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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 8351087, member: 82616&quot;]<i>Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,</i></p><p><i>Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—</i></p><p><i>While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,</i></p><p><i>As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.</i></p><p><i>&quot;&#039;Tis some visiter,&quot; I muttered, &quot;tapping at my chamber door—</i></p><p><i>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Only this and nothing more.&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,</i></p><p><i>In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;</i></p><p><i>Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;</i></p><p><i>But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—</i></p><p><i>Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—</i></p><p><i>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Perched, and sat, and nothing more.- </i>The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe</p><p><br /></p><p>My latest coin didn&#039;t arrive so dramatically, and hopefully not as ominously! It&#039;s a type I&#039;ve always wanted, but they can be quite elusive.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1481632[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>Æ Semis, 2.90g</p><p>Rome mint, 90-91 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV; Bust of Apollo, draped, r.; in front, branch</p><p>Rev: S C in exergue; Raven stg. r. on laurel branch</p><p>RIC 710 (C). BMC 453. BNC 484.</p><p>Acquired from Den of Antiquity, May 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian&#039;s smaller bronzes rarely feature a portrait of the emperor. This semis from 90-91 sports a bust of Apollo on the obverse and, appropriately enough, his divine messenger a raven on the reverse. Perhaps an allusion to Domitian&#039;s support of the arts.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse &#039;in hand&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1481639[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully no disaster will befall my household for welcoming such an ill omened animal into my home!</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your coins featuring ravens or Apollo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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