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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8066696, member: 75937"]It's Thanksgiving in the USA and one of the main symbols of the holiday is the cornucopiae, an allegory for the abundance for which we are thankful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a coin with Annona -- symbolizing "amber waves of grain" -- with a big ol' cornucopiae!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcus-aurelius-cos-iii-pp-annona-denarius-jpg.1365086/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Marcus Aurelius, Augustus AD 161-180.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman AR denarius, 3.15 g, 18.1 mm, 11 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, 36th emission, AD 178.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: COS III P P, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand over modius and cornucopia in left hand; to right, prow.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 424; BMCRE 691; Cohen 151; RCV 4893; MIR 436-4/30.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Happy Thanksgiving to those who are celebrating today. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8066696, member: 75937"]It's Thanksgiving in the USA and one of the main symbols of the holiday is the cornucopiae, an allegory for the abundance for which we are thankful. Here's a coin with Annona -- symbolizing "amber waves of grain" -- with a big ol' cornucopiae! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcus-aurelius-cos-iii-pp-annona-denarius-jpg.1365086/[/IMG] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Marcus Aurelius, Augustus AD 161-180. Roman AR denarius, 3.15 g, 18.1 mm, 11 h. Rome, 36th emission, AD 178. Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head, right. Rev: COS III P P, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand over modius and cornucopia in left hand; to right, prow. Refs: RIC 424; BMCRE 691; Cohen 151; RCV 4893; MIR 436-4/30.[/SIZE][/INDENT] Happy Thanksgiving to those who are celebrating today. :happy:[/QUOTE]
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