Some new stuff for my collection from the ANA

Regulated

Thanks to Tom Cederlind:

DorkGirl

Very interesting group, thanks for sharing.

Please explain the little snake to me, it looks way too small to be a ring. I am intrigued by it..

Regulated

It is an ancient Roman ring - almost certainly for a child's hand, and is probably from the first century AD. The Roman's considered snakes to be guardian's of health and made rings of this sort to ward off disease. This was probably due to the fact that during an outbreak of the plague in Rome, the Temple of Aesclipus gave the city snakes, which were let loose in the city. They ate the rats that carried the plague-infected fleas and the epidemic ended. The Roman's then dedicated an island in the Tiber River to the snakes which had saved the city.

coinkat

very nice

BBQnBLUES

Beautiful examples + photos David & thanks for posting the 'history lesson'. Very Interesting

worldcoinguy

Incredible detail on those pieces!

JZrarities

OMG

Absolutely STUNNING Syracuse piece.

1960NYGiants

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Wow! Now that is one hungry looking pup! What is the value of this?

Regulated

It is somewhere around $1,000, give or take a couple hundred dollars. Seemed like a wonderful value to me. I loved the spear as a metaphor for the speed of the greyhound.

AlaBill

I've really gotten interested in ancient Greek coinage lately, but there is hardly any talk on this board in the ancient arena.

Are there just not any ancient coin collectors here? Why is that?

SYRACUSIAN

I guess I'm supposed to post when a Syracuse piece is posted. Let alone when it's that nice, Regulated you always amaze me with your choices.

laurentyvan

What nice images! What a nice post!

Thanks for the diversity and quality.