Alegandron Posted August 29 · Supporter Share Posted August 29 (edited) Read this article today: https://www.iflscience.com/flying-spaghetti-monsters-and-20-potential-new-species-spotted-at-sea-mounts-75696?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter I always chuckled over @TIF's Uraei @TIF Coin... ZEUGITANA, Carthage early 2nd century BCE AE 15-shekel, 45 mm, 95 gm Obv: wreathed head of Tanit left Rev: horse standing right, left foreleg up; Flying Spaghetti Monster solar disk with uraei above Ref: Alexandropoulos J (2000) Les monnaies de l'Afrique Antique, 103; Müller L (1861) Numismatique de L'Ancienne Afrique, 131; Luynes 3782; Jenkins GK and Lewis RB (1963) Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, Royal Numismatic Society, London, pl. 28 12 Graded by NGC but not slabbed. Reason: "size" (duh!) It's my heaviest struck coin-- as thick as a Reese's PBC and almost the same diameter " Here is my Uraeus / Flying Spaghetti Monster... Carthage Zeugitania AR ½ Shekel 17mm 3.8g 2nd Punic War 218-202 BCE Sicily mint 216-211 BCE Tanit l Horse r sun as double uraeus (re-dubbed as My Flying Spaghetti Monster!) SNG COP 359 Have FUN! Post your Uraeus or any other cool MONSTERS like a FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER! Edited August 29 by Alegandron spelling 10 1 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 29 · Supporter Share Posted August 29 (edited) YES!! 🤣 Here's another: CELTIC BRITAIN, Dobunni tribe. Eisu. Circa CE 20-43; AR unit. 1.1 gm. 13 mm. Stylized head right, pellet triads for hair, pellet in ring for eye / Triple tailed annulet horse Flying Spaghetti Monster. S. 382. ABC 2081. ex Dr. Cedric S. Raine Collection Edited August 29 by TIF 13 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor jdmKY Posted August 29 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 29 As an ordained minister of FSM, I approve of this thread! 7 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Snible Posted August 29 · Member Share Posted August 29 Corinth, 345-307 BC (Period 5, Series VIII), stater 8.60g / 20mm Obv: Pegasos flying left Rev: Helmeted Athena head being chased by Flying Spaghetti Monster ex-Gorny and Mosch, auction 138, March 2005, lot 1331 According to Dr. Lee Brice (video link), the relative chronology of Period V is E, N, Δ, ΔI-AΛ-AΡ, Γ, I-ΔI-Δ-AY, ΔO, NO. These control letters "ΑΡ" put this in the middle of the sequence. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_v_a_n Posted August 29 · Member Share Posted August 29 I have a variant in electrum: KARTHAGO. El-Trihemistater, 255/241 v. Chr.; 10.27 g. Tanitkopf l. mit Ährenkranz//Pferd steht r. darüber Sonnenscheibe zwischen zwei Uraei. Jenkins/Lewis Gruppe X b; CNP 41 i. RR Kl. Schrötlingsriß, min. korrodiert, leichte Prägeschwäche, sehr schön/fast vorzüglich Exemplar der Auktion Peus Nachf. 288, Frankfurt am Main 1975, Nr. 369. 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted August 29 · Supporter Share Posted August 29 (edited) Great coins and great thread idea Gandy! Here's further proof of the one true divinity: And on coin, here's the FSM riding a bull, riding a dolphin: THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 387/6-340 BC. AR Half Siglos (13.5mm, 2.32 g). FSM on Bull standing left on dolphin left / Quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 256–590; HGC 3, 1390. Toned, porous, a couple of scrapes, small test cut on edge. VF. From the Wise Centaur Collection. Edited August 29 by Ryro 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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