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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cherronesos, 400-350BC, AR Hemi-Drachm, 13mm 2.29 grams O: Forepart of lion, paw raised Rx: Quadripartite incuse square dot and bunch of grapes   Postumus, AR Antoninianus, 260-269 AD, 24mm, 3.55 grams IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing right, holding olive branch & club    The Postumus I aquired in the last year; the Cherronessos was aquired more than 2 years ago. They are greater than 10mm and 400 yrs apart. One is Greek (well Thracian) and the other Roman:D |
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
2624 Posts |
Entries close on saturday, voting on sunday till midnight GMT...
2 pages is not very good ^^ I am hoping we will have a few more entries
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1411 Posts |
I don't have the time to enter... a few of my teachers were behind before Christmas and it is a mad catchup now  |
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
I hate to be the one to say this but I think the smackdowns are getting a little old. They have become too specialized. Maybe we should think about going back to being more general, ie, favorite emperor, denarius, AS, etc.. I enjoy the smackdowns and as long as I have a coin to fit the subject I will enter, however we have a large number of new collectors that don't have as many coins as some of us that haven't been able to enter. I would like to see them enter more coins. Just my Two Cents worth. |
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
Gee, I'm surprised that no one has commented on my last post. I would have thought someone would have chimed in and agreed or disagreed. Oh well.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
Echizento, I was going to chime in - but I have no consensus on it in my head. I like these specific things, but I recognise that people dont have the coins.
I think alternating with easy topics and hard ones could be good.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
I just got home from the FUN show and haven't been following many posts while I was away. This is the first SD I have not entered, but there is a personal reason for this. Not because the SD's are getting old. I love the SD format, but perhaps ski is right. Maybe too speacialized. Too narrow subject matter. I dunno, but I certainly would love to see the SD format continue. Besides, it's x6's legacy.  Hey Jerry. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
I actually think this one has wider subject matter than some smackdowns because it's designed to span specific time periods, regions, and coin types. But for me, this one's going to be challenging to vote on because the comparisons are more qualitative than quantitative. I like the idea and know it's hard to come up with new ones for these smackdowns. The one time I took on the challenge, I would've been stumped if it weren't for some member comments I saw.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36900 Posts |
I'm new to this smack down concept, so hope I'm doing it right. Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, c. 303 - 287 B.C.Bronze AE 14, BMC Corinth p. 55, 457; cf. BCD Korinth 279 - 281 (various symbols right), F, 1.480g, 11.5mm, 0o, Corinth mint, c. 303 - 287 B.C.; obverse Pegasos flying left, koppa below; reverse ornate trident-head, H left, right field mark off flan.  Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D.Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8952, RIC IV 44b, RSC IV 169, gVF, 4.120g, 22.2mm, 180o, Rome mint, 245 - 247 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left on shield, Victory in right, long scepter vertical in left.   Edited by IndianGoldEagle
01/12/2013 4:40 pm
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Valued Member
Spain
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Please....when start voting?Now is saturday 22h 35 At SPain.....
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2838 Posts |
Mal, voting begins: 01:00 Sunday Spain 00:00 Sunday GMT 19:00 Saturday Forum time (top right of all pages) 90 minutes from now We gotta start running all these things with a forum time deadline 'cos I also had to do a lot of this   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2838 Posts |
Apologies for not entering, I lost all my photos and all my attribution info when a laptop died a few months ago, I cant even remember everything I have!
Posting means finding a coin, re-attributing (mine was all recorded digitally) and re-photographing (unless I can url link to an old hosted pic on here), sometimes I don't have the time or the energy, sorry.
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01/12/2013 5:45 pm
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
Here are my votes.
Gold - Malamute67 - Pair
Silver - Martins - Pair
Bronze - Eng5858 - Pair
All are very nice coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
Some pretty cool contrasts here! Gold: Malamute67--Trajan AS and Sisebuto TREMISSIS Silver: Maridvnvm--Thasos Thrace Silver Tetradrachm and Maximianus Herculius, Antoninianus Bronze: Eng5858--Sassanian silver and Herod Agrippa l AE Prutah Runner up--Echizento's The Qin Dynasty bronze and Byzantine billon trachy. |
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Posted 01/10/2013 9:27 pm
