A Dream about Coins with Helmets

[NathanB]

So this morning I woke up from a strange dream.  In my dream, I was looking at this coin...

 

Kings of Macedon. Kassander AE 4.29 g, 19 mm

...which somehow morphed into this coin...

Constantine I AE follis, 2.8 g, 19 mm

...which then morphed into a black and white line drawing of a helmeted bust that that looked something like this:

And where you see the two bands of beaded dots, somehow I was able to make out the following text:

The proud has no idea who is about to die.

I woke up laughing!

Show us yer dream coins!

 

Edited August 11 by NathanB

[TIF]

24 minutes ago, NathanB said:

...which then morphed into a black and white line drawing of a helmeted bust that that looked something like this:

And where you see the two bands of beaded dots, somehow I was able to make out the following text:

The proud has no idea who is about to die.

I woke up laughing!

😆

Looks like a chicken!  That would be something to see 🤣.

I can't recall any dreams of fictional coins, but here is a dream coin.  I suspect "Clio" got it (I wasn't a bidder... it was far beyond my reach)

[Al Kowsky]

I bought this tetradrachm at a coin show in Rochester, NY about 40 years ago for $125.00. After getting it slabbed I decided to sell it at a Heritage auction 12 years ago where it fetched $545.00 😮! The coin was listed by Prieur as #1149, with 94 examples cited, so it was a very common coin. I was determined to find a scarcer & more attractive tetradrachm from Laodiceia after selling this coin.

Years later I replaced the coin auctioned at Heritage with this coin, a more attractive & less common coin that I won at auction for $360.00 😀. Although I was very happy with this coin I knew more more attractive examples were made at the Laodicea mint, coins that were rare & more expensive.

When this coin came up for auction I was steadfast in winning it at any price, & nailed it for the bargain price of $760.00 🤩. So my original tetradrachm of Septimius Severus morphed into this beauty ☺️.

[Roman Collector]

These PVELLAE FAVSTINIANAE coins come up for auction occasionally, but they are popular and the demand for them keeps them out of my price range. For me, they are the stuff that dreams are made of. During her lifetime, Faustina was involved in assisting charities for the poor and sponsoring the education of Roman children, particularly girls. After her death, Antoninus Pius continued his wife's legacy of charitable work: he established an institution called Puellae Faustinianae ("The Girls of Faustina") to assist orphaned Roman girls. This reverse type commemorates the establishment of this charity.

Denarius, RIC 399a; Vienna RÖ 11280.

[Phil Anthos]

This Tarentine stater from the time of Alexander the Less Than Stupendous recently went at auction for just under $350,000, so I can't even afford to dream about it. Awww, but if perchance I could... 

This is Vlasto 1, often described as Persephone but who may in fact be Hera. The reverse shows the young Taras appealing to his father Poseidon. Aside from the beautiful depiction and highly artistic engraving, the allegory of the colony appealing to father Sparta is inescapable. Numismatically and historically very satisfying, this one is my grail coin.

~ Peter 

Edited August 11 by Phil Anthos

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

I think I dreamed about this coin...er...medallion. Is the first decoration on the helmet a Chi-Rho? If so it goes to "In Hoc Signo Vinces" fame???

When Constantine beheld a Christogram in the heavens.

Edited August 15 by Ancient Coin Hunter

[ominus1]

hmmm.....coins with helmets eh!?..POOF!

[ominus1]

..its not complete w/o this pic so here it is....for clarity...:)...i beg forgiveness for a double post...

[DonnaML]

Not a coin, but -- speaking of helmets -- I grew up visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a regular basis (my grandmother lived just a few blocks away from it), and dreamed  of owning something like this lekythos for many years. I finally was able to afford this one (not that it was so incredibly expensive; it cost less than $1,000 if I remember correctly) back in 1986, once I was out of school and had been working for a few years:

Attic black-figure lekythos, ca. 525-500 BCE, four helmeted warriors in combat with spears; on shoulder, two hounds facing each other. 4" H x 2" W at widest part. Purchased 03/15/1986, Royal Athena Galleries, NYC:





 

The two other Attic black-figure lekythoi I've bought since then:

An Athenian departing for parts unknown on his horse, together with his attendants; on shoulder, hound chasing hare.  Attic black-figure lekythos (4 1/4", 10.8 cm. high), ca. 525-500 BCE, manufactured for export in the Kerameikos (pottery) district, Athens. Purchased 12.17.2019, Hixenbaugh Ancient Art, NYC.*

* The hound chasing a hare on the shoulder puts the vase in the Hound and Hare Group of Attic lekythoi. See https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG58829, explaining that the term refers to "a group of Athenian black-figure vase-painters whose names are unknown who produced vases with a similar style of drawing (mostly lekythoi). Beazley (following Haspels ABL) named them the Hound and Hare group because of the unusual subject (a hound pursuing a hare) decorating the shoulder. A few vases have been attributed to this group on the basis of style." For lekythoi like this one, the Hound and Hare Group is usually considered a subset of the Little Lion Class because of its shape, and the general presence of animals on the shoulder: see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG59217.

Another Attic Black-figure Lekythos, ca. 525-500 BCE, pygmies hunting rooster (or rooster hunting pygmies), 3 1/2" (8.9 cm) high, purchased 12.17.2019, Hixenbaugh Ancient Art, NYC:

The three Attic lekythoi together:

 

Sometimes I still find it hard to believe that I actually own these, and think that maybe I haven't woken up! They're almost certainly my favorites among all my coins and antiquities. 

 

Edited August 15 by DonnaML

[hotwheelsearl]

I had a dream once where I was at a slot machine/pachinko/coin pusher combo thing that was full of MS Morgan dollars!

[Phil Anthos]

7 minutes ago, hotwheelsearl said:

I had a dream once where I was at a slot machine/pachinko/coin pusher combo thing that was full of MS Morgan dollars!

The first time I went to Lost Wages they were!

~ Peter 

[DonnaML]

33 minutes ago, Phil Anthos said:

The first time I went to Lost Wages they were!

~ Peter 

I worked on a case when I was a young associate that required me to travel to Las Vegas with the partner in charge on numerous occasions circa 1980-1982. We always stayed at the old Sahara, and I'm pretty sure that I remember slot machines with silver dollars.

[robinjojo]

11 hours ago, DonnaML said:

I worked on a case when I was a young associate that required me to travel to Las Vegas with the partner in charge on numerous occasions circa 1980-1982. We always stayed at the old Sahara, and I'm pretty sure that I remember slot machines with silver dollars.

You didn't, by any chance, encounter the slot machine that starred in an episode of The Twilight Zone?

 

Edit:

My understanding is that privately produced tokens were introduced by the casinos following the removal of silver from US coins in 1965.  Some slot machines continued to be stocked with silver dollars, but they were replaced by Eisenhower dollars in 1971.  Eventually these tokens were (and still are) issued as collectibles only, including the silver/gold plated tokens.

After Eisenhower dollar minting stopped in 1979, the casinos began issuing their own dollar coins for the slot machines.

Here's a $5.00 silver token from 1967:

Las Vegas, Nevada, silver 5 dollars gaming token, Sahara Hotel, Franklin Mint, 1967.

 40.85 grams

 

Here's a link for more information:

https://www.casino-tokens.com/TokenHistory.htm

 

Edited August 16 by robinjojo

[DonnaML]

2 hours ago, robinjojo said:

You didn't, by any chance, encounter the slot machine that starred in an episode of The Twilight Zone?

 

Edit:

My understanding is that privately produced tokens were introduced by the casinos following the removal of silver from US coins in 1965.  Some slot machines continued to be stocked with silver dollars, but they were replaced by Eisenhower dollars in 1971.  Eventually these tokens were (and still are) issued as collectibles only, including the silver/gold plated tokens.

After Eisenhower dollar minting stopped in 1979, the casinos began issuing their own dollar coins for the slot machines.

Here's a $5.00 silver token from 1967:

Las Vegas, silver 5 dollars gaming token, Sahara Hotel, 1967.

 40.85 grams

 

Here's a link for more information:

https://www.casino-tokens.com/TokenHistory.htm

 

Maybe I assumed incorrectly. It's not as if I played the dollar slots myself! Strictly the 25 cent machines.

[Phil Anthos]

You remember correctly, only by then they were probably Ikes. But in the 60s you could still get Peace and Morgan dollars from the slots. I think that's where two of mine came from, but not close to pristine. 

~ Peter 

[DonnaML]

2 hours ago, Phil Anthos said:

You remember correctly, only by then they were probably Ikes. But in the 60s you could still get Peace and Morgan dollars from the slots. I think that's where two of mine came from, but not close to pristine. 

~ Peter 

I do remember that when I was about 8, before the US stopped minting silver coins, I went to a local bank a couple of times -- by myself, since it was only a few blocks away -- and was able to hand the teller a 5-dollar bill and receive five silver dollars in exchange each time. Mostly Morgans, along with a few Peace dollars.