring and Fall (or Summer and Winter, depending on what time of day you get up).&nbsp; We see a crab and a fish.&nbsp; They might have seen June and February.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You never know for sure.&nbsp; We have almost no writings from ancient times about ancient coins.&nbsp; We just try to construct consistent theories based on established facts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Be that as it may, ancient coins are stunning.</p><p>You might be interested in knowing about The Celator:</p><p><a href="http://www.coin-newbies.com/articles/celator.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coin-newbies.com/articles/celator.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coin-newbies.com/articles/celator.html</a></p><p>and also</p><p><a href="http://www.celator.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.celator.com" rel="nofollow">www.celator.com</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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