Who’s the Most Culturally Significant Person in your Collection? (According to MIT)

That works for Alcibiades, but not Solon, who was active in the first half of the 6th c. BCE.

 

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Here's a Constantine camp gate type...my humble submission. And I just got home and am using my laptop, where I have my photos stored...

 

96) HAMILCAR BARCA:

MERCENARY WAR...LIBYAN REVOLT...TRUCELESS WAR:

This was a FLAT-OUT hateful, NASTY, brutal WAR!

Carthage - LIBYAN REVOLT Rebels 241-238 BCE 9.63g 24mm Shekel Sardinia mint Tanit 3 Grain ears Crescent SNG Cop 247


Carthage - LIBYAN REVOLT 241-238 BCE Sardinia mint Tanit 3 Grain ears SNG Cop 252


Carthage LIBYAN UPRISING Mercenary War 241-238 BCE Heracles Head in Lion's Head L - Lion walking R SNG Cop. 240 f



Zeugitania, Carthage. After 241 B.C. Æ dishekel (27 mm, 10.81 g, 12 h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; in background, palm tree. MAA 45; SNG Copenhagen 253. Scarce issue. Dark brown-green patina with scattered deposits. Good fine.
This coinage appears to have been struck in the aftermath of the First Punic War (264-241 B.C.), when Carthage faced a serious revolt of its mercenary forces. This conflict, known as the Truceless War (240-238 B.C.), resulted in the rise of Hamilcar Barca to prominence and provided a reason for Rome to intervene in Sardinia. Hamilcar's son, Hannibal, would later raise the banner of war and come close to destroying Rome in the Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.)

 

Great posts everyone and a wonderful thread!

 

Here is my highest on the list, Julius Caesar, a gift from a generous Secret Santa!

 

MLK

 

If only! Alas, for me, it's a case of beard-envy.

 

My list would defer from the main post as every individual's significance varies according to their geopolitical and impact beyond just governance.. my list in no particular order would be as follow

1) The Buddha

2) Jesus (under Pontius Pilate)

3) Muhammad ( Arab Byzantine lifetime issue)

4) Julius Caesar

4) Alexander the Great (lifetime issue) 5) Genghis Khan

6)Qin Shi Huangdi.

7) Victoria

8) Adolf Hitler

9) Charlemagne

10) Meiji Emperor

 

Wow, those Byzantines like to put Christ on coins... I actually HAVE a couple:

3) JESUS CHRIST:


BZ Andronicus II - Michael IX AD 1295-1320 AR Basilikon 22mm 2.1g Constantinople Christ enthroned - Andronicus l Michael r labarum DOC V 1 Class VIII


BZ Manuel I Comnenus 1143-1180 CE Aspron Trachy 35mm 46g Christ Gospels Labaran globus cruciger Virgin maphorium SB 1966 scyphate


7) CONFUSCIOUS Kong Fuzi 孔夫子:

"When strict with Oneself, One rarely fails..."

Well, no, not sure if I have a specific coin from him. However, I have been to his residence when he was an administrator (it is a HUGE compoound). I have also been to the house he was born in:


Gate to Confuscious' Compound:



Tomb.


QUFU, Shandong Province: Birthplace (State of Lu, ancient China)

 

confucius never minted any coins.am unsure whether lu, the state he spent most of his time in, made any during his lifetime