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Moderator
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Another nice coin. I wish I had the patience you have searching the auction and the cash to spend.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3253 Posts |
Is your collection called a "flock?" Or is there an established term for a group of flying pigs?
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Nice! Do you have any flying pigs left for me :p
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Pillar of the Community
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There may be a few left. Better get them while you can ;)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice coin TIF
I like the way they even put wings on the ear. Nice touch!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
Pig ears look a lot like wings, so maybe that's just good rendering? (lol, rendering... I want bacon!) See these ears... And this picture is begging for a caption, isn't it?   Edited by ThisIsFun
10/18/2013 05:35 am
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Does the forum not have a caption competition? That definitely should be a thing
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
I honestly neer thought I'd see this image on a Greek coin--cool!  Somehow, I imagine someone refusing to budge, saying "when pigs can fly", and another handing them this coin.  Really, is this a mythological Greek animal--or meant to be humorous?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Possibly Khrysaor, the bother of Pegasus.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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DVCollector, according to Aelian, in On Animals, 12. 38 (trans. Scholfield; Greek natural history C2nd A.D.), it stems from this legend: Quote:
I have heard that on Klazomenai [and island west of Smyrna] there was a Sow with wings, and it ravaged the territory of Klazomenai. And Artemon records this in his Annals of Klazomenai. That is why there is a spot named and celebrated as `The Place of the Winged Sow,' and it is famous. But if anyone regards this as myth, let him do so. Also per http://www.theoi.com/Ther/HusKlazomenaios.html, Quote:
THE HUS KLAZOMENAIOS was a gigantic winged sow which terrorized the Greek town of Klazomenai in Ionia, Asia Minor. Doucet, it is possible that the mythological Khrysaor plays into this as well, but without any direct citation or link to Klazomenai. Information about Khrysaor here: http://www.theoi.com/Ther/Khrysaor.htmlMany of the circa 500 BC coins of Klazomenai feature this winged boar (sow?). The winged boar is not exclusive to Klazomenai though. There are at least seven other issuing cities/mints/regions with this iconography. I would like to have one representative from each but they are not easy to find and are $$$. It's nice to have a collecting goal though, so over the years maybe I'll manage a set. Edited by ThisIsFun
10/19/2013 04:43 am
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Pillar of the Community
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And DVCollector, in case you missed it, here's another of my flock, also from Klazomenai:  Link to that thread: https://goccf.com/t/159068 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It must be said, with that big ridge of bristles, this must be a boar, not a sow.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks, Philly. I'm not well versed in sexing pigs.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have heard that on Klazomenai [and island west of Smyrna] there was a Sow with wings, and it ravaged the territory of Klazomenai. Wow--from 6th C. BC to 2nd C. AD, that legend 'had wings' so to speak--it survived many eras of Greek history. |
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