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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Yes, I see what you did there, and let me put you on notice that politicizing the forums is verboten, subtle though this instance was.

    I've let those posts stand- they skate the edge of the line but didn't quite cross it, in my judgment. And they miraculously hadn't been flagged yet (I stumbled across 'em myself). But let's have no more of those kind of allusions, please. True or not, and regardless of anyone's viewpoint, they're entirely too volatile in present times.

    If you want to post about politics here, it had better be about Julio-Claudian court intrigues or the rivalry between Athens and Sparta, capische? ;)

    Leave the current stuff alone.
     
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  3. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    Talk about a failure the size of a title wave!
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    Next up: a rad helmet
     
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  4. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    I totally agree and was merely off put by the poster that made an entire thread about it that I see was rightfully removed. Hence my couth.
     
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  5. Clavdivs

    Clavdivs Well-Known Member

    I like this helmet.... kinda rad - yet providing surprisingly little protection.

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    Theodosius I. 379-395 AD. AE 2 (4.81 gm, 22mm). Thessalonica mint
    Obv.: pearl-diademed, helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust right, holding spear and round shield. Rev.: Theodosius standing left in galley, head right, raising hand; Victory to lower right at helm, head left, rowing;

    Next: rad helmet
     
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  6. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    If you've got the monster Scylla chucking stones from atop your helmet, I think that qualifies as a "rad helmet".

    Greece (Spartans in Taras, Calabria, Italy): silver drachm; Athena and owl, ca. 302-281 BC
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    Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing helmet with figure of the monster Scylla hurling a stone.
    Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing, TAP left, ZOP (magistrate’s name) over olive branch.
    Issuer: Spartan colony of Taras in Calabria.
    Specifications: Silver, 16.9 mm maximum diameter, weight 3.233 g, die axis 180°.


    Next: Let's see more Scylla.
     
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  7. Alegandron

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

    SCYLLA

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    Calabria Tarentum AR Drachm 18mm 3.1g 3rd C BCE Athena Corinthian Scylla OWL olive TAP ZOP HN Italy 975 Vlasto 1052

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  8. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

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    Next up: Celt Iberian
     
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  9. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    IBERIAN Castulo 2.jpg
    IBERIAN
    AE Semis
    OBVERSE: Young male head right, Phoenician letter before
    REVERSE: Bull right, crescent above, two Phoenicial letters below
    Struck at Castulo Late 1st century BC
    15.6mm, 1.8g
    Burgos 897

    Next: Stylized Bull
     
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  10. Alegandron

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

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  11. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    Does a zebu count as a bull ?

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    LOCAL ISSUES, Kabul. Shahis (Shahiyas). Samanta Deva, circa 850-1000. Jital (Silver, 19 mm, 3.37 g, 5 h). SRI SAMANTA DEVA ('Lord Samanta Deva' in Nagari) Zebu recumbent to left with symbol on rump; in field to left, star above pellet. Rev. Rider facing on horseback to right, holding banner in his left hand; in field to left, 'bhi' (in Nagari). Tye 14

    Next : knight on horse

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  12. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Got lots of those:D
    Milan
    AV Ducato ND Milan Mint
    Filippo Maria Visconti 1516-47
    Duke of Milan
    Next up: more Knights on horseback 4f448c3300d29637d7e757d919eacbe1.jpg
     
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  13. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    zilv.rijder Hollandia 1742 over 1741 UNC opb. 90 MPO.jpg

    next: one more knight on horseback
     
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  14. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    lf (60).jpg lf (59).jpg Burgundy/ Brabant
    AV Cavalier d'or ND Brussels Mint
    Philip Le Bon 1433-67 Duke of Burgundy
    Next: Warrior on horseback
     
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  15. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    P1160280constantinople.jpg

    warrior just died.

    next another fallen horseman
     
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  16. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    I reserve the term 'fallen' for the relatively fewer Falling Horseman coins that show the action of 'falling' completed with the enemy off the horse and on the ground.
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    Next: a loser/victim on the ground but NOT a FH coin
     
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  17. JayAg47

    JayAg47 Well-Known Member

    Lucius Verus, Armenia capta.
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    next, another capta!
     
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  18. Terence Cheesman

    Terence Cheesman Well-Known Member

    Judaea Capta Vespasian Ar Denarius 69-70 AD Obv Head right laureate Rv. Judaea seated in attitude of mourning right To left trophy. RIC 2 2.96 grms 18mm Photo by W. Hansen vespd7.png Next coin Eastern denarius or antoninianus
     
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  19. JayAg47

    JayAg47 Well-Known Member

    Caracalla as Caesar, Spei Perpetuae.
    Spes holding a flower.
    Laodicea.
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    Next, a guy who has killed a member of his family for the throne.
     
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  20. shanxi

    shanxi Well-Known Member

    Nero, who killed his stepbrother Britannicus, who represents a threat to Nero's claim to the throne.

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    Nero
    Alexandria
    Billon-Tetradrachm
    Obv.: NEPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AY,Radiate bust l. wearing aegis, L IΓ=year 13 (66/67)
    Rev.: TIBEPIOΣ KAIΣAP, Laureate head of Tiberius
    Billion, 13.0g, 24.2mm
    Ref.: Geißen 187 ff., Dattari 185


    Next: Non roman ruler who killed his predecessor
     
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  21. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    I'd say Rome. I don't have an Eastern Spes to show but this later Moneta gives the idea.
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    Returning to the game:
    Next: Non roman ruler who killed his predecessor
     
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