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Valued Member
Canada
472 Posts |
Coins with horses.
Widely represented on ancient coinage, Greek and Roman !
1) Two (2) coins max. per Member.
2) Anything with a horse (s) : Head or full body, alone or with cavalier, biga / quadriga,...
3) No body parts alone other than head (horse leg,...)
4) Voting: vote for 3 coins in order of preference, Gold (4pts), Silver (2pts), Bronze (1pt).
5) Host announces the winner. Winner chooses next Smackdown Subject and is host.
6) You do not have to enter a coin to vote but please do try to enter something.
7) Base your votes on an criteria you like, eye appeal, life-like busts, rarity, quality, anything you like.
8) Final decision if two coins have the same score and the same number of golds will be the hosts choice.
9) Enjoy.
Entries Begin Immediatley and Submission Ends @ 20:00hrs EST USA, MONDAY AUGUST 20th
Voting will last 1 day. Ending at 20:00hrs TUESDAY AUGUST 21st.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
Are mythical horses, i.e., the Pegasus, count?
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Valued Member
 Canada
472 Posts |
Hmmm... Why not, it will widen the range.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2100 Posts |
A great topic. Entry #1 Zeugitania/Siculo-Punic (Carthage and other mints) AE unit Obv:- Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain. Rev: Head of horse right, Pellet before. Minted in Zeugitania, Carthage. Circa 300-264 BC Reference:-- SNGCop 169 21.49 mm. 5.36 g.  Entry #2 Thessaly, Larissa, Silver Drachm Obv:-- Youth wrestling or restraining bull, both to right, cloak and petasos flying out behind. Rev:-- LAR/ISAI, bridled horse galloping right, all in incuse square Minted in Thessaly, Larissa from 440-400 B.C. Reference:-- SNG Oxford - (vgl. 3865). SNG Cop. -  I won't be around to vote as I am off on vacation for a week or so. Good luck all. Martin |
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Pillar of the Community
3352 Posts |
Beautiful coins once again, Martin ...
=> have a great vacation!!
Cheers
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Valued Member
Canada
472 Posts |
Yes, great coins Martin (was a little afraid that you would get [one of] your Kyme tets out, among others...  ). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
Martin, I'm beginning to think you have an unending supply of beautiful (unbeatable) coins. Those are marvelous. Well, here are my two meager entries: 1. DOMITIAN AR Denarius, RIC 921, struck at Rome, 76 AD: OBV: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right REV: COS IIII, winged Pegasus standing right with raising left foreleg 3.1g, 20mm   2. VALERIAN I AE20, SNGCop 191v, struck at Alexandria Troas, 253-60 AD: OBV: IMP LICI VALERIAN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right REV: COL AVG TRO, horse grazing right 4.86g, 21mm   |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I'm not into provincial, but your Valerian is not bad at all JW ! Here's mine  Sicily, Messana AR Tetradrachm (412--408 BC) Obv.: Charioteer driving mule biga left, two dolphins nose to nose in exergue Rev.: Hare leaping left over horizontal barley ear, dove flying left above, MESSANION in exergue. Caltabiano 614 ; SNG ANS 378 ; SNG Copenhagen 404.  Corinthia, Corinth AR Stater (350-300 BC) Obv.: Pegasos flying left. Rev.: Head of Athena wearing wreathed Corinthian helmet; A-P below, eagle behind. Ravel 1008c.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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stevex6's Coin #1Philip II AR tetradrachmDate: 336-328 BCPella mint Diameter: 23.9 mm
Weight: 14.0 gramsObverse: Laureate head of Zeus. Reverse: Youth on horse, holding palm; club below. References: Cf. Le Rider 379 => I "LOVE" this coin!!   stevex6's Coin #2ROMAN REPUBLIC
C Servilius VatiaAR Denarius 127 BC. Rome Mint 19 mm 3.85 grams Obverse: Winged, helmeted head of Roma right, lituus behind, ROMA below, * under chin. Reverse: C•SERVEIL below two horseman galloping left, one looking back weilding a sword & being speared by the other who holds a round shield inscribed with an M. Ref. Servilia 6: Cr264/1, Syd 483 
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08/16/2012 5:28 pm
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Valued Member
United States
209 Posts |
Great coins so far, here are mine: Philipp II Head of Apollo right wearing taenia FILIPPOU, young male rider on prancing horse right, A below  Roman Republic Denarius Winged head of Apollo Vejovis right with trident over the shoulder Victory in quadriga right, holding wreath, CXIII above, L.IVLIUS.BURSIO below   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Hey Batman => did you just buy that coin fairly recently? (the hare-coin with the split in it) ... yah, because I swear I looked at that coin but passed on it because it was very pricey (not over-priced, but merely super expensive) => it is a gorgeous coin!! |
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Valued Member
Canada
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No Steve, I've put it up for sale at one point, for a little while, but finally decided to keep it, couldn't let go... I love(d) your Philip II tet btw (  ). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1316 Posts |
There's no way to compete with you guys...I'm just going to watch and learn, Wow nice coins..... |
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Pillar of the Community
3352 Posts |
Hmmm? ... well maybe I saw it when you had it up for sale? (was that fairly recently? => within' the last couple/few months?)  ... anyway ... it's gorgeous!! Oh and "thanks" for the coin-compliment => yah, I really do think that my coin rocks!! (it is exactly what I think of when I think of an old silver Greek coin, know what I mean? ... it's a big, tough, heavy lookin' coin with a stalky horse and rider ... oh and a "club" thrown-in underneath the horse for extra style-points)  |
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Valued Member
Canada
472 Posts |
"...well maybe I saw it when you had it up for sale?" Yes, you did  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
Quote:
There's no way to compete with you guys...I'm just going to watch and learn Correct me if I'm wrong, but the idea behind the Smackdowns, the brainchild of steve6x (Jerry), is to have a place to show off our coins. Win or lose. Of course we all want to win, but how many people do you know in your daily lives that care about your obsession with these 2000 year old pieces of metal? In my case, umm, let me get out the ole calculator, ....none. Oh, of course people always feign interest, and perhaps some of them do have a mild interest. But here, on this forum, we have a chance to show off our "precious" to people who care. It doesn't matter if you feel your coins can't compete for the Gold or the Silver. I, for one, just want to see your coins. So c'mon. Show us those horses. |
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Posted 08/16/2012 4:21 pm
