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"Eagles versus Dolphins" => big NFL Game Moesia, Istrus Silver Hemidrachm 400 - 350 BC 19.52 mm 4.75 grams Obverse: Two male heads facing, the right inverted. Reverse: Sea eagle flying left, attacking a dolphin Condition/Grade: VF  => it's lookin' like the Eagles are gonna win this one!! ... okay fine, ya caught me ... this isn't about football, it's about me continuing to buy more coins ... => this coin is my last coin-purchase until after our summer vacation (pinky-swear)  Edited by stevex6
05/03/2012 5:42 pm
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I wish I had your money, I haven't been able to afford to buy coins in a month. Very nice coin.
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Very nice!  Ever since Steve directed me to his 30-Day thread, I find myself keeping an eye on his activities.  |
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uh-oh => did my wife hire you to spy on me!!?  |
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United States
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No, she hired me Nice pickup! Edited by VisigothKing
05/03/2012 5:56 pm
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United States
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Nice. Now I want one of these, but I'm on a 30 day hold like echizento.  |
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United States
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Very nice example! |
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United States
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Cool  Now I'd really be impressed with a Jets/Texans example |
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Can you see what is unusual about this stater? They are more rare facing right.  Below is a fraction weighing .3g (uncertain what to call it but that works out to about 1/16th of a stater). There are several denominations but I remain unclear on their names. It also illustrates that the heads can swap places. I do not have a stater with the right face inverted. Does anyone?  |
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Doug, that's very interesting...it's the second right-facing eagle/dolphin I've seen. The swapped heads appear to be more common?  |
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United States
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Your in denial Steve! You need an intervention. I haven't found a program for recovering coin buying addicts yet, but I'm still looking. When I do I'll let you know where to get the help you need! Meanwhile to start the process in getting the help you need to get completely clean and free of this addiction you need to send that coin to me!  Besides the 'owl' coin reverse on these old Greeks, this eagle/dolphin reverse is something I'd love to have.  Oh, oh, maybe I'm the one who needs help.  Very nice copy Steve. |
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oxos, my new friend and wise coin-therapist => I am gonna take your advice => I've packaged-up all of my coins and now I'm gonna send them to you ... please send me your mailing adress, so that I can quickly rid myself of these evil coi ... oh wait a minute ... dang! ... sorry oxos, I forgot that I'd already promised to donate my coins to brother, stevex4 (sorry to get your hopes up ... my bad)  |
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I know it's completely unrelated (I don't own any ancient coins anyway, nor am I likely to anytime soon), but a few months ago, David Morgan-Mar (of Irregular Webcomic fame) issued a challenge to find a coin literally conforming to the description of "heads" and "tails" - that is, having more than one head on one side and more than one tail on the other. I thought, after quite a bit of searching, that there might be no such coin. No one else in the extensive Irregular Webcomic audience posted with a mention of any, either. However, now that I see this thread, I've remembered this old challenge (which had since sunk well into the depths of the unfortunately non-recorded old poll threads), and the coin in this thread fits perfectly  (Fun fact: the Russian version of the heads/tails terms - literally "eagle" and "lattice" - is thought to come from Catherine II's copper five-copeck pieces, which featured a two-headed eagle on one side and a complicated monogram on the other.) |
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heads and tails ... hey yah, that is another cool thing about this coin!! (nice, thanks january1may)
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...find a coin literally conforming to the description of "heads" and "tails" - that is, having more than one head on one side and more than one tail on the other. Interesting challenge; I suspect heads or tails simply refers the sides of any coin, therefore the term is plural. Regarding the origin of the term, it's been suggested that the earliest and most well-known coin to represent "heads" and "tails" is the Athenian owl tetradrachm. Here is my coin:  |
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Posted 05/03/2012 5:41 pm
