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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 245311, member: 6229"]This is the final installment on the theme Weapons on Coins. If you missed any of the previous three parts, use the search button to locate them. With this final issue, we'll explore and find all the firsts associated with our theme. The links will take you to an image of borh sides of the coin described, more interesting facts about the coin, plus you can get a better and larger image of the coin by clicking on the coin. Arrow is our first weapon in alphabetical order; This Greek tetradrachm is Greece's first coin to show a bow with arrow. Apollo is the archer: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175478&AucID=223&Lot=237" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175478&AucID=223&Lot=237" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175478&AucID=223&Lot=237</a>  Axe as a weapon is usually displayed on the reverse of a coin. As you can see on this silver denarius the axe is featured on the obverse. This Roman Republic coin was minted circa 49-48 B.C.and is the first Roman coin to bear the image of an axe. Image courtesy of Coin Archives: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175327&AucID=222&Lot=86" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175327&AucID=222&Lot=86" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175327&AucID=222&Lot=86</a> The following image is Greece's first coin to bear an axe on it. (circa 370): Note, also, Hercules is drawing a bow with arrow: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175274&AucID=222&Lot=33" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175274&AucID=222&Lot=33" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175274&AucID=222&Lot=33</a> Battleaxe is now our weapon. India, citca 335-380, was the first country to mint a coin bearing a battleaxe: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=134902&AucID=160&Lot=1163" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=134902&AucID=160&Lot=1163" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=134902&AucID=160&Lot=1163</a> The first coin to have a cannon (actually a pair of crossed cannons) on it is an Argentine gold 8 escudos: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=375&AucID=3&Lot=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=375&AucID=3&Lot=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=375&AucID=3&Lot=2</a> It might suprise you to discover this next coin is the one that had a dagger (two daggers) on it. Please read all the info that accompanies this coin:  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175330&AucID=222&Lot=89" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175330&AucID=222&Lot=89" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175330&AucID=222&Lot=89</a>  Probably, you'd never expect a coin to have a "flail" on it, but you'd be wrong. Not one coin, but more. This first one was minted in Phonecia, a Greek city-state: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=165091&AucID=203&Lot=140" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=165091&AucID=203&Lot=140" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=165091&AucID=203&Lot=140</a>  This one was minted in Rome and depicts two gladiators battling each other in the arena: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=164563&AucID=202&Lot=516" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=164563&AucID=202&Lot=516" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=164563&AucID=202&Lot=516</a>  And here's an Egyptian specimen:  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=91754&AucID=99&Lot=802" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=91754&AucID=99&Lot=802" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=91754&AucID=99&Lot=802</a>  This is another well-known coin to Ancient coin collectors: a Greek segesta:  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175477&AucID=223&Lot=236" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175477&AucID=223&Lot=236" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175477&AucID=223&Lot=236</a>  And here's a Roman contribution:  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175737&AucID=223&Lot=496" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175737&AucID=223&Lot=496" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175737&AucID=223&Lot=496</a>  In ancient and medieval times "mace" was a weapon with a wood handle and spiked ball/s attached to an iron chain/s, not a spray and here are some "mace on coins" examples:  This first coin to carry a "mace" on it was minted by the Greek city-srate, Thessalonia:  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=86091&AucID=93&Lot=1317" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=86091&AucID=93&Lot=1317" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=86091&AucID=93&Lot=1317</a>  This Greek coin is the first to depict rhe "winged Nike" holding a "mace". It's a stater struck between 435-420 B.C.  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=9684&AucID=9&Lot=190" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=9684&AucID=9&Lot=190" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=9684&AucID=9&Lot=190</a>  Here's Rome's contribution showing a figure on reverse of coin with two weapons: a trident and a multi-ball mace.  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=132529&AucID=157&Lot=253" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=132529&AucID=157&Lot=253" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=132529&AucID=157&Lot=253</a>  A spear appears first on this Greek coin:  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175298&AucID=222&Lot=57" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175298&AucID=222&Lot=57" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175298&AucID=222&Lot=57</a>  And then it appears on this Roman coin:  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175343&AucID=222&Lot=102" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175343&AucID=222&Lot=102" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175343&AucID=222&Lot=102</a>  Just a bonus image of the first Roman coin to have a rider upon a horse weilding his spear:  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175358&AucID=222&Lot=117" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175358&AucID=222&Lot=117" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175358&AucID=222&Lot=117</a>   And now we move on to sword.   Here's another Greek Segesta, the Greek coin that first displayed a sword on it:  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175477&AucID=223&Lot=236" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175477&AucID=223&Lot=236" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175477&AucID=223&Lot=236</a>  And this denarius is the first Roman coin with a sword:  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175737&AucID=223&Lot=496" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175737&AucID=223&Lot=496" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175737&AucID=223&Lot=496</a>  And following are our trident entries:  This is the first Greek coin to show a trident. It is a nomis and shows Poseidon poised ready to throw a trident:  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175245&AucID=222&Lot=4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175245&AucID=222&Lot=4" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175245&AucID=222&Lot=4</a>  This coin is an Italian sextans from the 3rd century B.C. and is the first Roman coin to display a trident on it: (It may be the first to feature an anchor in it):  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175588&AucID=223&Lot=347" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175588&AucID=223&Lot=347" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=175588&AucID=223&Lot=347</a>  Here's an interesting coin in that it is the first coin to display a pair of thunderbolts, weapon of Gods and Goddesses. A lot of historical info with this coin:  <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=79817&AucID=86&Lot=62" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=79817&AucID=86&Lot=62" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=79817&AucID=86&Lot=62</a>  That ends my 4-part Weapons on Coins trivia. Did you enjoy them? Or was it too long?  Clinker  [/QUOTE]

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