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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great smackdown! Awesome coins everyone!  Here are two of mine:) Postumus / Hercules with laurel branch & club   Pantikapion, Pan left/ PAN arrow and bow   |
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United States
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Commodus, 175-177-192 AD, with his head in the lion-skin headdress of Hercules on the obverse and the weapons of Hercules on the reverse.  Denarius. 19-17 mm. Struck 191 at Rome. RIC 253 L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL HERCVLI ROMANO AVG, bow, club, and quiver with arrows Commodus was the emperor in the movie "Gladiator." In an instance of the saying "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" he identified himself with Hercules and adopted the attributes of Hercules. |
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Pillar of the Community
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=> man, what a gorgeous coin, augustus1 ...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I almost forgot my second entry!! Athena with shield and spear! Kingdom of Thrace Lysimachus (c.323-281 BC) Struck 297-281 BC : Lampsakos Mint AR Tetradrachm 31.7 mm @ 15.11g obverse: Diademed deified bust of Alexander The Great with the horns of Ammon. reverse: BASILEWS LYSIMAXOY- Athena seated left hold Nike resting on shield and spear behind. monogram above crescent inner left field. ref: Thompson 61var. (monogram) Muller 396  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Glad you guys had some extra time to get in your entries! Seeing how it's 3:21 AM GMT, it's time to vote! I'm typing this from an airport, but I'll get back to the smackdown soon.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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GOLD- Stevex6-Bosporian Kings, Sauromates I...wish I had it! SILVER-Dionysos-Thasos Tetradrachm-it would have been gold but its better than mine! and probably the finest example I have ever seen. Kudos! BRONZE-Augustus1-"Turkoman bronze" The coin is ridiculous and I want it? LEAD- Panticapaion...an awesome bow and arrow! Well done everyone! Whats next! |
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Canada
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Aurum: Stevex6 Roman Republic Denarius
Argentium: Dionysos' Thasos Tetradrachm
Popyrus: Dionysos' Aspendos Stater
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Moderator
 United States
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Gold - Dionysos - Pamphylia stater
Silver - Malamute67 - Clodius Albinus, scarce coin
Bronze - Eddop - Numerian
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would have to say there has been some great looking coins posted.. 1.Gold.. Steve's #2 coin, implements of battle or when you need to cut up some of those beef coins.. 2. Martin's Florian, very nice, love the shield and spear.. .. 3. jw's Caracalla coin, looks like Mars is ready for war..  nice job, thanks DVC for hosting...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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GOLD: stevex6 #2: Sauromates I of the Kingdom of the Bosporus/weapons
SILVER: Eddop Numerian #1, horseman spearing foe
BRONZE: maridvnvm #1 Florian/VIRTVS
LEAD: stevex6 Republican with Gallic trophy reverse
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Valued Member
Canada
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GOLD - Stevex6... Furius denarius (I'm biased  ) SILVER - augustus1... Panticapaion AE28 BRONZE - echizento... Gallienus AE Ant. / VIRTVS AVG |
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Pillar of the Community
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Gold => augustus1 coin #1
(my good buddy "PAN" with his bow)
Silver => Dionysos' coin #1
(Thrace Tet => "nice lookin' club"!!)
Bronze => Eddop's coin #1
(Numerian ... with Trampling horse)
SORRY NOTES: Bing, maridvnvm, malamute also had total winners, but I ran out of medals ... actually, you "all" had awesome coins and tables for displaying your wares!!
=> well done!!
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12/16/2012 01:56 am
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Valued Member
Netherlands
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GOLD - Maridinvm Florian
SILVER - Dionysos coin #1
BRONZE - Echizento coin #1
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2100 Posts |
GOLD:- EdDop - Numerian #1, Horseman spearing foe (an utterly fantastic coin)
SILVER:- Dionysos - Thrace Tet - (I was considering how many limbs I would be willing to sell off to get this one)
BRONZE:- SteveX6 - Furius
An incredibly diverse set of entries....
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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GOLD - Dionysis - Pamphylia stater - designs which are still in use today in the land of the Manx are really cool to see on romans
SILVER -Steve - Roman Republic Janus - thats one full die, mustve taken forever to carve!
BRONZE -Malamute - Clavdivs and minerva- what a design.
Honourable mention - Avgvstvs1s Turkish bronze - never seen a coin like it before!
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