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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IMP Shogun, post: 7933476, member: 114683&quot;]Greetings,</p><p><br /></p><p>As the title says this thread below are my latest iteration of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty, or as I call them in my collection the Adoptives.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="4"><b>“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” </b>― Oscar Wilde </font></i></p><p><i><font size="4"><br /></font></i></p><p><font size="4">Or in this case, I copied the [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER] <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antioch-latest-additions.387249/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antioch-latest-additions.387249/">poster style</a> to display digitally my grouping. This is my third version of the Adoptives as I have a AE version and another AR. The latter of which belongs in a giveaway on this site at some point. This took me a while to do but makes for a nice screensaver:</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/shoguns-adoptive-denarius-collection-ii.18365/full?d=1633401180" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reading like a book:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187791-d14195359-Reviews-Statua_dell_Imperatore_Nerva-Rome_Lazio.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187791-d14195359-Reviews-Statua_dell_Imperatore_Nerva-Rome_Lazio.html" rel="nofollow">Arch of Trajan Benevento</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Nerva 96–98 A.D. denarius RIC 26 CONCORDIA 97 Roma </b></p><p><b>laureate head right IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P </b></p><p><b>CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM clasped hands&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>19.0mm&nbsp; &nbsp; 2.68g</b></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Florence - Galleria degli Uffizi: relief depicting a scene of sacrifice; some art historians suggest it was made to celebrate the XXth anniversary of Hadrian&#039;s rule and that the shield was painted with an inscription</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><b> Trajan 98-117 A.D. denarius RIC 303 Bonus Eventus 113-114 Roma </b></p><p><b>Laureate and draped bust right IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P</b></p><p><b>COS VI P P S P Q R Bonus Eventus standing front, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and grain ears in his left</b></p><p><b><i>(Plus it has a cool old ticket!)</i></b></p><p><b>20.0mm&nbsp; &nbsp; 2.86g</b></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><i><span style="color: #0080ff">Statue of Nerva in Rome</span></i></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b> Hadrian&nbsp; 117–138 A.D. denarius RIC II.3 722 Roma 124-125 Roma </b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>laureate head to right, slight drapery on right shoulder HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS </b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>COS III Roma standing to left, holding Victory and spear </b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>19.0mm&nbsp; &nbsp; 3.04g</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://smarthistory.org/equestrian-sculpture-of-marcus-aurelius/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://smarthistory.org/equestrian-sculpture-of-marcus-aurelius/" rel="nofollow">Equestrian Sculpture of Marcus Aurelius – Smarthistory</a> - a really quick read about the history of this monument.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the comparison to the same deity in Trajan&#039;s coin, Pax Romana it is -</p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; 138–161 A.D. denarius RIC III 180 148-149 Roma </b></p><p><b>laureate head to right ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII </b></p><p><b>COS IIII Bonus Eventus, naked, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and two corn-ears downwards in left </b></p><p><b>19.0mm&nbsp; &nbsp; 3.03g</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/la-pinacoteca/basamento-della-colonna-di-antonino-pio.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/la-pinacoteca/basamento-della-colonna-di-antonino-pio.html" rel="nofollow">Base of Column for Pius </a></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Marcus Aurelius 161–180 A.D. denarius RIC 70 Providentia 162 Roma </b></p><p><b>Bare head of Marcus Aurelius to right. IMP M ANTONINVS AVG </b></p><p><b>PROV DEOR TR P XVII COS III Providentia standing front, head to left, holding globe in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left </b></p><p><b>18.0mm&nbsp; &nbsp; 3.41g</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus_as_Hercules" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus_as_Hercules" rel="nofollow">Commodus as Hercules</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Commodus 177–192 A.D. denarius RIC III 159 Felicitas 186-187 Roma</b></p><p><b>laureate head right M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT </b></p><p><b>PVBLIC FEL PM TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P Felicitas standing left, holding patera and sceptre&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>17.5mm&nbsp; &nbsp; 2.90g</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Without the non-coin pics pics:</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/shoguns-adoptive-silver-iib.18366/full?d=1633403466" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I know it&#039;s not unique, different or rare, but I&#039;d love to see your Nerva-Antonine collections or denarius of the above issuers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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