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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8130130, member: 56859&quot;]A lot of us spent most of the coin year on the mat.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":hurting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>However, when your (arguably) least interesting Top 10 coin is a freakin&#039; A-Pi zodiac series drachm in pretty darn good condition for the type, it&#039;s fair to say you had fantastic year despite the challenges!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m with you on the fugly factor!&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t deter me at all if there are other compelling things about a coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416197[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Wheeeeeee!&nbsp; </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Great coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Alexandrian frog... well, you know how envious I am of that one!&nbsp; But are we sure it&#039;s a frog?&nbsp; The L I legend probably stands for [sea] <b>LI</b>[on], although recent scholarship suggests it might be a blundered monogram of Brutus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416164[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Just jokes.&nbsp; Clearly it&#039;s an Egyptian wolf frog, <i>Anura lupus</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416166[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sigh.&nbsp; Another I must now find.&nbsp; That&#039;s the best camel depiction I&#039;ve seen on an ancient coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gotta hate you a little for this one because I want it!&nbsp; I&#039;m still not sure what the reverse critter is.&nbsp; As you and Sev and I discussed, it is a stingray or skate, or is it a monkfish?&nbsp; A guitarfish?&nbsp; All are possible.&nbsp; Regardless... <b>want</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What an unexpected and fabulous find!&nbsp; A rare type of aureus, ex Biaggi, Calico plate coin?&nbsp; You&#039;re living a charmed life, my friend <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>YeeeHAH!&nbsp; Wow, the details on this one are incredible!&nbsp; Glad it went to family <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thegoodsnake-edited90msec-gif.759268/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Snake Cowboy Code requires that I post the Domitian but I&#039;ll refrain from posting the other half dozen <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianagathodaemononhorse-rt-jpg.759269/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian.</b> Regnal year 10, CE 90/91. Æ diobol (25mm, 10.86 g, 12h). AVT KAICAP ΔΟ ΜΙΤ CEB ΓΕΡΜ, laureate head right / Agathodaemon serpent, wearing the skhent crown (emblematic of upper and lower Egypt), on horseback galloping left; L I (date) below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&amp;G 24.109; RPC II 2585; SNG Copenhagen 214; Emmett 277.10 (R5).&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex West Coast/Lloyd Beauchaine Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 41, 19 March 1997), lot 1110; Classical Numismatic Review Vol. XVI, No. 1 (January 1991), lot 316; Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale (18 October 1990), lot 2365.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Appearances: Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 39 (<i>this coin</i>). Obverse illustrated in Emmett as the header for the Domitian section, p. 24 (<i>this coin</i>); fully illustrated in Emmett, p. 26 (<i>this coin</i>, discussing the unusual reverse).</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Congrats on the fine year, Z, and it&#039;s always a pleasure seeing your posts!</p><p><br /></p><p>(Forgot to comment on that Domitian-- perhaps my favorite of his Imperial issues.&nbsp; Love that reverse scene!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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