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Me and my youngest daughter. She could care less about coins.

 

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OK friends, you asked : here is me "on the rocks" in Corsica last year, playing "guess who I am". My daughter took the picture.






Although it's not ancient nor medieval, I have to post the following which gives the answer to the question



And to stick to the rules in this thread here's an ancient I love (among my all time favorites) and that probably inspired Napoleon for his own portraits on coins



Augustus, Denarius struck in Lyon c.12 BC
AUGUSTUS DIVI F, Bare head of Augustus right
IMP X, Bull butting right
3.77 gr
Ref : RCV #1610, Cohen #137

Q

 

Father's day:


Favorite coin of the month:


Plinking 22 I've put together:
Beretta ARX 160 .22lr pistol. Custom paint, mods, and a few attachments


-Michael

 

Sweet to finally see a pic of you!

And great Napoleon, I still want a silver of his. I have none.

Floors me so many coin collectors are into guns.

 

Wow, you guys all look so awesome!! (it's definitely kinda funny, how us dudes really look, eh?)

... it's a bit like reading a book and picturing the characters and then seeing the movie version and thinkin' => "hey, wait a minute ... that's not what Q looks like at all!!"

... oh, and you're all way sweeter in actual photos than you are in my crazy mind!! (for one, you all have clothes on!!)

 

You're rigth Steve, that's not at all what I look like in real life : not pretending to be Napoleon every day, I usually look like an ordinary guy

Q

 

which one are you?

 

The Black one don't come to close!

[That post is gone - keep in mind that posing with guns is apparently OK here while some other "poses" are not ...]

 

Since I did not show any of my weapons before, let me add one now. It's a Browning 9mm manufactured in Belgium during the Nazi Occupation.


AEOLIS, KYME
AR Hemiobol
OBVERSE: Eagle's head left, KY to left (M beneath the head, nearly off flan)
REVERSE: Quadrapartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern
Struck at Aeolis, 450BC
.46g, 7mm
SNG Cop 32

 

Going through this, I've realized that I haven't had a picture taken of me in a while... So here's one from a few years ago. Add on a few more pounds, and a little less hair...



No guns, but I do have a very nice longbow. Haven't shot in years, and the only picture I could find of the bow is even older (and has been compressed many times by social media...)



I realize back-quivers are anachronistic. But they're fun. Here's a coin:

Genoese Caffa
Filippo Visconti, r. 1421-1435
AR Asper, 16.21 mm x 0.9 grams
Obv.: DV_M.D.:CAF; The arms of Genoa in a beaded oval of four arches, three dots to side and below of portal
Rev.: Small Jujid tamga with 1 dot. Circular Arabic legend, السلطان العادل محمد خان (The Just Ruler, Muhammad Khan)
Ref.: Similar to Retowski, Genoese-Tartar Coinage, no. 15
Note: Overstrike

 

Honestly? You look pretty much how I thought you did! No surprise with your pic, and your heritage enjoying Napoleon!

 

LOL, I want that one!

 

And I missed you in Raleigh. Good show for me, picked up 8, but low cost coins this show. Fun stuff!

 

Most of you do not look anything like I pictured you.

 

Same for you Bing, you look much younger on your avatar

Q

 

Hey @FitzNigel , nice choice in drinking vessels... I have a couple I picked up in Luxembourg and Germany... and yes, they WERE full... (ummm... SEVERAL times...)

 

... it "almost" looks like a real Smith & Wessen, eh?

Larry is an excellent shot


... yup fellas, looks like we've gots ourselves a good ol' fashioned barrel measurin' contest!!

 

Same here lol!

 

Excuse me, but just what are you trying to say here......

 

Here are pictures from just a couple of years ago:

High school 1967


Vietnam 1970


I don't think I've aged any!