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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 8334242, member: 91461"]Having scouted out the coin show the day before I'd had a chance to fool around and fall in love... HARD, but didn't want to pull the trigger before [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] and I could take a look around together. And also maybe to think about it.</p><p>The next day we met up, had a BLAST and I had a chance to show him the coin that I'd been pinning over. It was even more beeeeautiful than I'd remembered<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Once I'd paid the esteemed seller, Bill Rosenblum, RC congratulates me and says, "That's gotta be the most beautiful coin in your collection."</p><p>That artistry<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and toning<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...1000% correct RC<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477506[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1477505[/ATTACH]</p><p>And this from a time many would call Archaic and the dawn of classical! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>From the outset it was clear that Gelon (540/1-478 BCE) was special.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477531[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Gelon was big on Scotch and velour body towels)</p><p><br /></p><p>Highly intelligent, a great warrior in battle and it hardly feels right to call him the tyrant of Gela as, 1- Tyrant had a much different meaning then and B: it was HIS ancestors that none other than Herodotus says founded the site of Gela (though, after his uncles death the people did overthrow his sons in favor of Gelon):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477521[/ATTACH]</p><p>(In real life his skin was much more pale<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>After becoming tyrant of his homeland Gelon he was in charge of other cities such as Zancle, Naxos, Camarina etc, and then was summoned by the recently thrown out rulers of Syracuse for assistance. Which he did while becoming tyrant of Syracuse as well along the way. Remarkably in a bloodless takeover!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477524[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Sicily was always self-conscious of her varicose veins)</p><p><br /></p><p>He would then overtake Euboea and Magara.</p><p>All areas under his control prospered during his rule.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477533[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After his death his rule would be remembered as the golden age of Sicily. Looking at my latest acquisition and these sites from ancient Sicily I cannot doubt it:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477535[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477536[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Oops! What are they doing here??)</p><p><br /></p><p>Another couple possibly Gelatinous<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> coins of mine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477543[/ATTACH]</p><p>SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny</p><p>485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm - 17.45 g). Struck circa 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 134 (V60/R93); SNG ANS 38 (same dies); Randazzo -. rev sl off-ctr, sl surface imperfections,most notably a horizontal scratch like flaw in obv right field.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477537[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sicily, Syracuse</p><p>Deinomenid Dinasty (485-425), Litra, c. 470 BC, AR (g 0,78 mm 10), Laureate head of nymph Arethusa r., wearing earrings and necklace, dotted border, Rv. Σ-V-R-A, wheel with four spokes. Boehringer 402 SNG Copenhagen - SNG ANS 124-126.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]UrGw_cOgwa8[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>So please share your coins purchased with friends, anything from Sicily, Gelon, Arethusas, your most beautiful coin or anything that is the dawn of a golden age<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 8334242, member: 91461"]Having scouted out the coin show the day before I'd had a chance to fool around and fall in love... HARD, but didn't want to pull the trigger before [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] and I could take a look around together. And also maybe to think about it. The next day we met up, had a BLAST and I had a chance to show him the coin that I'd been pinning over. It was even more beeeeautiful than I'd remembered:singing::kiss: Once I'd paid the esteemed seller, Bill Rosenblum, RC congratulates me and says, "That's gotta be the most beautiful coin in your collection." That artistry:artist: and toning:cigar:...1000% correct RC:smuggrin: [ATTACH=full]1477506[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1477505[/ATTACH] And this from a time many would call Archaic and the dawn of classical! :jimlad::pompous: From the outset it was clear that Gelon (540/1-478 BCE) was special. [ATTACH=full]1477531[/ATTACH] (Gelon was big on Scotch and velour body towels) Highly intelligent, a great warrior in battle and it hardly feels right to call him the tyrant of Gela as, 1- Tyrant had a much different meaning then and B: it was HIS ancestors that none other than Herodotus says founded the site of Gela (though, after his uncles death the people did overthrow his sons in favor of Gelon): [ATTACH=full]1477521[/ATTACH] (In real life his skin was much more pale;)) After becoming tyrant of his homeland Gelon he was in charge of other cities such as Zancle, Naxos, Camarina etc, and then was summoned by the recently thrown out rulers of Syracuse for assistance. Which he did while becoming tyrant of Syracuse as well along the way. Remarkably in a bloodless takeover! [ATTACH=full]1477524[/ATTACH] (Sicily was always self-conscious of her varicose veins) He would then overtake Euboea and Magara. All areas under his control prospered during his rule. [ATTACH=full]1477533[/ATTACH] After his death his rule would be remembered as the golden age of Sicily. Looking at my latest acquisition and these sites from ancient Sicily I cannot doubt it: [ATTACH=full]1477535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1477536[/ATTACH] (Oops! What are they doing here??) Another couple possibly Gelatinous:facepalm: coins of mine: [ATTACH=full]1477543[/ATTACH] SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm - 17.45 g). Struck circa 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 134 (V60/R93); SNG ANS 38 (same dies); Randazzo -. rev sl off-ctr, sl surface imperfections,most notably a horizontal scratch like flaw in obv right field. [ATTACH=full]1477537[/ATTACH] Sicily, Syracuse Deinomenid Dinasty (485-425), Litra, c. 470 BC, AR (g 0,78 mm 10), Laureate head of nymph Arethusa r., wearing earrings and necklace, dotted border, Rv. Σ-V-R-A, wheel with four spokes. Boehringer 402 SNG Copenhagen - SNG ANS 124-126. [MEDIA=youtube]UrGw_cOgwa8[/MEDIA] So please share your coins purchased with friends, anything from Sicily, Gelon, Arethusas, your most beautiful coin or anything that is the dawn of a golden age:singing:[/QUOTE]
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