stevex6 => Ancient Coin "3" outta 5 => Lucius Axius (kinda looks like Santa!!)

stevex6 => Ancient Coin "3" outta 5 => Lucius Axius (kinda looks like Santa!!)

Sorry, but I just couldn't wait until tomorrow ...

=> this lil' beauty is quite rare (and I think that it's pretty cool too!!)

Lucius Axius L.f. Naso AR Denarius
Rome mint
70 BC
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 4.04 grams
Obverse: Helmeted head of Mars right, wearing crested helmet with plumes; XV¯ to left
Reverse: Diana driving biga of stags right; behind, two dogs running right; below, dog running right
Reference: Crawford 400/1b; Sydenham 795; Axia 2
Other: 4h … VF, toned, banker’s mark on cheek. Rare



Mars, Dogs, Diana and Deers => it don't get no better dan dat!!

 

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Male Deer pulling a biga... with Artemis on it!

Must be going on a Hunt (Goddess of the Hunt )

Awesome!



Know why it looks like Santa?

The Biga of Artemis is thought to be the original story from which we derive the story of Santa Claus' Raindeer pulling the sleigh.

This is probably the Original Santa's Sleigh!

(Diana is the Roman goddess who was very similar to Artemis... I prefer the Greek version though )

 

Jerry I don't know how you do it, but you find some great stuff.

 

Thanks Dude ... I love getting your myth/history two-bits!!

Cheers:cheers:

 

Steve don't tell jw, but this coin rocks, love those antlers, another awesome coin, Wow...i just got 8 new coins, had to hide them from my wife too, she keeps asking where little betty is, i sold her for my new coins..not really, but my wants to sell me...

 

Thanks echi ...

 

I haven't seen that reverse type yet. It's positively stunning!

 

Thanks Eng and thanks JA ... I'm glad that my choices seem like they're winners (I certainly love 'em!!)

Eng => is lil' Betty your daughter!!? (don't sell her for coins ... that's just wrong ... you could probably get coins "and" a new rifle!!)

... just jokes!!

 

Darn.....I mean, another poor and lowly piece of crap you spent your hard earned dollars on. I mean, how can you find a coin with deer, dogs, gods and goddesses to be desirable? I mean, how? Come on Jerry, you can do better than this. Look, I'll tell you what, I have a Constantine I I found in an uncleaned lot I trade you so you can have a better coin. The Constantine I is in OK (read that as poor) condition, but hey it's better than this crap you keep showing.

 

I would have though this would be your favorite... This one is so Awesome... and has a much, much Better Story Behind it!

Jeez... This set me up for these later ones to be worse then the first two... little did I know that the next coin was going to be so Awesome!

btw, I love adding as much as I can from my knowledge to these coins... I love Mythology (when it makes sense... Egyptian Mythology is very confusing due to a few factors... but I'm getting very offtopic)

 

ahahaha ... sure => you had me at "Darn"

 

Thanks again, Windchild (please feel free to add-in your myth-knowledge => I love it!!)

:thumb:

 

Is it me, or does Mars look like Frankenstein?

 

lol

 

L.f. Frank N Lucius Stein

 

Very cool type. Dont see it often.

 

that coin is crazy!



crazy awesome! one of your coolest stevex!

 

Really good looking coin. Its got tons of stuff going on.

 

chrsmat71 => love the tin-foil cat!!