Ok, I did a thread on pompeii coins recently, with mixed results, so I'm going to double down and to smackdown on the topic. here's the rules...
1. post up to two coins
2. TOPIC: Coins that feature a volcano OR coins that were minted near the time of pompeii eruptions. here are dates of pompeii erutions (all AD)..
79 203 472 512 787 968 991 999 1007 1036
if you get a dated coin exactly on one of these dates, you get a +1 bonus point.
well run until next Friday March 21st, then vote. vote for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. (each 3rd place vote gets 1 point, 2 points for 2nd, 3 points for each 1st place vote).
if you've never entered a smackdown before, each coin you enter will receive a +1 bonus point. let me know in your post it's your first smackdown.
examples..
this coin of elegabalus features mt argaeus, a volcano, on the reverse.
this septimus severus denarius was minted between 193-211 ad, close to the 203 eruption.
This one is not the most beautiful coin I own but it comes pretty close after the eruption: 80 AD
Issuer : Domitian Date Ruled : AD 81-96 Metal : Silver Denomination : Denarius Date Struck : 80 AD, as Caesar Obverse Legend : CAESAR DIVI F DOMITIANVS COS VII Obverse Description : Laureate head right Reverse Legend : PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS Reverse Description : Minerva advancing right, with spear and shield Mint : Rome Primary Reference : RIC 0268 (Titus)
back in my day people used to post coins in the smackdown...but not anymore.
kids these days using the facepages and interwebs for everything but postin' smackdown coins. but hey, those grumpy cat pictures aren't going to post themselves on the snoopchat or the tweetser are they?
i can remember when I would walk 10 miles in the snow and sleet just to post a coin in the smackdown. BAH! now it "oooooooooooww, I'm so busy I can't upload a coin pic on the smackdown" PHOOOOOEY!
Quote: i can remember when I would walk 10 miles in the snow and sleet just to post a coin in the smackdown.
10 miles is a bit out there, but 2-3 miles definitely. You should've seen what I did last January. That said, in the upcoming week I'm supposed to have mid-semester exams, and exams come first, unfortunately. Maybe I'll have better luck when/if they end on Friday.
Chris, lately I have become concerned with the overall lack of interest with the ancient coin forum. I can't understand why, and where ever one has gone. There has been some very interesting topics posted here but there has been a lack of response. Lots of lurkers though. Other members have also express their concerns and frankly I have no answer to give them. Come on folks lets keep this going.
I've never entered one of these "smackdowns" before. Mainly because the name instinctively puts me off, I guess - where I come from, a "smackdown" is when you publicly belittle and humiliate someone, and that's not something I want any part of.
Anyway, I'll give it a go.
Coin 1 you've all already seen: my AD79 Titus denarius:
Coin 2 is another Caesarea-in-Cappadocian coin, this time a drachm of a young emperor Caracalla, dated to AD 197:
I'm pretty sure Mount Argaeus is the only actual volcano anyone will find depicted on ancient coins. I ran a search on Wildwinds for the words "Mount" and "Mt", and the only hits were Cappadocian coins depicting Mt Argaeus and a couple of Samaritan coins depicting Mount Gerizim (which certainly isn't a volcano).
If anyone's wondering what the actual mountain looks like today, You'll find several pics of it under it's modern Turkish spelling on Wikipedia. I'm off to Turkey myself later this year and Cappadocia is one of the planned stops; I hope to see the mountain for myself.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
Same ones as in the Vesuvius thread, couldn't help it. I just like them too much
Both were struck in the post-Roman era sometime within the time period of 493-526 AD, of which the 512 eruption falls in.
City of Rome, Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy AE Follis Obv: INVICT-A ROMA, Roma helmeted, facing right Rev: Eagle standing left and facing right, [XL to left] Rome mint, struck during Theodoric the Great's reign (493-526 AD) Ref: COI 76b
City of Ravenna, Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy AE Decanummium Obv: FELIX R-AVENNA, turreted head of Ravenna right Rev: Monogram of Ravenna within wreath, cross above, X below Rome mint, struck during Theodoric the Great's reign (493-534 AD)
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Posted 03/14/2014 8:38 pm
