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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2010865, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">I have a whole bunch of &#039;em, but I&#039;m not exactly sure which ones are the ones that &quot;you&quot; will find awesome and &quot;unusual&quot; (I love all of my coins, so at times I get all scattered when I need to narrow them down and pick my favs) ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">unusual, eh? ... hmmm, that has several different slants on it ... but, I&#039;m gonna assume that you mean that unusual is the few coins that are a bit &quot;weird/off&quot; rather than being rare? ... eh, whateva ... you know me =&gt; I&#039;m merely gonna post a bunch and wait for the feedback .. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh, sorry Doug =&gt; I forgot to comment on how fricken awesome your three O/P examples are =&gt; all of &#039;em are extremely cool ... and yes, a bit unusual .. I love &#039;em all!!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">SPAIN, Emerita. Tiberius, Æ Dupondius</span></b></p><p>14-37 AD</p><p>Diameter: 35 mm</p><p>Weight: 23.85 grams</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head left</p><p>Reverse: City-view seen from aerial perspective: city wall with five T-shaped crenellations fronted by main gate consisting of two arched bays flanked by two multi-story crenellated towers, each with arched window; gate inscribed AVGVSTA/EMERITA and decorated with four T-shaped crenellations</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]362355[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Antoninus Pius Æ drachm Roman Egypt (Alexandria)</span></b></p><p>138-161 AD</p><p>Year 8</p><p>Diameter: 34 mm</p><p>Weight: 23.14 grams</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head right</p><p>Reverse: Bust of Aphrodite (Venus) left above bull (Taurus) butting left; star above … Popular astrological type depicting Venus in Taurus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]362359[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]362360[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">CILICIA, Ninica-Claudiopolis</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Severus Alexander, with Julia Maes, Æ37</span></b></p><p>AD 222-235</p><p>Diameter: 37 mm</p><p>Weight: 17.83 grams</p><p>Obverse: , draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right; c/m’s: Nike, holding wreath, standing right within oval incuse (3) and six-pointed star</p><p>Reverse: Laureate / Draped bust of Maesa right</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]362362[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Commodus. Æ Sestertius</span></b></p><p>177-192 AD</p><p>Rome mint. Struck AD 181</p><p>Diameter: 31 mm</p><p>Weight: 25.21 grams</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head right</p><p>Reverse: Commodus seated left on curule chair set on daïs; attendant standing behind him; before him, Liberalitas stands to left, holding tessera and cornucopia; citizen on left mounting steps toward platform</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]362356[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Volusian AE Sestertius</span></b></p><p>Date: 252 AD</p><p>Diameter: 27.3 mm</p><p>Weight: 13.7 grams</p><p>Obverse: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian</p><p>Reverse: IVNONI MARTIALI - Juno, holding patera and scepter, seated in domed distyle temple</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]362357[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]362358[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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