Pink Floyd / Animals: A Themed Collection Of Ancient Coins

Thanks, Ski, Eng! I've been spending many many hours a week (ok, day) putting it together, sometimes setting my alarm for 2 a.m. to get up and bid.

Been working on that Prezi for a month.

Would LOVE to do a similar collection for my all-time favorite album--the best recorded music in the history of mankind forever and ever amen-- Dark Side of the Moon of course

But it it doesn't lend itself to such a literal ancient coin interpretation. I bet I could make some coins fit somehow though.

Here's another I bought for the Floyd/Animals collection, but the presentation was getting a bit crowded. I'll upload all current and future F/A coins to an album somewhere.



I think I posted this one a couple of weeks ago. Macrinus and Diadumenium / Artemis and her hound.

Impressive tif!!

that was fantastic. ancient coins and pink floyd....two of my favorite things. bringing them together?!!

this is one of the signs of the fruitocalypse!

I don't have much to say about this collection, outside of DANG THATS PHAT...

Well done TIF, where are you going now with your collection?

I see you have built yourself of a vast collection in a short amount of time. I would say you don't do anything piecemeal.

...ex.TIFPFA Collection 2013 lot no.1 est. 85000CHF.

A couple of new additions for the Pink Floyd Animals collection, some fantastic canines of Argolis. These are wonderful coins, very good condition and good strikes. Check out the teeth on the second coin!



ARGOLIS, Argos
330-270 BC
AR Triobol or Hemidrachm
13mm, 2.46 g
Obv: forepart of wolf left
Rev: large A; triskeles below; all within shallow incuse square
Ref: BCD Peloponnesos 1075.2; HGC 5, 667
ex Dr. Georgios I. Michael Collection.



ARGOLIS, Argos
330-270 BC
AR Triobol or Hemidrachm
14mm, 2.42 g
Obv: forepart of wolf left, retrograde Σ above
Rev: large A; Π-Ρ above, club below; all within shallow incuse square
Ref: BCD Peloponnesos 1083.3; HGC 5, 667
ex Dr. Georgios I. Michael Collection.

Map of this area of Greece, in Peloponnesos:

I haven't been paying close attention these past few weeks. Toooo many things going on.

Argos ! I like it. A long time ago .... I think it was 1974 ? I found myself walking through the ruins of Mycenae. Young and stupid. If only I had known then what I know now ! I had no idea of the importance of the place. Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Orestes, Cassandra et al. At least I knew enough when everyone was looking down the shaft graves to look behind me. The slag heaps of Schliemann were conveniently located behind me. I filled my pocket with bronze age pottery shards from "Golden Mycenae". My treasure from the age of Hellen.

By the way Tiryns is well worth the trip (although I never made it) The birthplace of Herakles ..... presumably he was the King. If only I knew then .......