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juzzyb => maybe that's why Deianeira was so terrified about having Achelous as her suitor!!?  |
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Man, it's too bad that my coin is struck a bit off-center, for a portion of "Nike flying above" is cut-off ... oh well, I still think it's a pretty cool coin!! ... sometimes I'll forget, but then it'll all of a sudden hit me => "Man, this coin is over 2,300 years old!!"  Edited by stevex6
04/27/2012 10:22 am
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Steve, It's a really cool coin!  Nike may be off-struck some, but the bull's face is better than many. |
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These are hard to find with both ends of the bull and victory on flan. Yours has a really nice obverse.
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dougsmit => thanks for your coin-compliments  Oh and by the way, I sure hope that everybody knows that I absolutely love every single one of my coins!! ... I've bought each and every one of my coins with zero-intensions of "ever" selling any of them => so hopefully you guys realize that these coins are my "life buddies"!! ... Oh but yes, I do realize that my frivilous strategy must make some of you guys absolutely sick to your stomachs ... but sorry, for I seem to have zero "frugalness" where my coins are concerned ... Quote:
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Run Forrest, Runnnnnn!! Edited by stevex6
04/28/2012 08:56 am
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Ummmmm => are you Roman coin guys too good for Greek coin-comments, or what?  => yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaa!! sorry gang, but I'm just tryin' to get some sort of a response from those "AD" guys!! Edited by stevex6
04/28/2012 04:34 am
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Ummmmm? ... ummmm, before I recently became obsessed with these ancient-thingies, I liked to collect Dominion of Canada notes ... ummmm, not unlike this bad-boy "$4" dollar bill from 1902 ... yes, a "four" dollar bill ... => anyway => I just thought I'd throw-in a wildcard ... 
=> hey, hopefully we're "all good" Edited by stevex6
04/27/2012 9:50 pm
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 Ooops, apparentlty I've had a few too many shots after work!! ... I got a bit too aggressive .... ehhh, I was merley trying to get "stuff" movin' along ... anyway ... my wife figures that my last couple of posts are a bit too much ... "Hi guys" eh-heh-heh => "go coins, go!!"  |
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Maize is only native to the Americas and thus the ancient western world would have no idea it existed. A bit more sophisticated than my question, but I've see lots of corn, and it never looked like that. |
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*ouch* ... my head hurts this morning (and I'm definitely in the ol' dog-house for getting a bit too drunk after work yesterday)  Hmmmm, now where was I? ... oh yes, I remember => on to the next coin!! Edited by stevex6
04/28/2012 08:58 am
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DAY #28 => COIN #3
Philip II AR tetradrachmDate: 336-328 BC Pella mint Diameter: 23.9 mm Weight: 14.0 grams Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus. Reverse: Youth on horse, holding palm; club below. References: Cf. Le Rider 379   => this is the third to last coin!! (we've almost made it through an entire month nursing this thread along!!)
=> please continue to post your comments ... thanks
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ZEUSQuote:
Cronus (Zeus' father) sired several children by Rhea: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon, but swallowed them all as soon as they were born, since he had learned from Gaia and Uranus that he was destined to be overcome by his own son as he had overthrown his own father. Quote:
When Zeus was about to be born, Rhea sought Gaia to devise a plan to save him, so that Cronus would get his retribution for his acts against Uranus and his own children. Rhea gave birth to Zeus in Crete, handing Cronus a rock wrapped in swaddling clothes, which he promptly swallowed. Quote:
After reaching manhood, Zeus forced Cronus to disgorge first the stone then his siblings in reverse order of swallowing. Quote:
Together, Zeus and his brothers and sisters, along with the Gigantes, Hecatonchires and Cyclopes overthrew Cronus and the other Titans, in the combat called the Titanomachy. The defeated Titans were then cast into a shadowy underworld region known as Tartarus. Atlas, one of the titans that fought against Zeus, was punished by having to hold up the sky. Quote:
In the ancient Greek religion, Zeus is the "Father of Gods and men" who rule the Olympians of Mount Olympus. He is the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. Quote:
"Even the gods who are not his natural children address him as Father, and all the gods rise in his presence. For the Greeks, he was the King of the Gods, who oversaw the universe. In Hesiod's Theogony Zeus assigns the various gods their roles. In the Homeric Hymns he is referred to as the chieftain of the gods. Quote:
His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak. In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical "cloud-gatherer" also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the Ancient Near East, such as the scepter. Zeus is frequently depicted by Greek artists in one of two poses: standing, striding forward, with a thunderbolt leveled in his raised right hand, or seated in majesty. 
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The only thing I can say is that it is another beautiful coin and one that I wish to have someday.
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