And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Greek Coin - Gold Pentadrachm of Ptolemy I Soter C. 294-285 BC. Dude looked like a ruler. The reverse says, "Ptolemaios Basilios."
That's in pretty beautiful condition, too. I wonder what the story of its recovery is.
ReplyDeleteOh the usual. Farmer finds hoard in his field. Doesn't stay quiet about it.
DeleteA Greek with a roman nose.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the engraver was, ahem, dealt with in most unpleasant manner.
I see what you did there, one of the best ever.
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DeleteThat is one ugly nose, he kinda looks like Stallone.
DeletePtolemy Soter or Savior. Macedonian general and successor to Alexander the Great after his death who founded the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.
ReplyDeleteYeah. And his nose was that big.
ReplyDeleteHe looks like Stallone.
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