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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7475962, member: 91461&quot;][ATTACH=full]1294182[/ATTACH] This thread not meant for the weak, wimpy, whiny, any other descriptors that start with &quot;W&quot; or anyone with a heart condition...</p><p><br /></p><p>With it being a full six months traveling forward or backwards through time until Halloween I thought it important to do a monster thread. Herein you&#039;ll witness terrors from griffins to gorgons to Gallienus<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (talk about straight up old school Gs).</p><p>I&#039;ve got coins with beasts from the east, naughties from the north and even one eyed monsters<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie39" alt=":cyclops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Couldn&#039;t resist this little snack that nobody else wanted on account of its clearly being a kin of old Nessy:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294179[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ionia. Phokaia circa 350-250 BC.</p><p>Bronze Æ</p><p>10 mm, 0,69 g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294183[/ATTACH]</p><p>(The evidence is undeniable)</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course I&#039;ve got a soft spot for mythical beasts...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294188[/ATTACH]</p><p>IONIA, Phokaia(?).</p><p>&nbsp;Circa 6th-5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm or Diobol (10mm, 1.57 gm). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC Ionia pg. 215, 82; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Kayhan 514; SNG von Aulock 2116 var. (seal right). Good VF, porous, small flan. Ex-Savoca</p><p>Similar pieces with a seal behind the griffin&#039;s head are clearly Phokaian (as von Aulock 2116). Coins without the seal are possibly from Teos. Depending on the weight standard that might apply, this coin could be either a hemidrachm or a diobol.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294191[/ATTACH]</p><p>THRACE, Abdera</p><p>Tetrobol (311-280 BC).</p><p>Obv: Griffin crouching left on club.</p><p>Rev: ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ.</p><p>Laureate head of Apollo right within linear square.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 366.</p><p>Ex European auction as VF, I call it a nice AVF, well centered, good metal with lt tone Ex: Frank Robinson</p><p><br /></p><p>The Ketos monster says, &quot;You get em high. I&#039;ll get em low.&quot;</p><p>From the briny depths of ancient Greek nightmare. A monster from another dimension (stare at the reverse for too long and it&#039;ll transport you there!):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294189[/ATTACH]</p><p>CARIA, Halikarnassos (more like hell-ikarnassos)</p><p>(reassigned from Kindya)</p><p>499-497 BCE</p><p>AR hektai, 1.78 gm, 11 mm, Milesian standard</p><p>Obv: head of ketos right</p><p>Rev: geometric pattern within incuse square</p><p>Ref: Konuk</p><p><br /></p><p>We&#039;ve got monsters in the sea, monsters in the air, how about nightmare fodder. Like, oh, IDK, a GORGONS HEAD!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294195[/ATTACH]</p><p>THRACE, Apollonia Pontica</p><p>After 450 BCE. AR Reduced Drachm (14.38 MM 2.31 gm). Head of Gorgon facing, tongue protruding / Anchor with crayfish and A at sides. SNG.BM.162. aXF</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the Romans had monsters as well... besides the Emperors!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294246[/ATTACH]</p><p>Another underwater monster. Anyone notice a theme here with our aquaticly afraid ancients?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294192[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gallienus</p><p>253-268 CE AE-Antoninianus (3.13g), Roma 267-268 AD Av.: GALLIENVS AVG, Head with Radiation Crown No.r.: NEPTVNO CONS AVG/N (in the Section), Hippocampus No.r.--. RIC 245, C 667, MIR 743b.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294194[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Now, that guys hung like a half man half horse. Oh, and there&#039;s a centaur on the reverse. You&#039;re welcome Gallienus fans)</p><p>Gallienus</p><p>253-268 CE. AE antoninianus (20 mm, 2.98 g, 1 h). Gallienus Zoo series. Rome mint, A.D. 267/8. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head of Gallienus right / APOLLINI CONS AVG, centaur walking left, raising left front hoof and holding globe and rudder // H. RIC 164; RSC 98.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]vNuVifA7DSU[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>So please, scare me! Post your ancient creeps, crawlies and MONSTERS![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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