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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 5289091, member: 91461&quot;]Still reeling with excitement from this excellent Saturnalia thanks to [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER] (though, the party still goes on for a few more days).</p><p>Thought I&#039;d share some better pics of these wonderous gifts and an interesting surprise.</p><p>Just some fantastic artistry on both the stunning portrait and Abundance on the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221818[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel I did a bit better capturing the lovely toning on Julia Domna and the very detailed reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221819[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the surprise and what may be a foolish question, but I&#039;m more curious than proud so will ask anyway.</p><p>Firstly, I was totally mistaken on amphora handle. As it is so thick, I thought it was an archway.</p><p>But on the bottom it has a sticky looking substance (vino, olive oil(?).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221820[/ATTACH]</p><p>Could whatever was in this amphora some 2,000 years ago have dried up into a sappy substance and survived these millennia???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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