Happy Fathers Day to all my Ancient friends...:hail: Please post your favorite Ancient father...Here's mine.. First pic. Constantine The Great... Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantine.. Roman Emperor from 306- 337..AD.. Second pic His first Son Constantine ll
Son Constans, he also had a couple daughters. i don't have there coins.. Happy Ancient Father's Day !!!....Post yours...
How about Augustus: AR Denarius OBV: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE. laureate head right REV: AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L CAESARES below, Gaius & Lucius standing front with shields & spears; in field above, a simpulum & lituus (in "Pd" formation) Struck at Lugdunum, 4-2 BC 3.5g, 18mm RIC 210
JUPITER was the father of the following Roman gods and goddesses: Vulcan was the son of Jupiter and Juno, husband of Venus Venus was the daughter of Jupiter and Dione, wife of Vulcan and the mother (by Mercury) of Cupid, god of love Minerva was the daughter of Jupiter and Juno Apollo was the son of Jupiter and Latona. His twin sister was Diana Diana was the daughter of Jupiter and Latona Mercury was the son of Jupiter and Maia who was the daughter of the Titan Atlas Bacchus was the son of Jupiter and Semele Mars was the son of Jupiter and Juno Proserpina was the daughter of Ceres and Jupiter => so I'm gonna pick him as my Father's Day God ... so here are three coins featuring Big-J
It may take some imagination, but here is a Vespasian with his two sons, Titus and Domitian AE 3 OBV: KAICAP OYECΠACIANOC TOMI, laureate head of Vespasian right REV: TITOC KAICAP ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP, confronted busts of Titus (left) and Domitian Struck at Tomis, Moesia Inferior, 69-79 AD 3.1g, 17mm RPC II 402
Great looking coin guys, how you do'in Steve, are you going to take the kids for a walk. Jw how are you doing, hope the family is well. You have a great Ancient Fathers day..:yes:
here's a are a couple of dad with kid combo coin... heraclius and heraclius constantine ivan alexander and michael asen iv (bulgaria) HAPPY FATHERS DAY DADS!
=> Yup, but not until a bit later this afternoon ... I've already weed-n-feeded and then mowed the front and back lawns ... made breakfast for the wife and I ... and, ummm, ummmm? => hey wait a minute??!! => that sounds like a horrible father's day, eh? (Geeesh, she tricked me again!!!)
Marcus Aurelius; the last of the "five good emperors", and biological father to his son Commodus. Significant because Commodus accession as emperor was the first time a son had succeeded his father since Titus succeeded Vespasian in 79 AD. The other five good emperors all had adoptive sons who succeeded them to the throne. Wikipedia cut and paste history: Marcus Aurelius was the first emperor since Vespasian to have a biological son of his own and, though he himself was the fifth in the line of the so-called Five Good Emperors, each of whom had adopted his successor, it seems to have been his firm intention that Commodus should be his heir. On 27 November 176, Marcus Aurelius granted Commodus the rank of Imperator and, in the middle of 177, the title Augustus, giving his son the same status as his own and formally sharing power.
Hollywood version of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, which has absolutely nothing at all to do with reality or history: [video=youtube;r2jbK6dGLGc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2jbK6dGLGc[/video]
... interesting ... => Happy Father's Day, brother Bannon!! Cheers, gang => I hope you dudes are having as great a day as I'm havin'!! (I walked the hounds ... I layed in the backyard and sucked-up some cancer-rays ... and now I'm gonna make a burrito, kick-back, relax and watch soem TV) ... the wife likes me well enough ... things are pretty damn good!! I like you guys!! :thirst::thirst::thirst::thirst::thirst::thirst:
Thanks Stevex6! I had a great father's day. Let the kids play in the pool all day...they tire themselves out that way. Despite frequent application of sun-screen, a couple are sun-burned ...'gonna hear about that one:rollling:.
I wish I had thought of posting Philips for this thread. Of the fathers and sons, there are only a couple that shared legends and types to the point that it could be hard to tell one from another. Titus and Vespasian had the same name but the father never used the praenomen Titus on his coins. Philips can be confusing. Who wants to separate the coins below into father's and son's?
Zeus is the "Father of Gods and men". The list of offspring is quite long or I would copy it from Wikipedia.
