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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7962548, member: 115909&quot;]Great article! I learned many new things <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t have any Liberalitas types, or coins of Severus Alexander, or Eastern Mint denarii (Would a Byzantine solidus from the time of Justinian the Great and minted in Constantinople count?), but I do have what I think is a beautifully toned Hadrian denarius. I like that it’s bright around his bust like it’s framing and highlighting his image and then the coin is toned other colors on the edges like a colorful background behind him.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380380[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380381[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It was also my very first denarius purchase so it will always be special to me. I specifically picked Hadrian first because the first Roman monument I ever saw with my own eyes that really impressed me was Hadrian’s Wall.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seeing it with my own eyes and physically being there gave me a sort of visual/historical connection with Hadrian on a personal level.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380394[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is just a small (and ruined) part of it. I imagined being a Roman legionary under his rule stationed there. Looking into the vast expanse of the unknown. Not knowing what lie beyond the wall. It actually inspired George Martin and he based “The Wall” in Game of Thrones on it. All a Roman legionary knew was that there were “savage people” there. Basically the Roman map might as well have put “thar’ be dragons”. Seeing it with my own eyes gave me a visual connection with Hadrian and really inspired me to learn more about Ancient Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still like Marcus Aurelius better though. He’s my boy! xD.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ll just always have a connection with Hadrian by seeing his wall and that is why I picked him for my first Emperor in my 1st-3rd century Emperor’s denarius collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: The pictures were taken by HA but it <u>is</u> my coin. I am using their picture instead of one of my own because I have difficulty showing the toning on it when I take pictures of it with my phone. It just comes out looking super dark. I like HAs photos better because they show in the picture how it looks under bright light and I think it looks beautiful.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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