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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 24551832, member: 83845&quot;]Great coins [USER=139253]@GarrettB[/USER] .</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve shown my digital coin tray a few times so I’ll spare you all. I’ll show some coins with some comments on why I like them instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1553962[/ATTACH]</p><p>Nerva doesn’t have much in the way of historical accomplishments in his short reign other than adopting Trajan. Therefore I went with the portrait. This portrait strikes me as a venerable old Roman senator. Not the biggest of the Nerva noses but it ain’t bad…</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1553963[/ATTACH]</p><p>Most people think this coin references Trajan’s bridge across the Danube into Dacia during his invasion. I wrote extensively that I think it may be a reference to the building of a canal and road system he undertook in preparation for the invasion. Either way it’s a cool historical tie in.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1553964[/ATTACH]</p><p>You can’t get more historical than Hadrian’s “Travel Series.” This one commemorates his visit to Africa.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1553965[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is another one dictated by the portrait… look at that handsome devil.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1553966[/ATTACH]</p><p>It’s purple… nuff said.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1553969[/ATTACH]</p><p>The vast majority of Faustina I coins are posthumous. This is a rare lifetime issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1553967[/ATTACH]</p><p>This one commemorates the Germanic Wars that made up such a big part of Marcus Aurelius’ reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1553970[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lucius Verus doesn’t get enough credit for his perfectly adequate performance in the Parthian War which he travelled to the east to oversee. This coin commemorates the victory of the Roman army in that war.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1553968[/ATTACH]</p><p>This guy went nuts and thought he was Hercules! This is the perfect coin for his reign.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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