Whippersnapper!:yack:
58 years ago and I remember like yesterday.
History indeed! I've told this story before, but what the heck. I feel nostalgic tonight. When I was 12 years old, my parents enrolled me in a...
Yeah, I feel like this kid: [MEDIA]
Funny, I have my finger poised on the trigger to purchase a coin from Metapontum, Lucania. I don't know that you need to bring a working...
Ditto
My Secret Saturnalia arrived in last nights mail. I'm so tempted to open, but I will wait to the big reveal on the 17th. [IMG]
Nice example. Keep 'em coming.
All nice coins @rg3. Hard to pick just one as a favorite. Your honorable mention Larissa is terrific. I have one but no where near as nice:...
Without a doubt in my mind the Athens Owl is the best of the bunch. You deserve it!
[ATTACH] L CALPURNIUS PISO CAESONINUS & Q SERVILIUS CAEPIO ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS CALPURNIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Head of Saturn facing right,...
Yes, it extended throughout all of Roman history.
There are many Gens as you can see from the link I sent. But it would be an interesting collection to have a representative coin from each.
That may prove somewhat difficult since many were adopted into the previous Imperial family. However, in ancient Rome, a gens, plural gentes, was...
I also have an example from Trier with the Sarmatia Devicta reverse. [ATTACH] CONSTANTINE I AE Follis OBVERSE: CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head...
[ATTACH] JOVIAN AE3 OBVERSE: DN IOVIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, & cuirassed bust right REVERSE: VOT V MVLT X in four lines across...
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Waking each morning not dead!!!
Forget the coin for a moment. Congratulations!!!! Summa Cum Lauda!!! And debt free!!! With an Aerospace Engineering degree!!! Now that's...
I doubt they will drop much more. Yours is a very nice example. Full crest, earring, nice detailed owl. I don't think one could expect more...
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