The Restored Smackdown XII: Animals - Last Page

Posted 12/17/2013 05:21 am

Nevermind, Noob and January... it doesn't make a difference to the top 3. There were bunches of interesting entries so thanks for the entertainment and education

I particularly enjoy stories about why you liked a certain coin and how you went about getting it.

I took a hardnose line about the bonus because I asked that you address all 3 questions to qualify... many of you answered 1 or 2 but not all three.

The questions were:

1) Why you sought out this coin or this type of coin.

2) How you found this particular coin, the lengths you went through to get it, how you won or bought it, prior attempts and failures, etc.

3) Why did the issuer use that animal? If scholarly literature doesn't answer the question, provide your best guess.

Here's the checklist of the entries and whether or not the questions were addressed (***means that bonus criteria were met):

chrsmat71, Sept. Sev.
1 yes
2 yes
3 no

***chrsmat71, Julian II
1 yes
2 yes
3 yes

***pishpash, owl tet
1 yes
2 yes
3 yes

pishpash, Carthage AE shekel
1 yes
2 yes
3 no

echizento, Lydia AR stater
1 no
2 no
3 no

echizento, Roman Republic denarius
1 no
2 no
3 no

David UK, Aegina turtle stater
1 yes
2 yes
3 no

***David UK, Corinth stater
1 yes
2 yes
3 yes

MartiVItori, Zeugitana AE
1 no
2 no
3 no

MartiVItori, Vitellius denarius
1 no
2 no
3 no

***maridvnvm, Larissa drachm
1 yes
2 yes (barely)
3 yes

augustus1, Roman Rep. Gnaeus Plancius denarius
1 no
2 no
3 yes

***Ancientnoob, Bactrian AR drachm
1 yes
2 yes (barely)
3 yes

Ancientnoob, Krishnaraja, AR Rupaka
1 yes
2 sort of
3 no

Dutchgulden, Diadumenian
1 yes
2 yes
3 no

Dutchgulden, Olbia dolphin
1 yes
2 sort of
3 no

***ValiantKnight, Ostrogothic follis
1 yes
2 yes
3 yes

***ValiantKnight, Ostrogothic half follis
1 yes
2 yes
3 yes

The winners:

GOLD maridvnvm
SILVER pishpash
BRONZE DavidUK

The scores:

maridvnvm's stater 42

pishpash's Athenian owl 24

DavidUK's Corinth stater 20

ValiantKnight not sure, either 9 if both votes were for one coin or some split of those numbers if the votes were for different coins

augustus1's Republican denarius 5

Ancientnoob's Bactrian 4

MartiVItori's Zeugitana 4

dutchgulden's Diadumenian 2

MartiVItori's Vitellius 1

dutchgulden's Olbia dolphin 1

Martin-- your turn to host.

Edited by ThisIsFun
12/17/2013 05:40 am

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