The three little pigs have company.

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  1. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    ...bushwhack...:D...
    ..heck...at least cuzins....:D
     
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  3. Alegandron

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

    Itsa infection! I loved growing up there. Best largemouth bass, and excellent trout below the dam!
     
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  4. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

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  5. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    Greek Italy. Apulia, city of Arpi.
    c. 325-275 B.C.
    SG569ApuliaArpi1104.jpg

    21 mm. 7.95 grams.
    Laureate bust of Zeus left
    Kalydonian board to right, spear above.
    APΠANΩN
    BMC 4. Sear Greek 569. Rutter HN Italy 642.

    The boar has splendid hair along the spine. It looks like it would have been a formidable foe.
     
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  6. Alegandron

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

    I really like that AE, @Valentinian ... beautiful coin!

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    Roman Republic
    M Volteius Mf
    AR Denarius 78 BCE
    18mm 3.96g
    Hd Hercules R lion skin headdress -
    Erymanthian boar
    Cr 385-2
    ex SteveX6
     
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  7. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Ti Veturius.jpg
    TI VETURIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VETURIA
    AR Denarius
    OBVERSE: Helmeted bust of Mars right
    REVERSE: Youth kneeling l., between two warriors who touch with their swords a pig which he holds., ROMA above
    Struck at Rome 137 BC
    3.7g, 18mm
    Cr.234/1; RSC Veturia 1
     
  8. +VGO.DVCKS

    +VGO.DVCKS Well-Known Member

    Exactly once, in 1973, my family made a summer trip to the Ozarks, both sides of the state line, where my mom was from. I was a kid (just starting with low-end Roman, Barrack Emperors -4th c.), but it left an appropriately indelible impression. Will Never forget the old family friend we looked up, in his 80's. When we got to his place, he was sitting on the front porch, looking for a chicken hawk who'd been giving him grief. With a double-barrelled shotgun, easily 10 or 12 gauge, that had hammers. Thank you, even where we were from, those were antiques, already. The punch line was that he was complaining that he couldn't find spare parts for it. ...Yeah, it was educational.
    ...Can't say anything more intelligent about your Iberians than that they're very cool. Anyway, they're that! That's the two cents you get, for what they're worth.
     
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  9. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    hillbilly porch shotgun.jpg ..is this him?....:D
     
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  10. +VGO.DVCKS

    +VGO.DVCKS Well-Known Member

    ...Not quite. No hat; it was summer. And I've got more beard than he did, especially after a month plus of antisocial distancing. But otherwise, pretty damn close. --Thank you, more 'damn' than 'pretty.'
    ...My desktop still has Windows 7 (with security software that's worth every penny). Just lately, I can get some traction with where he was coming from.
     
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  11. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    ..windows 7 is the only way to fly...:D....
     
  12. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    deliverance.jpg
     
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  13. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    Edited: Hilariously, @ominus1 read my mind and beat me to it!
    This thread is great! I'm just waiting for a meme of that poor guy from Deliverance...
    2y6cdy.jpg

    Anyways, due to the hairs on his back standing up I always thought the wild boar looked like he was getting electrocuted! (Which is ironic as this guy had electrolysis):
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  14. bcuda

    bcuda El Ibérico loco

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  15. Alegandron

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

    LOL, I was gonna drop a Deliverance bomb, but that was in Appalachia Mtns GEORGIA.
     
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  16. +VGO.DVCKS

    +VGO.DVCKS Well-Known Member

    Wacka-ding-Ding-ding. (...Wacka-ding-Ding-ding.)
     
  17. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    ..."purdy" :D
     
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