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Wow. If that's what worn dies look like, all my coins should have them. (Paraphrasing A. Lincoln.)

 

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@Ryro, Um, I don't think those are sacks!
(...Trying for one of @Alegandron's, Um, rhetorical flourishes. --@Alegandron, how'd I do?)

 

I think @Ryro already knows that!

 

LOL, good boy.

 

EDIT: OOPS! Minor cheat -- this is Rome's DIANA of Ephesus, not her Greek version, Artemis of Ephesus! I better start paying better attention, should've been a Greek one!

"The Dreadlocked Gallia"



Roman Republic. L. Hostilius Saserna. AR Denarius (4,03g; 19mm; 8h). Rome, 48 BC.
Obverse: Head of Gallia (as Pallor), right; Gallic trumpet (carnyx) behind.
Reverse: L•HOSTILIVS (right) / SASERNA (left). Diana of Ephesus standing facing, holding spear and stag by its antler.
References: Crawford 448/3; Hostilia 4; Syd 953.
Pedigree: Bertolami Fine Arts Web Auction 92, Lot 987 (3 Oct 2020).
Notes: Very rare obverse die and of the finest realism; in my opinion the single most artistic obverse die in the series. Strongly suggestive of having been based on an actual living Gallic woman as the model. Struck on a broader than usual flan, but with an unfortunate flat strike to edge (see also the CNG [2003] example).

NEXT: More Wild hair!

 

Wild Hair


Celtic Britain Iceni Boudicca 61 CE 1.03g Celt Hd r Celtic horse galloping Seaby 434 Scarce

Next: More Wild Hair

 

I love that one!

 

LOL, thank you. I was going to say “I love the Celts!”

 

Next up: more Celtic stuff for Gandy

 

(With a shout to @DonnaML: ) To further symptomize your corrupting influence on my rhetoric, LOL!

 

LOL
Think: Sparta.
Brevity. Dry wit. Impact.

 

...Well, except, to get technical, those are looking a Lot like $60 hair-salon (aka 'Babylon') dreadlocks. In some circles --to shamelessly mix connotations-- that's not cricket!!! :<}}}

 

...The combination of brevity and dry wit is something I still need to work on. Glad you're here!

 

Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. B-reiter Type.
Transylvania, circa 2nd century BC.
Celticised, laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right / Rider on horseback to left, wearing helmet with long crest terminating in a B. Göbl, OTA pl. 27, 308/2; Kent/Mays, BMC I pl. 5, 72; Lanz 656 (this coin). 12.23g, 25mm, 1h. Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997);
This coin exhibited by the Staatlichen Münzsammlung München at the 1997 International Numismatic Congress in Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997;
Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997; also exhibited at the Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich in 2003 (exhibition #106[obverse]);
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 60, 11 June 1992, lot 23.



Next: A modern medal with an ancient theme.

 

Lupa Capitolina, 55g, made by the Unione Italiana Di Riassicurazione, a reinsurance company.

Next, same theme

 

Just purchased yesterday....

1960
THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS / MEDALLIC ART CO.
ISSUE #61
"ROMULUS AND REMUS..."
DESIGNER: L. LENTELLI



Next, same theme.

 

Bronze Medal 1930
by Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein, (1873 – 1945)
Obv: Artemis/Diana with bow and quiver, roe behind, signed Hörnlein
Rev: EHRENMÜNZE v. HUBERUS SCHIESSKINO, G. ROEDER, DRESDEB, MOSENSTR, Filmstrip with fox head, iPA LEIPZIG 1930
340 pieces made
Ref.: Arnold 245

Next: Another medal with an ancient god or goddess, but not a copy of an ancient depiction.

 

next: another medal with a greek theme

 

What a fantastic pedigree on that coin!

 

I think this medal has a Greek theme, by definition:

France 1906, silvered AE plaque by Paul Vannier, 49 x 70 mm., issued for the 1906 "Intercalated" Olympic Games in Athens. Obv. Athlete stands holding a sword, laurel branch, and victory wreath in right hand, and a shield in left hand; in foreground the Athens Olympic Stadium with crowd; in background the Acropolis, with rising sun/ Rev. Winged Nike (Victory) (or angel) holding trumpet in left hand to proclaim the victor and and a laurel branch in right hand, flying over an olive grove near the Acropolis; space for inscribing name of participating athlete.



My grandmother's brother won a gold and silver medal at these Olympics, although they aren't official the way his gold and silver medals at the 1900 and 1904 games were. He was the first Jewish American to win an Olympic gold medal.

Next, a complete change: A Roman Alexandrian coin from the Julio-Claudian Dynasty. (But see my next post for an Olympian-themed follow-up.)