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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3786573, member: 56859"]Nice meteorite fragment, [USER=19165]@physics-fan3.14[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one of my favorite collector websites and it has a page about coins with baetyls/meteorites/sacred stones:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/baetyl_coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/baetyl_coins.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/baetyl_coins.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm, I hadn't looked at it in a while and it has rekindled my desire for more of these types!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the coin [USER=82194]@dadams[/USER]'s called out-- one of my favorites <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> :</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalussacredstone-rt-jpg.574868/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Elagabalus</b></p><p>AR denarius, 19.4 mm, 3.5 gm</p><p>Antioch, 218-219 CE</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: SANCT DEO SOLI / ELAGABAL, Quadriga right, bearing sacred stone of El Gabal, flanked by four parasols</p><p>Ref: RIC IV 195</p><p><i>Vauctions 310, lot 250 (25 Sept 2014)</i></p><p><i>ex CNG Mail Bid Sale 33, lot 914 (15 March 1995)</i></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Parts of the diorama from that writeup were destroyed by hurricanes in 2017 but I hope to get it set up again in the future (in the midst of moving now):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalusdiorama8-jpg.363489/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>My most recent meteorite acquisition: witnessed fall meteorite, February 15, 2013. Chelyabinsk, Russia. LL5 chondrite, 48.4 gm. Whole specimen with fusion crust.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/chelyabinsk1-jpg.363432/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/chelyabinsk2-jpg.363433/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]dpmXyJrs7iU[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the most unusual classes of meteorites are the stone-irons (pallasites). They are particularly dramatic when sliced and polished. Olivine (peridot) from outer space... how cool is that?!! Here are two slices from the "best" such meteorite, the Esquel pallasite. I acquired these two slices from the person who owns the main mass, Bob Haag (known as The Meteorite Man, not to be confused with the later TV show "The Meteorite Men").</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/a-pi-on-esquel-jpg.289135/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/esquelslicesun-jpg.289136/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-syria-emesa-tif-jpg.658108/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. <i>Emesa</i>. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>AD 138-161</p><p>Æ24, 12.06 gm, 11h</p><p>Obv: Laureate head right</p><p>Rev: Eagle, holding wreath in beak, standing right, head left, on baetyl of El Gabal</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 309 (Γ in right field of rev.); SNG München 811 var. (Є in right field of rev.); BMC 1-7 (various letters on rev.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That beautiful coin belongs to [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER]. His images are much better, of course <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3786573, member: 56859"]Nice meteorite fragment, [USER=19165]@physics-fan3.14[/USER]! Here's one of my favorite collector websites and it has a page about coins with baetyls/meteorites/sacred stones: [URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/baetyl_coins.html[/URL] Hmm, I hadn't looked at it in a while and it has rekindled my desire for more of these types! Here's the coin [USER=82194]@dadams[/USER]'s called out-- one of my favorites :) : [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalussacredstone-rt-jpg.574868/[/IMG] [B]Elagabalus[/B] AR denarius, 19.4 mm, 3.5 gm Antioch, 218-219 CE Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right Rev: SANCT DEO SOLI / ELAGABAL, Quadriga right, bearing sacred stone of El Gabal, flanked by four parasols Ref: RIC IV 195 [I]Vauctions 310, lot 250 (25 Sept 2014) ex CNG Mail Bid Sale 33, lot 914 (15 March 1995)[/I] [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/[/URL] Parts of the diorama from that writeup were destroyed by hurricanes in 2017 but I hope to get it set up again in the future (in the midst of moving now): [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalusdiorama8-jpg.363489/[/IMG] ... My most recent meteorite acquisition: witnessed fall meteorite, February 15, 2013. Chelyabinsk, Russia. LL5 chondrite, 48.4 gm. Whole specimen with fusion crust. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/chelyabinsk1-jpg.363432/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/chelyabinsk2-jpg.363433/[/IMG] [MEDIA=youtube]dpmXyJrs7iU[/MEDIA] ... One of the most unusual classes of meteorites are the stone-irons (pallasites). They are particularly dramatic when sliced and polished. Olivine (peridot) from outer space... how cool is that?!! Here are two slices from the "best" such meteorite, the Esquel pallasite. I acquired these two slices from the person who owns the main mass, Bob Haag (known as The Meteorite Man, not to be confused with the later TV show "The Meteorite Men"). [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/a-pi-on-esquel-jpg.289135/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/esquelslicesun-jpg.289136/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-syria-emesa-tif-jpg.658108/[/IMG] [B]SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. [I]Emesa[/I]. Antoninus Pius[/B] AD 138-161 Æ24, 12.06 gm, 11h Obv: Laureate head right Rev: Eagle, holding wreath in beak, standing right, head left, on baetyl of El Gabal Ref: SNG Copenhagen 309 (Γ in right field of rev.); SNG München 811 var. (Є in right field of rev.); BMC 1-7 (various letters on rev.) That beautiful coin belongs to [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER]. His images are much better, of course :).[/QUOTE]
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