Alegandron Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) How about some unusual Amphibians and Aquatic Critters! FROG Luceria AES Grave Anonymous 217-215 BCE Uncia 7.35g Frog-Corn Ear pellet retrograde L T-V 285 OCTOPUS SYRACUSE 2nd Democr 466-405 BCE Æ Tetras 2.7g 15mm c.425 BCE Arethusa dolphins - Octopus 3 pellets SNG ANS 376 Calciati II.21.1 Edited May 26, 2022 by Alegandron 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 Cool coins! I don't think I've ever seen an ancient featuring a frog before. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 Great thread idea! And man, I've always loved your froggy!! But my favorite area creature, save the nymphs😘 would have to be the Ketos MONSTER!!! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 I am the frogless frogeater here 😞 Q 2 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Qcumbor said: I am the frogless frogeater here 😞 Q I almost added this guy when he asked for frogs: 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) FROG-LANDFranceNapoleon EmperorAR 2 Francs1808-I Limoges mintRepublic RevAU55EX: The Emperor Himself - @Qcumbor !!! Who is actually... NAPOLEON Reincarnated!!! 😄 😄 😄 Edited May 26, 2022 by Alegandron 5 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 Oh ! you still have the picture ! Naughty you 😄 Q 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 LOL, you are even wearing GREEN-FROG shoes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) I am a frogless, non-frog eating, frog (who happens to be furry). Edited May 26, 2022 by Furryfrog02 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 CRABS Sicily Akragas AE Onkia 16mm 3.8g 425-406 BCE Eagle r fish fly - Crab conch SNG ANS 1062 var Apollonia Pontica Thrace AR Diobol 1.3g 410-323 BCE Apollo-Anchor crab-crawfish A Tupalov 56 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Alegandron said: CRABS I'm pretty sure @Severus Alexander has a cool crab to show 😀 Edited May 26, 2022 by Qcumbor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 24 minutes ago, Qcumbor said: I'm pretty sure @Severus Alexander has a cool crab to show 😀 Sure do!! From my bestest coin buddies ever: Akragas AE tetras, c. 425-406 BCE; c/m Carthaginean(?) c. 405 From the Bretti, I also have this 14mm quartuncia with a nice crab on the reverse and, even better, Amphitrite wearing a crab headdress on the obverse: Let me also add a sea turtle from Aegina (stater, c. 525-475 BCE): Such a fun topic, @Alegandron!! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 Oh, and I can't forget this frog... Denarius/quinarius medallet, celebrating Napoleon's coronation as emperor Vive les grenouilles! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 16 minutes ago, Severus Alexander said: Sure do!! From my bestest coin buddies ever: Akragas AE tetras, c. 425-406 BCE; c/m Carthaginean(?) c. 405 From the Bretti, I also have this 14mm quartuncia with a nice crab on the reverse and, even better, Amphitrite wearing a crab headdress on the obverse: Let me also add a sea turtle from Aegina (stater, c. 525-475 BCE): Such a fun topic, @Alegandron!! I like that counterstamp. Makes it look like Heracles has claws 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, Furryfrog02 said: I like that counterstamp. Makes it look like Heracles has claws 🙂 Me too. But it really means: Herakles Stamps Out Cancer! 😁💪 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 Just now, Severus Alexander said: Me too. But it really means: Herakles Stamps Out Cancer! 😁💪 I like that even better 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotwheelsearl Posted May 26, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 26, 2022 44 minutes ago, Severus Alexander said: Oh, and I can't forget this frog... Denarius/quinarius medallet, celebrating Napoleon's coronation as emperor Vive les grenouilles! Did they intentionally strike this coin on a hand-prepared flan, instead of a regular planchet? I figure at this point in history, especially in France, most coins were collar-struck, no? Anyways, I don't know why you guys liken Napoleon to a frog! Here's my aquatic creature 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted May 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 18 minutes ago, hotwheelsearl said: 1 hour ago, Severus Alexander said: Oh, and I can't forget this frog... Denarius/quinarius medallet, celebrating Napoleon's coronation as emperor Vive les grenouilles! Expand Did they intentionally strike this coin on a hand-prepared flan, instead of a regular planchet? I figure at this point in history, especially in France, most coins were collar-struck, no? Absolutely... they were trying to imitate ancient coins. That's why I bought it. 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 27, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 3 hours ago, hotwheelsearl said: Anyways, I don't know why you guys liken Napoleon to a frog! LOL, yeah I had to really understand that meaning when I expatted in the UK. The Brits called the French “Frogs” because they eat frog legs. So, any French coins can be Frog coins. and, by the way, I did not git it cuz I grew up eating frog legs (I grew up in Arkansas and Indiana, USA). So, my Napoléon coin is from Frog Land. 🙂 I believe @Qcumborenjoys frog legs too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 This one comes out of total left field for me! Tunny Fish head 1/24 EL stater! Its not my go to collecting area but I think I will make early aquatic EL my subcollection! Thanks to a friend for selling me this cheap 🙂 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 27, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 13 minutes ago, TheTrachyEnjoyer said: This one comes out of total left field for me! Tunny Fish head 1/24 EL stater! Its not my go to collecting area but I think I will make early aquatic EL my subcollection! Thanks to a friend for selling me this cheap 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted May 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 27, 2022 4 hours ago, Alegandron said: I believe @Qcumborenjoys frog legs too. I do 😀 Q 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientNumis Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 I've only got 2 mythical sea creatures, but they're both quite fun! (Also have a tunny fish and dolphin but can't find pictures of those currently) Sorry for the bad pics, but here's a Skylla (on Athena's helmet!) and a Hippocamp! 😄 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumbly Posted May 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 27, 2022 How about an Egyptian frog goddess? CLAUDIUS AE Dichalkon. 2.47g, 15.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 10 (AD 49/50). RPC I 5179; Emmett 100 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 170. O: [TIB] ΚΛΑY, laureate head right. R: Frog (Heqet?) seated right, LI (date) above. Heqet was the wife of the creator god Khnum, who at his potter's wheel would fashion the bodies of all human babies out of mud. As these mud-babies were ensconced in their mothers' wombs, Heqet would breathe life into them. In this role, the goddess was the patron of midwives, who were called the Servants of Heqet. The midwives would often carry with them ivory wands and knives inscribed with frogs, and give to women about to go into labour frog-shaped amulets to wear in the hopes that "She Who Hastens the Birth" would bless them. Through her role in the resurrection of the god Osiris (as Horus), Heqet would also come to be associated with the afterlife and rebirth, and Heqet frog amulets were often used in funerary rites as well. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airhead1983 Posted May 30, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 30, 2022 Here is my brother’s frog. I used to have a pair of fire belly toads that lived in my brother’s room because I already had 4 lizards in mine. He would complain about the croaking at night. He also wanted to name them, one was Ben and the other was Dover. Despite his complaints, I’m sure he became attached to them, even though he would never admit it. Erin 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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