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ok, here's the nice lookin' one... son...   roman emperor constantine and ancient freddy mercuy impersonator constantine i  and the father for beast...   constantius i |
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Can't see the Freddy Mercury pic...
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OK, I'll use the Corinth stater for the official entry. It's my favorite coin and the first 'major' ancient I bought.  CORINTHIA, Corinth.345-307 BC AR stater, 8.65 gm Obv: Pegasus flying left, qoppa below Rev: helmeted head of Athena left, wearing necklace; head of Silenus behind Ref: Ravel 1046, Calciati 408. Recently I bought HJB's book "100 Greatest Ancient coins" and was happy to see that he chose a picture of this particular stater to represent #23, Corinth stater (same reverse die with Silenus control mark) Nezak Huns, Anonymous Napki Malik coinage6th century AD AR drachm, 25 mm, 2.45 gm Obv: bust right wearing headdress surmounted by bull's skull Rev: crude fire-altar with attendants Ref: Göbl Hunnen Em 198.12. My first Hunnic (Noob is rubbing off on me)Edited by ThisIsFun
11/22/2013 07:39 am
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That's hilarious...although I think Napki Malka reminds me of Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls. Especially when he had a little bit of 'fro and rocked the Bulls hat.  Edited by Ancientnoob
11/21/2013 10:45 pm
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 ... TIF how do you come up with this stuff? |
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nick, nick, nick..... |
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Here is the same emperor twice, once on an imperial coin and once on a provincial coin:  Constantine as Caesar, summer 307. AE28-26. RIC Trier 719b.  Constantine on the reverse of a coin of Rheskuporis V, King of the Bosporus, stuck 326/7 (Bosporus era 623, gamma K X) so we know the ruler on the reverse is Constantine. |
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TIF....fantastic as expected, very very funny. Augustus, great entry too...its hotting up!!
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Augustus1-- Nice Bosporus! I clicked over to your coins for sale hoping to find it there... if you decide to sell it, dibs!Noob-- LOL, Pippin does resemble that bust. Dwayne-- How do I come up with the lookalikes? Google image searches. With Silenus, it reminded me of the infamous Nolte mugshot so I googled that. Funny, but no beard. Googled for other images of Nolte and got lucky with that one-- beard and 'stache, mouth open, facing forward. Nolte is particularly appropriate because of his legendary drinking. Silenus is the god of wine and drunkenness, foster father and companion of Dionysus  The bird? The hooked nose was beak-like -->googled funny birds --> chose this one because the the short hooked beak, the two-toned neck which matches the copper schmutz on the coin, the protrusion above the nose (somewhat mirroring the wing sticking out of his hat), and the wrinkly gill-like stuff at the bird's 'ear', which resembles the similar feature on the coin. Gaga? That one was tough. At first I was going to put a picture of a random beautiful woman, focused my googling on Indian/Pakistani models. Almost used a frontal headshot of Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat but she only resembles that Athena in a theoretical way. Realized that Athena's profile is somewhat like Lady Gaga's. Hoped to get really really lucky and find her with a Corinthian helmet (darn, she hasn't worn one. yet.), settled for her wearing something that looks like the crest from a Corinthian helmet. Edited by ThisIsFun
11/22/2013 06:02 am
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 I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. ~ Winston Churchill John |
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Im sorry I didnt join the last smackdown, here is my entry: Beauty: Denarius of Augustus RIC 207 - Lugdunum   Beast: Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. Facing head of Medusa or Gorgoneion   Edited by Dutchgulden
11/23/2013 07:52 am
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Great entry Trisk and Dutch!
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Anoob will be judging the results tomorrow so if there are any more entries please post them.
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