If you're into evil you're a friend of mine

Once again, my collection is woefully lacking, but how about a page full of Gorgons, a naughty satyr, and a couple of songs from my favorite satanic metal band?

 

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Gorgon Repeat

(But, I just really like this little Gal)


Etruria Populonia 3rd C BCE AR 20 As 8.1g Metus Blank HN 152

 

No satan is borrowed from Arabic word "shaytan" which is written as شیطان in holy Quran. It is mentioned in Quran for first time and it is 100% Islamic word. Quran mentions that satan was created from fire as opposed to man created from soil also mentions that the type of creature family that satan belongs to are called Jinn (الجن) which are some creatures created from fire and some sort of invisible energy however they can come in human or animal forms. Many villagers have seen these jinn in old bath houses they dance and sometimes they are seen in jungles and they have some sort of human body but they can be detected by their feet which looks like horse hoof

 

You do know that Quran was written several hundred years after the Hebrew Bible, right?
Not to mention that Arabic and Hebrew are both Semitic languages and are related so both may have had this word.

 

Actually the Hebrew Bible was written more than 1,000 years before the Koran. Someone's visions must have forgotten to mention that.

 

edited

The discussion was OK up until this point, this is where the line got crossed.

Doug

 

The question I answered was simply about the etymology of the English word Satan. It was derived from the Hebrew word. The question had nothing to do with theology or Jinns.

 

Thanks! I was so geeked when it showed up. In hand that patina is dark as the depths of hades!
And thanks for showing some much more detailed examples.
Both AMAZINGly wicked Pitane coins
... and that Pat Boone (don't worry @ominus1 , it was Boone doing a cover of Dio in 1997) was truly evil.
Though, nice save with the Danzig
But what's so evil about these three nekkid ladies???

And just to set the record straight on the REAL holy diver(I saw Dio back in the 90s)

 

A couple wonderful wicked little guys. Thanks for sharing!
Huh, never heard of Wacken but now I've gotta go one of these years once normalcy is restored. Especially when their official symbol looks like this!


Now, where have I seen that before??

 

WONDERFUL RUSH call out!
My wife and I saw them on their last tour. And I must say, there is a distinct difference in hearing Neil Peart (rest in peace) on an album and knowing he's the greatest drummer ever than seeing him perform several of the greatest drum solos you've ever seen recorded or not in front of you.
(I was gonna go with the holy trinity gag, but "Greek Gods" is pretty perfect for this forum)
Perfect segway to my hyper evil, pentagram (certainly for Rush. Even back then they had sages who foresaw 3 canadians getting together to write some of the best rock of all time)over a beastly creature.
"But Ryro, that ain't that scary." Some novice might say.
To them I say, also, it was minted by Dracula's grandpapy!!!

Alexandru cel bun (Alexander the Good)
Half gos type 4. 11.7 mm diameter, ? g, copper or billon
Obverse Moldavian coat of arms: urus head bearing a five ray star between its horns, the uneven ray pointing down, waning crescent at left and five petal rose at right, the odd petal pointing down (heraldic positioning Reverse shield split vertically; three bars at right and five fleurs-de-lis at left arranged 2-2-1 (heraldic positioning); over the shield the Moldavian urus having at heraldic left a waning crescent (in the missing portion of the coin a five petal rose); partially visible outer pearl circle Secret Saturlanlia gift

And thanks for sharing your strikingly spooky Sat...I mean, Zeus Ammons
Clearly, yours is the Patine fleur de CT
The reverse also has a very unique branch in the middle.
I wonder what type of plant the branch was supposed to be from
And as powerfully as the portrait with its crazy hair, horn and beard, on that electrotype draws me in, it's those crazy silphiums (speaking of ancient plants) that keep drawing the eye back!

 

Are you saying Silphium is EVIL???


KYRENAICA Kyrene Æ25 9.6g 250 BCE Diademed Zeus-Ammon r - K-O-I-N-O-N; Silphium plant; monogram SNG Cop 1278 BMC 16-19

 

Well, in any good horror movie, when three naked witchy women suddenly want to spend some time with you, you know you'll probably have an axe in the head coming up in the next scene.

That must've been an amazing show! Here's a Sabbath with Dio tune and matching coin. Dehumanizer was one of my favorite albums at the time... RIP RJD.


ROMAN REPUBLIC. L. Titurius Sabinus.
AR Denarius. 3.75g, 18.3mm, Rome mint, 89 BC. Crawford 344/2c; Sydenham 699a; RBW 1302 (this coin); Tituria 5. O: SABIN behind, head of King Tatius right, A PV before; palm frond below chin. R: L TITVRI, Tarpeia buried to her waist in shields, fending off two soldiers about to throw their shields on her; star-in-crescent above.
Ex RBW Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 63, 17 May 2012, lot 78), purchased from CNG, April 1994

New day, new evil coin quota. Melted face Hekate...


THESSALY, Pherai
AE Trichalkon. 8.81g, 21.2mm. THESSALY, Pherai, circa 404-369 BC. Rogers 511, fig. 277; BCD Thessaly II 687.2; HGC 4, 564. O: Head of Hekate or nymph Hypereia facing slightly left. R: [ΦΕΡ]Α[Ι]-Ο[Ν], Lion's head fountain to right, with water pouring from mouth.
Ex BCD Collection, his tag noting "T/ne ex Thess., Feb. 88, 60000 drs."

Mutilated zombie gorgon...

MACEDON, Neapolis
Fourrée Stater. Cut in antiquity. 6.92g, 18.7mm. After MACEDON, Neapolis, circa 5th century BC. cf. SNG ANS 406-19. O: Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue. R: Quadripartite incuse square.

 

Z... what about Aspendos slasher jello-man?? A must-have in this thread, I think!

 

I was thinking of spreading out the evil over the next couple of days, but I guess I can still come up with something else tomorrow.

Here's the lesson then, people, don't ever let Freddy play with your coins!



PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos
AR Stater. 10.63g, 19.7mm. PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos, circa 465-430 BC. SNG BN –; SNG von Aulock 4484 var. (obv. tortoise oriented horizontally; same rev. die); SNG Copenhagen –; CNG E-439, lot 93 (same dies); CNG E-435, lot 106 (same dies). O: Warrior advancing right, holding shield and spear; tortoise vertically oriented between legs. R: Triskeles; E-Σ and tortoise above; below, lion standing left; all within incuse square.

 

Now, if we had one with my coins patina and yours detail then we'd be cooking
Speaking of Freddy, I found this beautiful ivory statue of your favorite imp. Sadly, it looks like he must've fallen asleep and gotten the old Nightmare on Elm street treatment:

Pretty wicked looking with the broken fingers and scarred face!

 

I have no evil coins to add, but somehow this international society seemed an appropriate add to this thread, the pamphlet recently found between the pages of a Greek coin reference book...

 

I don’t wish to pry but how did you get my mother in law’s picture? I admit it’s the best picture I have ever seen of her. She had her horns sharpened and done her makeup.
Meanest woman I ever met and hated me until her dying breath. I bribed the mortician to drive a stake through her heart. Just to be sure.

 

Cool Terror coins @Ryro! Here a coin to join your bloody medusa:


Mithridates VI Amisos, Pontos - Bronze Coin (85 - 65 B.C)
Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right.
Reverse: Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa's head; Medusa's body at his feet; in fields, AMI-ΣOY and monograms.
Reference: SNG Cop. 137
17.30g; 31mm