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stevex6 Coin #1Neapolis AR NomosDate: 320-300 BC Diameter: 20.6 mm Weight: 7.4 gr Obverse: Diademed female head right (Parthenope, nymph) Reverse: Man-headed bull walking right; Nike flying above, crowning bull, DI below. References: SNG ANS 327   stevex6 Coin #2Uboea, Chalkis. DrachmDenomination: AR Drachm Date 338-308 B.C. Diameter: 19 mm Weight: 3.66 grams Obverse: Head of nymph Chalcis r., hair rolled Reverse: Eagle flying r., carrying serpent in talons and beak, caduceus beneath Reference: BCD 179 Grade: Good Very Fine  My common theme is "nymphs/sirens" Quote:
A nymph in Greek mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform ... different from goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing ... Quote:
The Sirens originally had the bodies of birds and the faces of women. They also had beautiful voices that could seduce any sailor. In Greek origin, Sirens were the daughters of the river deity Achelous, magically born from drops of his blood. They challenged the muses to a musical duel and lost. In losing, the muses plucked out their wings stripping them of their power of flight. From these feathers, the muses made themselves crowns to remind them of their victory. So they were forced to the shore lines where the used there musical talents to lure sailors to them. They then ate the sailors Quote:
The nymphs/sirens were dangerous and devious creatures, portrayed as femmes fatales who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island ... "Their song, though irresistibly sweet, was no less sad than sweet, and lapped both body and soul in a fatal lethargy, the forerunner of death and corruption" ... the term "siren song" refers to an appeal that is hard to resist but that, if heeded, will lead to a bad conclusion Quote:
When Odysseus on his fabled voyage came across the Sirens, he forced his sailors to put wax in their ears, thus blocking out the voices of the Sirens. Odysseus though, tied himself to the mast of his ship, forcing himself to hear the Sirens. After passing the Sirens, it is said that they die, by drowning themselves because of their defeat Quote:
Nymphs were the frequent target of satyrs ... due to the depiction of the mythological nymphs as females who mate with men or women at their own volition, and are completely outside male control, the term is often used for women who are perceived as behaving similarly ... the term nymphomania was created by modern psychology as referring to a "desire to engage in human sexual behavior at a level high enough to be considered clinically significant" => and that's why I love these good ol' nymph coins!! 
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10/16/2012 3:38 pm
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ok, these coins are not going to win this smack down, they're pretty ugly.. here's the first, an urbs roma with a nasty gash, but a nice reverse... RIC VII Constantinople 62   this is a constantinople city commemorative, RIC VII Thessalonica 188  sorry the reverse is blurry, but a good pic wouldn't look much better...  ok, so these two coins are (or were) my pocket pieces. I cleaned both of them myself, got them in small uncleaned lots. here's the second coin before cleaning..   i was inspired by a thread on the main coin forum about "pocket pieces", and thought I should lug around an ancient. here's the thread if interested... https://goccf.com/t/129724&whichpage=4anyway, I carried around the first coin for a few days. then weekend before last I hooked up with some old friends of mine. one of them had a small statue of demeter in her kitchen...she was telling me about it and I pulled out that urbs roma and she freaked out....thought it was awesome. so I just told her to keep, she seemed to really appreciate it. the second coin is my current pocket piece. I did get to show it to someone at the coin show I went to this weekend. so they're worth showing off, but I dont really care if I loose them, not a big loss...and am more than happy to give them away to someone who seems really interested. Edited by chrsmat71
10/15/2012 8:56 pm
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Got these that all have an eagle on them  Could try to make a story now  (or later maybe, I'm a little off at the moment  )  |
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Come on you guy's 2 or 3 coins that match, just a paragraph on how they tie together, I type with 2 fingers, 1 one each hand. For example I bought 3 uncleaned coins have been working on cleaning for 6 mts., they all are bronze coins, and all 3 are Constantine coins..or you can use 1 or two coins, I can't type and and I just did it... easy, so get out you coins and get busy...  |
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Just pulling your leg Eng  Will try something when I'm sober  |
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oh, for the love of god dionysus...are you trying to make me crap my pants?!  |
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Here are my coin's.... My Son just showed me how to put pic's side by side...  .. These 3 coin's are a complete set of a memorial issue, I picked the idea up from a post Eddop sent to echizento, there are 3 coins in the his Constantine Memorial issue. there was also 3 coin issue with an eagle on the Rev., also they are all Rome mint marked.. there is another coin minted in Rome that has a Lion on the reverse.i'll be looking for that next.. First coin, Divus Constantine l Died AD. 306.. Ob.. Laureate and veiled head of Constantine l Rev. Eagle with wings displayed, standing facing, head turn left.. 14mm x 2.44g. Aeternae Memoriae..  Divus Maximiaius.. Died AD. 310.. Ob. Laureate and veiled head of Maximiaius.. Rev..Eagle with winged displayed, standing facing, head turned left. 16mm x 1.89g Aeternae Memoriae..  Divus Claudius Gothicus Died AD.270.. Ob. Laureate and veiled head of Claudius Gothicus.. Rev.Eagle with winged displayed, standing facing, head turned left. 15mm x 1.39g.. Aeternae Memoriae...  |
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Would like to add one day to this smackdown, maybe you'll get an idea and give us a story on your coins...as you can see mine was short and sweet.. So lets go to Thurs.18th. 6PM EST. Then you can vote till Fri. 8PM EST...Lets get on board ......  |
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I believe the first coin is a posthumous Constantius I. Not Constantine I.
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You are correct, Gil-galad, just testing you, you pasted..  . |
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Very nice Eng5858, all from the Rome mint.
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Wow Dionysos - thats one heck of a lot of coins! It must get boring having them all the same. Tell you what, I will, free of charge, take one off of your hands. Its really no trouble at all.
And thats crazy - those coins are pricey, you must have been thrilled to get a die match!
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In general less pricey than the tets Ben (even if the drachms are scarcer), that's why I collect the smaller modules  Not bored of them... yet... the more I have, the more I find them interesting... but I sometime wonder if it would be better to have less of these and more of some of the other beauties. Hard to always be a happy collector when you're not a millionaire  |
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