Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) I'm hoping everyone's staying safe during the major U.S. winter storm. I have anxiety about certain things, and terrible cold is one. I live in a drafty house, and although I've taped and bagged a lot of the worst offenders, it was giving me high anxiety when the furnace literally kicked on every two minutes. I had switched my ecobee into 'home' mode - allegedly the auxiliary sensor was the only one enabled there, but it must have been the downstairs den, where it's the coldest - it's 4AM and I don't have time to play around with home mode. I think I've found a decent compromise with the 'away' mode, which I use 99% of the time. It's -2 F right now outside. The away mode cheats by a degree. Let's see coins which remind one of warmth. I'm sorry to be a big baby - anxiety is like that; many people are going through worse than I have it. I 'only' have 1.25 days of scary cold and wind to get through. It's 30F by Tuesday and 50 by Friday. Ah, ok, the furnace kicked on at an acceptable interval. I think the away mode will work here too. I can finally go to sleep! I can experiment during the daytime to fine tune where the auxiliary sensor is. New Year's resolution; cinder block windows for the den and a cutout to fill the disused fireplace. It's way too late at night for me to find a coin of mine which would fit the theme. Let's see some of yours! Whether it be a torch, Sol Invictus, Helios, etc. You get the idea. Since this is the 'general' forum the coins don't have to be ancient. Stay safe! There's 'only' 2 to 3 inches of snow, but I won't be able to tackle that until Saturday when the winds die down, and it's a toasty 12 degrees. Edited December 23, 2022 by Nerosmyfavorite68 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 Oh no! Now I have to stay up an hour more. I went downstairs to do a final sweep and the thermostat was still unchanged at 59. Fighting back panic, I disabled the downstairs on away mode and it reverted to the upstairs sensor temperature. Let's hope that works. A few years ago when similar cold happened with the 'dumb' old thermostat I managed to cheat it by running an incadescent bulb near it. Perhaps I should get another auxiliary sensor for such emergencies to also put one in the warmest zone. It 'seems' to still be reading the upstairs. I'll be glad when this night is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted December 23, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2022 I suggest a nice warm fire altar in the living room. Lydia, Hierokaisareia Pseudo-autonomous issue First half of the second century Obv: draped bust of Artemis Persica r., with quiver at l. shoulder, bow and arrow at breast Rev.: ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙСΑΡΕΩN, anticlockwise legend, garlanded and lighted altar AE, 3g, 13mm Ref.: RPC online - 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 We're nearing the middle of summer here! I'd like some of that cold lol. Traditionally Cricket is played around this time of the year, families getting together for Christmas, playing some cricket in beach or their backyards after lunch! so this coin featuring Sir Donald Bradman batting seems relevant. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 I put the sensor on the upstairs stairwell, where I would have liked the thermostat to be. Alas, would have required knocking a hole in the wall and rewiring. It would be nice to play an outdoor game at Christmastime. The fire altar would also be nice. Thanks for being kind and trying to comfort me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 I'm about to just go to bed and hope for the best; no burst pipes or ruined furnace. I took a page out of the past and put one incadescent light somewhat close to the downstairs thermostat, just in case it somehow reverts. Oh boy; we qualified for a blizzard. At least the snow is through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted December 23, 2022 · Patron Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) How about an Egyptian scene? Hadrian, AD 117-138. Roman fourrée denarius, 2.98 g, 17.7 mm, 7 h. Rome mint copy, ca. AD 138. Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head, right. Rev: AEGYPTOS, Egypt reclining left, holding sistrum and leaning on basket, around which a snake coils. Ibis on left, facing right. Refs: RIC 296, BMCRE 801-804, RCV 3456, Strack 294. Notes: Underweight. The metal surface has bubbled away from the core and cracked in front of the portrait on the obverse and above the sistrum and in the exergue on the reverse, revealing it to be a fourrée. Edited December 23, 2022 by Roman Collector 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted December 23, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2022 I haven't even looked outside yet but it's -6 with a -27 wind chill. 😮 The past couple years we've had furnace trouble every winter. (We have a natural gas furnace.) Thankfully, we have a couple wall-mounted heaters so it's not been a dire emergency, but still it's extremely inconvenient. Last year we finally got a new furnace put in, so I'm looking forward to maybe having a winter without furnace issues! Hope everything stays working for you @Nerosmyfavorite68! It is hard not to get nervous when the temperature starts slowly dropping - I know what that is like! 😬 At least it will be over soon. Demeter is bringing a couple torches ! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 How about these two: Each reverse contains a scene with a lit alter 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted December 23, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2022 Doesn't get much hotter than the sun. See if I can send you some of ours in Spain. Just in case, here is Soli 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 Or this one. This is a Trajan denarius commemorating the capture of the province Arabia Petra. The deserts of Arabia are very hot. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewomack Posted December 23, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) It's -11° F here now. I don't have any particularly "warm themed coins," but the coin below was minted in Constantinople and it's currently 51° F in Istanbul, which certainly feels warmer. I'll take it. 🙂 Michael II the Amorian (AD 820-829) with Theophilus Æ Follis; Constantinople mint; Obv: MIXAHL S ΘЄOFILOS, crowned facing busts of Michael (on left) and Theophilus (on right); cross above; Rev: Large M, X/X/X to left, cross above, N/N/N to right, Θ below; 29.12mm; 6.21 grams; Sear 1642 Edited December 23, 2022 by ewomack 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 Best wishes to all. I hope your furnace does ok, CPK. After a hellish night, I came up with a new strategy. I put the remote sensor in my childhood bedroom (now the unused spare) and closed the door. That way, it works less hard. I'm also experimenting with turning on the (incadescent) light and seeing what that does. If I get that mix ok, then I can take a nap. Under normal circumstances it'd be too warm to kick on under current settings, but the extreme cold causes it to kick on at an acceptable interval. I'm not going to lie; I'm scared. If the worst happens, I'll turn off the water and do my best to bleed the pipes. I could then go over to my neighbors. The part I'm frightened about is frozen pipes. Many of the most vulnerable pipes are within the furnace enclosure, which really helps. It's a toasty -7. I don't see how my grandparents' did it. The house survived the hellish -20's, c. 1993 and it survived the 1977 blizzard. Tonight is allegedly less cold and then tomorrow is 15. It will help a LOT when the wind dies down. That's not until tomorrow. I think it might just work! stay safe, everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, CPK said: I haven't even looked outside yet but it's -6 with a -27 wind chill. 😮 The past couple years we've had furnace trouble every winter. (We have a natural gas furnace.) Thankfully, we have a couple wall-mounted heaters so it's not been a dire emergency, but still it's extremely inconvenient. Last year we finally got a new furnace put in, so I'm looking forward to maybe having a winter without furnace issues! Hope everything stays working for you @Nerosmyfavorite68! It is hard not to get nervous when the temperature starts slowly dropping - I know what that is like! 😬 At least it will be over soon. Demeter is bringing a couple torches ! Do you think our coins are die match? at least to me the reverse of the coins look really similar! it's also 4.2g. Edited December 23, 2022 by JayAg47 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor jdmKY Posted December 23, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 23, 2022 Well, it’s a balmy -5 in Kentucky today. We’re headed to Florida Sunday and the city of Naples has issued a weather advisory that the wind chill there may plummet to 30 degrees- oh, the horror! Anyway, here are my 2 coins with fire - L Papius Celsus, 45 BC, reverse shows a wolf adding a stick to a fire while an eagle is doing his best to fan the flames Octavian, 35 BC, reverse shows Temple of Divus Julius Caesar with a lighted altar to the left 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) Knock on wood, my strategy might just work. It's the least terribleoption, so far. I just have to survive today. It'll actually get WARMER as the day/night progresses. It will help a LOT when the winds die down. How do people in Minnesota or Buffalo cope? I'm sure all thehouses there aren't peak efficient. I spent a very nervous night and am wrapped in a blanket. Perhaps I'll be less nervous by tomorrow, and able to have my Christmas Eve pizza. I'm sure you're taking precautions, jdmKY, but make sure the precautions are followed with the pipes. I know of someone who wintered south, only to find his midwestern home ruined by exploded pipes. Best wishes to all. One of my neighbors was foolish enough to take out the trash. You can guess what happened. Stay safe! And thank you to the numis forum community, for comforting others. Edited December 23, 2022 by Nerosmyfavorite68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 Stay warm and safe, drink some tea, it's very calming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 If my luck holds out, I think I might make it. My spare bedroom solution has worked, so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvk Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) Up in Canada we are in a deep freeze, 5 days in a row of sub -20C temperatures. I almost made it out without issue but this morning my pipes froze. Tomorrow will be -2C, a 20C degree difference.. Oh, Canada.. Stay safe everyone! Garlanded and lighted altars always make me feel cozy. Edited December 23, 2022 by rvk 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted December 23, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2022 3 hours ago, JayAg47 said: Do you think our coins are die match? at least to me the reverse of the coins look really similar! it's also 4.2g. It does look like it! That is pretty neat. The obverse also looks similar but my eye isn't practiced enough to tell. Could it be a double-die match? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted December 23, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2022 I must say good luck to all of you who are suffering the deep freeze. I can only imagine what it must be like. In this part of South Spain the winter temp is normally around 50F at night and 65-70F daytime. Here is a coin shot through an orange filter to compliment the sunset on the coin. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 Wow, stay safe rvk! How did you unthaw/treat them? That's sure a nice Domitian. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewomack Posted December 23, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) It's up to -3° F here now. Picnic weather! I'm putting on the flip flops and Bermuda shorts and heading to the park. I'm not too far from Canada so I have experienced plenty of icy times. There is a saying here, though, which probably serves as a coping mechanism: "I'd rather be cold than hot! You can always add more clothing or blankets, but you can only take off so many until you're indecent." And here's a coin from Genoa, Italy, where it's currently 56° F. Again, I'll take it. They probably have better food, too. Italy, Republic of Genoa, 1139 - 1339 AR Gross ND; Obv: +.IA.NV.A. Castle view; Rev: CVNRADIREX, Maltese type cross with six diamonds around. Ref: Biaggi 895 Edited December 23, 2022 by ewomack 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvk Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, Nerosmyfavorite68 said: Wow, stay safe rvk! How did you unthaw/treat them? That's sure a nice Domitian. I have a space heater running right now. Taking a while but things are warming up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 Ok. It sounds like you have it more in hand than I. Super-extreme weather is a relative rarity in my part of the midwest. We might get an outlier heavy snow, but raging cold is fairly infrequent. Be safe out there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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