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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2708751, member: 83845&quot;]I’m excited to finally be underway with round 2 of the tournament.&nbsp; If you aren’t aware of the tournament or if you missed the results from round 1 then you can get caught up here.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-announcing-the-first-annual-cointalk-coin-imperator-tournament-2017.293824/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-announcing-the-first-annual-cointalk-coin-imperator-tournament-2017.293824/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-announcing-the-first-annual-cointalk-coin-imperator-tournament-2017.293824/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]611083[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you to the participants as well as the voters for making this tournament a success so far and remember to keep in mind that it will all benefit a good cause <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">#1 [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] </font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]611077[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]611076[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus Pius,</p><p><b>Æ Drachm, </b>Roman Egypt (Alexandria)</p><p>138-161 AD</p><p>Year 8</p><p>Diameter: 34 mm</p><p>Weight: 23.14 grams</p><p>Obv.: Laureate head right</p><p>Rev.: Bust of Aphrodite (Venus) left above bull (Taurus) butting left; star above … Popular astrological type depicting Venus in Taurus</p><p>Reference: Köln 1492-3; Dattari (Savio) 2960; K&amp;G 35.280 (Milne 1808-1809?)</p><p>Other: sweet golden patina, with a few comfy old scratches</p><p>Ex James Theselius Collection</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Price:</u></b> $150 (2014 Purchase: Inflation adjusted to 2017 = $155)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Why It’s Cool:</u></b></p><p>Alexandria saw an immense output of coinage during the eighth year of Antoninus Pius. The Zodiac drachms, unique mythological types and a host of issues for the nomes appeared that year. One explanation for this activity centers on the celebration of the renewal of the Great Sothic Cycle, the point when the star Sothis (Sirius) rises on the same point on the horizon as the sun. This cycle of 1461 years began again in AD 139, and apparently prompted a renewal in the ancient Egyptian religion, and its connections with the Greco-Roman Pantheon.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Yup, a cool Bull and sweet, sweet Venus!! (hard to beat that combo, eh?)</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]611078[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; what sign are you, Baby?</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]611079[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">#8 [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER] </font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]611080[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic</p><p><b>AR Didrachm, </b>Rome mint c. 269-266 BCE</p><p>Obv.: No legend, Diademed head of young Hercules right, with club and lion&#039;s skin over shoulder</p><p>Rev.: ROMANO, She wolf right, suckling Romulus and Remus</p><p>7.29 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV # 24, RSC # 8</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Price:</u></b> Approx. $1500 (purchased 2003: Inflation adjusted to 2017 = $1,985)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Why It’s Cool:</u></b></p><p>1 - Everybody agrees to say animals on coins are <i>very </i>cool (even [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] can approve I guess <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Challenging this guy needs a bit of coaxing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]611081[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>2 - Romano-campanian didrachms were the first silver coins minted by the Roman Republic, as early as 269-266 BCE. Before that, people would only use bronze units, with the disadvantage of needing loads of them to buy their diaries, newspapers, Coca-Cola and cigarettes.</p><p><br /></p><p>3 – Style-wise, these coins (either featuring Mars, Roma or Hercules) are still very greek, while the<i>Lupa Romana</i>symbolizes the myth of the foundation of Rome. On this specimen the she-wolf seems very lively.</p><p><br /></p><p>4- It’s such an iconic coin that it’s represented on major reference books’ cover, such as<i>Roman coins and their values</i>(millennium edition) and others. It also illustrates the <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/rrc.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/rrc.aspx" rel="nofollow">Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum</a> website’s homepage.</p><p><br /></p><p>5 - Of course, visiting Rome will lead you to the Capitol were you can glance at the <i>Lupa capitolina</i>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]611082[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All the comments in the first round were friendly, educational and lots of fun.&nbsp; I very much enjoyed it so let’s keep that going into this round also!</p><p><br /></p><p>One small change for this round is that the polls will close after 4 days.&nbsp; It seems most everyone who wanted to vote in the first round was able to by about that time.&nbsp; If we need to make another adjustment we can do so in the semi-finals.&nbsp; Good luck to the players!</p><p><br /></p><p>…and as before <span style="color: #ff0000">PLEASE post your relevant (or irrelevant) examples pile on style!</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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