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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 641767, member: 9204&quot;]Fine, I&#039;ll do it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>sad Judaea weeps</i> on an aureus of Vespasian</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/vespasian/RIC_0001.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><i>Now scantier limits the proud arch confine</i> on a denarius of Claudius</p><p><img src="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/claudius/RIC_0045.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>And scarce are seen the protraste Nile or Rhine </i>on a denarius of Hadrian</p><p><img src="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/hadrian/RIC_0310-RSC989.2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>A small Euphrates through the piece is rolled</i> on an AE3 of Hannibalianus</p><p><img src="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear/s3935.11.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>And little eagles wave their wings in gold </i>on an aureus of Domitian</p><p><img src="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/domitian/RIC_0143.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, <i>This the blue varnish, that the green endears</i> refers to toning on silver and patina on bronze. Its amazing the amount of knowledge of the ancient world required to understand these poems. Renaissance dudes were crazy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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