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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7393842, member: 75937"]Researching this new acquisition for my <i>numophylacium</i> gave me <a href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/flight-of-ideas#what-is-it" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/flight-of-ideas#what-is-it" rel="nofollow">flight of ideas</a>, a symptom of mania or psychosis! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But the only mania I have is a mania for ancient Roman coins!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/l-cupiennius-denarius-dioscuri-jpg.1286400/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>L. Cupiennius, 147 BC.</p><p>Roman Republican AR denarius, 3.89 g, 17.7 mm, 3 h.</p><p>Rome, 147 BC.</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Roma, right; cornucopiae behind; denominational mark X before.</p><p>Rev: Dioscuri galloping right; L·CVP (VP ligatured) below; ROMA in exergue.</p><p>Refs: Crawford (RRC) 218/1; RSC Cupiennia 1; Sydenham (CRR) 404; RCV 94.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cupiennius happens to be the the <a href="https://www.wandering-spiders.net/cupiennius/introduction/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wandering-spiders.net/cupiennius/introduction/" rel="nofollow">name of a genus of banana spiders</a>, so that's mostly what you get when you Google it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286489[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But there isn't much about the dude known as "L. Cupiennius" because he is a Roman "<a href="https://finds.org.uk/romancoins/moneyers/called/by/61" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://finds.org.uk/romancoins/moneyers/called/by/61" rel="nofollow">Republican moneyer, known only from his coins</a>." According to the Portable Antiquities Scheme, anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>So then I found myself <a href="https://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/Dioskouroi.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/Dioskouroi.html" rel="nofollow">reading about the Dioscuri</a> -- because they are on the reverse of my coin. Now, I knew from mythology that they were Castor and Pollux, the gods of horsemanship placed in the heavens as the <a href="https://www.space.com/16816-gemini-constellation.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.space.com/16816-gemini-constellation.html" rel="nofollow">constellation Gemini</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286495[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But I did not know that they -- and not Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Andrew McCarthy -- were the gods of St. Elmo's fire!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286493[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Which in turn gave me a John Parr earworm! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":headphone:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And now I have mediocre mid 1980's dance-rock running through my head! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie53" alt=":hungover:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]dx7vNdAb5e4[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I went from a Roman Republican denarius to spiders to the Dioscuri to astronomy to St. Elmo's fire to 1980's movies and music. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Post your Dioscuri coins or coins that make you fly from one idea to another!!</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7393842, member: 75937"]Researching this new acquisition for my [I]numophylacium[/I] gave me [URL='https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/flight-of-ideas#what-is-it']flight of ideas[/URL], a symptom of mania or psychosis! :eek: But the only mania I have is a mania for ancient Roman coins! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/l-cupiennius-denarius-dioscuri-jpg.1286400/[/IMG] L. Cupiennius, 147 BC. Roman Republican AR denarius, 3.89 g, 17.7 mm, 3 h. Rome, 147 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma, right; cornucopiae behind; denominational mark X before. Rev: Dioscuri galloping right; L·CVP (VP ligatured) below; ROMA in exergue. Refs: Crawford (RRC) 218/1; RSC Cupiennia 1; Sydenham (CRR) 404; RCV 94. Cupiennius happens to be the the [URL='https://www.wandering-spiders.net/cupiennius/introduction/']name of a genus of banana spiders[/URL], so that's mostly what you get when you Google it. :wideyed: [ATTACH=full]1286489[/ATTACH] But there isn't much about the dude known as "L. Cupiennius" because he is a Roman "[URL='https://finds.org.uk/romancoins/moneyers/called/by/61']Republican moneyer, known only from his coins[/URL]." According to the Portable Antiquities Scheme, anyway. So then I found myself [URL='https://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/Dioskouroi.html']reading about the Dioscuri[/URL] -- because they are on the reverse of my coin. Now, I knew from mythology that they were Castor and Pollux, the gods of horsemanship placed in the heavens as the [URL='https://www.space.com/16816-gemini-constellation.html']constellation Gemini[/URL]. [ATTACH=full]1286495[/ATTACH] But I did not know that they -- and not Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Andrew McCarthy -- were the gods of St. Elmo's fire! [ATTACH=full]1286493[/ATTACH] Which in turn gave me a John Parr earworm! :headphone: And now I have mediocre mid 1980's dance-rock running through my head! :hungover: [MEDIA=youtube]dx7vNdAb5e4[/MEDIA] So, I went from a Roman Republican denarius to spiders to the Dioscuri to astronomy to St. Elmo's fire to 1980's movies and music. :wideyed::wideyed::wideyed: [I]Post your Dioscuri coins or coins that make you fly from one idea to another!![/I][/QUOTE]
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