As it is Wimbledon Finals Week I thought I would share this as the pair on the reverse look like they are playing tennis. Are there any other Ancients with "modern" sports featured? This is a Siliqua of Eugenius AD 392 - 394 RCV 4216.
Heh, they do look like they're holding racquets! I think your attribution is off though (looks like a follis of Constans)
I hope not TIF but I don't have the later RCV to check. It is also possible I mixed them up, nothing surprises me any more.
Yikes, you are right, I have mixed them up. I dropped the tray some time ago and thought that I had placed them in the right order and this is a small coin so I dropped it into the Siliqua space, hopefully Eugenius is resting in Constantine's place. I'll check tomorrow. Thanks everyone for pointing it out. I'm quite happy the legend is readable because it means my photography is improving.
Well I found Eugenius in the wrong place today, similar size and tone and I learnt the lesson that the coin is more important than the bit of paper describing it as these can get mixed up. Here is the Eugenius compared with the Constantine.
Thank you Severus, Eugenius wasn't on my radar because of other interests but when he came along I thought that, apart from never hearing of him previously, the chance of ever seeing another one at a coin show was negligible so I jumped in.
haha, very funny thread ! While some are sweating at sports, some others play the violin L. Procilius L.F., Denarius Rome mint, 80 BC Laureate head of Jupiter right, S . C behind Juno Sospita right holding spear and shield. A snake at her feet. L . PROC[ILI/F] behind 3.77 gr Ref : RCV # 306, RSC, Procilia # 1 Q
A nymph playing basketball... THESSALY, Larissa AR Obol. 0.95g, 11.4mm. THESSALY, Larissa, circa mid to late 5th century. BCD I -; BCD II -; CNG EAuction 292, 5 December 2012, 38 (same obverse die?). O: Horse to right; above, crescent to right; below, dolphin to right. R: Λ - A, The nymph Larissa striding to left, bouncing a ball off the ground with her right hand.
