Ancient pic post

Cladiator · November 5, 2004 4:52PM

post pics of all your favorite ancients!

I'm kinda getting interested in them and would love to see some of what is out there

CIVITAS · November 6, 2004 12:50AM

Euboea Chalkis 369-313 B.C. Drachm

Justinian I 527-565 A.D. Follis

Mysia Kyzikos Caracalla 198-217 AD Hades and Persephone

Whilst Persephone busied herself picking flowers in a meadow, Hades drew nigh in his chariot, abducted her, and whisked her away to the underworld. Hades eventually fell in love with Persephone, daughter of Demeter. He appropriately asked Zeus for her hand, but Zeus knew Demeter would mourn her loss to the underworld. Zeus denied consent, but implied that a desperate act would not go punished.

harasha · November 6, 2004 6:11AM

A bunch of my Sasanids. Couldn't get a sharper image, probably due to focus confusion.

ColinCMR · November 6, 2004 11:47AM

Aurelian AE ant.

PuddlePirate · November 7, 2004 7:11PM

Nice Justinian you got there Mr Civitas - love your site and I have my eye on that Cheronese Lion you got there.

CIVITAS · November 9, 2004 12:55AM

Thanks PuddlePirate,

I'm always trying to add new stuff, so keep an eye out.

PuddlePirate · November 9, 2004 5:50AM

Civitas - you have a couple of ship coins that I'm going to go after on Thursday if they are still around, that poor lion will just have to wait.

Harasha - I like your Sasanids, I collect ancients but haven't quiet headed towards the Caspian Gates yet. Still chasing Alexander so I guess I'll get there in a couple of centuries.

coinnerd · November 9, 2004 12:19PM

Otho Denarius

hyperizer · November 11, 2004 10:06AM

I guess it's a bit late, but here's one that will go well with my icon:

Cn. Egnatius Maxsumus denarius

CIVITAS · November 12, 2004 12:32AM

Very nice. That needs a followup with some more Republican silver:

theboz11 · November 12, 2004 12:59AM

Newmismatist · November 12, 2004 2:56PM

This is interesting as the Emperor shown is Commodous - the same Emperor in the Movie "The Gladiator" - Commodous believed he was Hercules re-incarnated and as you can see he has the Lion skin that Hercules killed draped over his head and on the reverse the symbols of Hercules - Commodous actually dressed as Hercules and fought in the Collisium in Rome - but he DIDN'T loose, so that part of the Gladiator was fiction.

Here's another interesting coin - struck about 500 years earlier: Does anyone konw who the portrait is?

ancients · November 12, 2004 3:26PM

Head of Apollo - Philip II.

rareCanadian · November 13, 2004 3:41AM

Newmismatist · November 13, 2004 5:17AM

<< <i>Head of Apollo - Philip II. >>

Partially correct. But whose portrait is it really? A Hint:

Ancient pic post

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