Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted June 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted June 16, 2022 By the way the callers were talking on WFAN, I had assumed the Rangers had lost the Stanley Cup. The thread kind of took me by surprise. May your team win! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted June 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2022 7 hours ago, Steve said: Still 3-3 with 2 minutes to play I'm a Vancouver Canucks fan, but I'm betting on TB Lightning Oooops, that's a basketball coin!! (close enough?) Oh, here is a coin showing a locker-room with a set of Goalie-pads ... Cheers to hockey ... long live the Canucks!! You look GREAT, @Steve 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted June 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Alegandron said: You look GREAT, @Steve Is he the one "wearing" the canadian flag ? 😀😍 Just kidding of course ... Q 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldhoopster Posted June 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted June 16, 2022 (edited) No hockey likeness, but since somebody else posted one, here's a basketball reference. Sorry for stretching the thread. Note: not my coin, but I liked the image. I think I pulled it off of CT a few years ago to show my son, so it may actually belong to someone here. Not a huge hockey fan but grew up near Pittsburgh (before they wore black and gold, and had Lemieux) and cheer for the Pens. For no apparent reason, I'm leaning towards the Avs in the cup Edited June 16, 2022 by Oldhoopster 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted June 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2022 20 hours ago, Severus Alexander said: You'll find my primary loyalty up thread... 🙂 [edit: and later in this comment...] Great game so far, eh? This series may be shaping up to be a hockey lover's dream... This is actually a big reason why I want COL to win. Spread the wealth, I say! My childhood hockey experiences were dominated by the Islanders and then the Gretzky Oilers and while it was great to watch those teams it got a bit annoying that nobody else could get a Cup. Sure loved it when the Flames took out the Oilers in 85-86... then the Cup in 89! 🥳 Re: the Preds, I'm sure you heard this quip from our coach: I bet you're still sore from that spankin' the Avs gave you, eh? 😜 Gotta love the catfish tradition though! Back to coins, that T. Didius is a beaut, @Alegandron, and the other two are perfect for the thread as well! (Speaking of T. DIdii, surely you have one to show us, @Phil Davis? Pretty please?) Hmmm... #3 Blackhawks... Keith Magnuson?! Not exactly the first guy I think of. How about #9!! (Immortalized as Big Bobby Clobber on the Royal Canadian Air Farce!) OK, 3rd period time! Maybe we'll even get overtime if we're lucky! 😄 Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcat7 Posted June 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted June 16, 2022 My most 'Hockey Related' coin would be this one. (It resembles the 'Puck'.(Lol) 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted June 17, 2022 · Patron Share Posted June 17, 2022 Of course, S C stands for Stanley Cup! Tiberius, AD 14-37. Roman orichalcum Dupondius, 14.32 g, 29.15 mm, 1 h. Rome, AD 22/23. Obv: PIETAS, veiled, diademed and draped bust of (Vipsania? as) Pietas, right. Rev: DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVGVSTI F TR POT ITER around large SC. Refs: RIC Tiberius 43; BMCRE Tiberius 98; CBN Tiberius 74; Cohen 1; RCV 1741. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted June 17, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) Ummm, does anybody also watch the NBA basketball??? The Golden State Warriors can win the championship tonight, if they close!! Yah, I just wanted another chance to sport this cool ol' ex-stevex6 ... ... tick-tock!! => Go Warriors, Gooo!!! Edited June 17, 2022 by Steve 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted June 17, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 6/15/2022 at 5:03 AM, dougsmit said: I was a hockey fan when young and went to several games of the Indianapolis Chiefs (a minor league team that went out of business when I was in high school ending my interest in the sport). When I was a fan there were few barriers to protect fans and I always sat next to the ice where I could retrieve errant pucks. We kids played hockey on frozen streets wearing slick shoes (no one owned skates) and used those free pucks to advantage. Once I got a broken stick which became my prized possession This is so cool, @dougsmit!! I loved going to NHL games with my Dad, managed to snag a couple of pucks too. One of my earliest games was to see the Montreal Canadiens when they had Guy Lafleur and Steve Shutt. I have a lot of blurry photos of the backs of jerseys as they whizzed by. 😆 On 6/15/2022 at 5:03 AM, dougsmit said: When I went away to college, my mother threw out all my childish possessions. The horror!! 😳 (I can't blame my mother. I sold my Star Wars figures before the new movies came out just to get money because of a girl. I wonder what kind of coin I could trade my vinyl-cape Jawa for now... 😭) On 6/15/2022 at 5:03 AM, dougsmit said: Is there an ancient coin that shows snow or ice? Perhaps there is one showing a toothless man??? IDK LOL! Anybody have a lookalike? (That's the famous Philadelphia Flyer, Bobby Clarke...) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted June 17, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 17 hours ago, Oldhoopster said: 3 hours ago, Steve said: Ummm, does anybody also watch the NBA basketball??? The Golden State Warriors can win the championship tonight, if they close!! Yah, I just wanted another chance to sport this cool ol' ex-stevex6 ... ... tick-tock!! => Go Warriors, Gooo!!! The basketball's all good guys, even if it is worth watching only the last few minutes. 😄 Looks like the Warriors did it, @Steve, cheers! 🍻 You guys might be interested to know I once taught Vince Carter. He did OK in the course as I recall. (It was not a basketball course.) 18 hours ago, Oldhoopster said: Not a huge hockey fan but grew up near Pittsburgh (before they wore black and gold, and had Lemieux) and cheer for the Pens. For no apparent reason, I'm leaning towards the Avs in the cup Good to have some company, I think I'm in the minority here with the Avs. You a westerner? Re: the Pens, I'm thinking you maybe got to see Jean Pronovost play? Most importantly, my very best wishes, I hope the "new stuff" is doing the trick for you. Looks like I may have to switch to something new too. 😕 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted June 17, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Topcat7 said: My most 'Hockey Related' coin would be this one. (It resembles the 'Puck'.(Lol) Too funny @Topcat7!! I remember when Fox added the dreaded blue lines to help Americans see the puck. Canadians were up in arms!! I'm glad that trend didn't last long... Just takes a couple games and you can see it even when you can't, not really. But you know where it is! 😄 5 hours ago, Roman Collector said: Of course, S C stands for Stanley Cup! Brllliant, RC, brilliant! I will see these letters in a new and more magnificent light from now on! 👍👍 Sadly, I sold my example of that type long ago. 😞 Super dumb move, it was a lovely one. I'll make do here with Drusus (As) and a Claudius quadrans: Look, the quadrans even has a cup on the obverse! 😄 Can't wait 'til tomorrow, hopefully y'all* can join me again... * Yes, I'm a Carolina fan too. Edited June 17, 2022 by Severus Alexander 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted June 18, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 Not too long 'til Game 2 puck drop (8 ET) so don't miss it!! Another Stanley Cup coin. I think this guy plays for Tampa Bay: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted June 19, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 Wow, disastrous start for TB... maybe this guy is playing for them too... and that's his stick on the reverse! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted June 19, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 19, 2022 I'll have to check to see if I have anything puck-like or hockey stick-like, but meanwhile, how about a game of water polo? Julia Paula (first wife of Elagabalus), AE 21, 219-220 AD, Mysia, Parium [Parion in Greek]. Obv. Draped and diademed bust right, IVLIA P-AVLA AVG / Rev. Capricorn right, holding globe between hooves, cornucopia above, CGIHP [Colonia Gemella Ivlia Hadriana Pariana -- colony founded by Julius Caesar] below. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. VI, 3858 (temporary); RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3858; Lindgren & Kovacs 289 [Lindgren, H.C. & Kovacs, F.L., Ancient Bronze Coins of Asia Minor and the Levant (San Mateo, CA 1985). 21 mm., 5.67 g., 10 h. (Purchased from VAuctions, Pars Coins, Sale 354, Lot 195, Nov. 16, 2020.) 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted June 19, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) ... stupid hockey and its stupidness => Go Tampa Bay, Gooooo!! (sadly, they have Goose-eggs so far!!) Macedon Eion (Double Geese) Edited June 19, 2022 by Steve 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted June 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 19, 2022 How do you get 100 Canadians out of a pool? You say, "Would you please get out?" 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted June 19, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 Whoah... what a blowout. 😳 And TB with only 17 shots! TB is on the rocks: ... can they rise again! 🙃 1 hour ago, Steve said: One of my very favourite ex-x6 coins, @Steve!! 13 minutes ago, Ryro said: How do you get 100 Canadians out of a pool? You say, "Would you please get out?" But I don't understand. How else would you get some folks out of a pool? 🤔 🇨🇦 I must say it annoys me that they don't play the Canadian anthem at the beginning. I mean, half the players on the ice in this series are Canadian!! 😠 (I just counted. 🙃 Two of the best, Makar and Point, are from my childhood hometown!) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted June 19, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 19, 2022 Tampa Bay stormed-back against the Rangers, so maybe they can rally the troops one more time? (TBD) Oh, and here is a fun-fact for ya ... ... geesh, we Canadians are losing our strong-hold on professional hockey!! Go Canucks, Gooooo!! I hope everybody out there is having a nice Sunday (Mrs. Steve and I are about to have Samosas and pancakes for breakfast ... yup, we're livin' large at the X6 Palace this morning!) Cheers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted June 21, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) Don't miss game 3 starting shortly!! 🏒 You'll be glad to know, @Steve and @TheTrachyEnjoyer, that I am definitely cheering for the Bolts tonight. I want this to be a series!! Here's a coin to mark that: Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.49 g), Rome, 145-161. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. COS IIII Thunderbolt on draped throne. BMC 536. Cohen 345. RIC 137. From the Red Ox Collection and the collection of the Czech musician Adolf Picek (circa 1885-1978), and formerly in the possession of an Italian banker, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his savior with 'four socks of old coins' in reward. Super cool sock provenance, eh? Hopefully the Lightning will pick up their socks tonight!! [[Edit: Definitely looking better in the early going tonight!!]] On 6/19/2022 at 5:26 AM, Steve said: Tampa Bay stormed-back against the Rangers, so maybe they can rally the troops one more time? (TBD) I was so impressed with this! They were unstoppable in the last two games... let's see more of that! On 6/19/2022 at 5:26 AM, Steve said: ... geesh, we Canadians are losing our strong-hold on professional hockey!! Go Canucks, Gooooo!! But we Canucks are good at putting a positive spin on it, yes? We are bringing hockey to the world! And still, by population, we are DOMINATORS. (Remember the Dominator? Any Sabres fans out there? Vasilevskiy's good but not quite at that level...) Edited June 21, 2022 by Severus Alexander 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted June 21, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) Bolts just dodged a bullet... offside, NO GOAL!! 👍 Edit: and with 5 minutes left in the 1st, TB take the lead!! Edited June 21, 2022 by Severus Alexander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted June 21, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) Go TB, Goooooooo!! ... you've got this ... Edited June 21, 2022 by Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted June 21, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 21, 2022 WoooHoooo ... it's time to count our early chickens!! 😜 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted June 21, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Steve said: WoooHoooo ... it's time to count our early chickens!! 😜 Way to go TB!!! Wanna hear my theory? Doesn't matter, you're gonna hear it. Denver altitude: 1 mile. Tampa Bay altitude: 48 ft. Bolts players can't play at high altitude. COL can play at low, but they don't have nearly the advantage. So they both tend to win at home. Or... maybe just whoever I want to win, wins? 🙃 (Will give sportsbook advice, only charge 10% of winnings.) Avs take it in 7... or maybe 6 if they squeak one through in Florida. Anyway, cheers to the Bolts! Here's another thunderbolt in celebration! (that's one on the left, on the reverse) : Western satraps: Nahapana (c. 105-125), AR drachm. Nahapana is identified with Mambanus, king of Barygaza (Broach) in western India, mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, a Greek text dating to 40-70 CE (cf. Cribb, The 'Heraus' coins). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted June 21, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) And TB takes it tonight, 6-2! Excellent! What a great series so far! Here's a sweet bolt-hurling SA coin from my middle bronze subset: Edited June 21, 2022 by Severus Alexander 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted June 21, 2022 · Member Share Posted June 21, 2022 15 hours ago, Severus Alexander said: Don't miss game 3 starting shortly!! 🏒 You'll be glad to know, @Steve and @TheTrachyEnjoyer, that I am definitely cheering for the Bolts tonight. I want this to be a series!! Here's a coin to mark that: Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.49 g), Rome, 145-161. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. COS IIII Thunderbolt on draped throne. BMC 536. Cohen 345. RIC 137. From the Red Ox Collection and the collection of the Czech musician Adolf Picek (circa 1885-1978), and formerly in the possession of an Italian banker, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his savior with 'four socks of old coins' in reward. Super cool sock provenance, eh? Hopefully the Lightning will pick up their socks tonight!! [[Edit: Definitely looking better in the early going tonight!!]] I was so impressed with this! They were unstoppable in the last two games... let's see more of that! But we Canucks are good at putting a positive spin on it, yes? We are bringing hockey to the world! And still, by population, we are DOMINATORS. (Remember the Dominator? Any Sabres fans out there? Vasilevskiy's good but not quite at that level...) And your wish is granted!!! You know what Don Cherry always said...don't blow out a team because they will come back angrier and more motivated than ever. The Avs winning 7-0 has been some great news for the Bolts. Lightning in 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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