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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 5261227, member: 91461&quot;]Part 2: The Saturnalia shock!</p><p>After sharing with my (half awake) wife, my new wonders, I was genuinely savoring the thrill them so much I&#039;d floated from the study to the bedroom and back. Where I slowly and cautiously opened the second large box:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219817[/ATTACH]</p><p>Again with the tingles, I see there are multiple packages inside<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>First package revealed...</p><p>An ancient Roman BRICK!!!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219820[/ATTACH]</p><p>Call me crazy and say these are just marks from the brick layers trowel, but in kinda thinking these look like animal prints:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219824[/ATTACH]</p><p>And then... another beautiful Roman brick<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Don&#039;t worry. I didn&#039;t chip my tooth on the first brick thinking it was an icecream sandwich... but on this second one, I did<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219827[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1219829[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Only to then recieve an absolutely striking archway piece!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219831[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1219832[/ATTACH]</p><p>At this point I&#039;m literally starting to freeze up and just took a step back to enjoy the moment in as best I could.</p><p>Only to then come across the coup de gras.</p><p>A truly giddy sensation came over me when I grabbed and pulled out of the box of magic, this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219835[/ATTACH]</p><p>A bunch of small packages<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>What did this mean? What could these contain???</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219837[/ATTACH]</p><p>In just as perfect condition as anyone could ask for something to last a few thousand years, I find Roman terracotta, an ingot, wonderfully crafted bronze head of a young lady or possibly Dionysus, 2 musket ball (2 more that is<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) aand a beautiful turtle looking critter...</p><p>Totally not expecting more coins, as I&#039;d already gotten a portrait to die for, I opened this<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219844[/ATTACH]</p><p>One of the most tragic of a line of tragic women, the Augustas, Julia Domna. I will post better photos, this beauties toning is so fun and my pictures don&#039;t do.</p><p>Very interesting that JD has that young cute face but with the older hairstyle on this denarius... and Venus on the reverse<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Oh, and then...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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