Snot Rocket

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  1. Smojo

    Smojo dreamliner

    Yeah well that snot rocket landed right on sweet Larissa's face @Curtisimo

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    THESSALY, Larissa. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 1.88 g, 3h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left / ΛΑΡΙΣ-ΑΙΩ[Ν], horse right, preparing to lie down; Ξ below. BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 339; HGC 4, 514. VF, lightly toned, die break on the obverse.
    From the BCD Collection.
     
    Smojo, Dec 1, 2018
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  3. Curtisimo

    Curtisimo the Great(ish)

    Hahaha nice coin and great provenance. Poor Larissa... that Athena can be a real bully!

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    The amazingly beautiful statue of Athena at the National Museum in Rome (proof the ancient's skill in colorful art was not as gaudy as modern reproductions would have us believe).
     
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  4. lehmansterms

    lehmansterms Many view intelligence as a hideous deformity

    While everyone is trotting-out their nasally additive pieces, even though it appears I'm a couple days late to the (beginning, at least) of the party, I thought this example of what a mighty sneeze Hadrian was capable of producing might be in order:
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    Hadrian, 117-138 AD. Billon Tetradrachm
    24mm, 10.53g, 1h. Mint of Alexandria, 136/7 AD.
    Obv: AVT KAI [TPA AΔPI]ANOC CEB. Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
    Rx: Euthenia (Demeter) standing facing, head left, holding grain-ears and torch; L - KA (= yr. 21 = 136/7 AD.)
    Emmett 832.
     
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  5. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

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    Bing, Dec 1, 2018
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  6. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Sneeze EXPLOSION

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    Etruria Populonia
    AR 10 Asses 20mm 4.21g
    211-206 BC
    Obv: Male Hd
    Rev: Blank
    die break
     
    Alegandron, Mar 25, 2019
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  7. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    fantastic!
     
    ominus1, Mar 25, 2019
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  8. octavius

    octavius Well-Known Member

    PEOPLE , I'M GLAD IT'S NOT LUNCHTIME YET !!!
     
    octavius, Mar 25, 2019
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  9. Deacon Ray

    Deacon Ray Well-Known Member

    The substance under her nose may not be congealed nasal drippage. It could be cupcake frosting.
     
    Last edited: Mar 26, 2019
    Deacon Ray, Mar 26, 2019
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