Hero of Greece! In Your Face Romans!

Mice one Mikey. I forgot I have one of these as well:

APOLLONIA PONTICA
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Gorgoneian facing with snakes for hair and a protruding tongue
REVERSE: An anchor flanked by letter A and a crayfish, which represents the minting city of Apollonia, the major fifth century BC Greek colony on the west coast of the Black Sea, modern Sozopol in Bulgaria
Struck at Apollonia 450-400 BC
3.13g, 14-15mm
BMC IX, Black Sea 150-151

 

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APOLLONIA PONTICA

did i see ISIS (IS) smash similar faces in Syria?

 

It's a shame. Without getting into the politics of it all, what the heck are they thinking (or not thinking). These are historical. Destroying the things they are does not erase the history, just makes it harder for future generations to study the history of the area.

 

Hey on the upside is with no more antiquities to risk ruining we can start a large scale airiel bombardment of the area unimpeded.


....ugh I mean help them appreciate what remains and help them come to embrace freedom.

 

Nice one as well Bing...Hmmm, I think I like your example more than mine!!

 

I don't think I've made a collage before. Kind of cool looking when they're all together.

 

Hellz yea Tiberius!!! The Bottom left is my fav!

 

Sweet!! => that's a very cool effort, iamtiberius (great bunch of Apollonia Pontica examples!)



... I only have this one humble example ...



... funny how much they all vary, eh? (I sent my example to David Sear, for there are apparently a whole lotta fakes runnin' about)

As Bing would say => "A fool and his money are soon parted" for the cost of the California road-trip was basically the same as I spent on the coin!! (however, I needed to know if I'd been had, or if it was legit) ... it got the a-okay

 

You've got bugs crawling all over your coins. Spray them down with some Raid.

 

Those are Mud Bugs.

 

=> That's right, Cletus-Bing => go be a dear and fetch Mama a bucket o' mud-bugs!!


... ooops, it's my dinner time

 

Dem Mud Bugs tails can be some of the most delicious morsels you will ever eat my Canadian friend.

 

Terrific assortment 'Tiberius'....It looks like you may have been inspired by JA's work----he always puts together beautiful and impressive collages.

 

Errrr, I think that my Newfie-friends catch and then sell me the adult version? (the lobster)

 

Sweet addition!