Big Noses....

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  1. Ken Dorney

    Ken Dorney Yea, I'm Cool That Way...

    The CNG auction today had some items I was interested in (like the Caligula sestertius, but it was just a bit low grade to bid more). Anyway, I threw a single bid in on this coin early this morning and I was surprised to win it. Nice big nose on this one. Post your Roman noses if you have them.

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    398, Lot: 384. Estimate $100.
    Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

    SPAIN, Illici. Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ As (28mm, 12.72 g, 11h). M. Julius Settal. and L. Sesti. Celer, duumviri. Bare head left / Altar inscribed SAL/AVG. ACIP 3207; RPC I 196. Near VF, brown patina, adjustment marks on reverse.
     
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  3. Nicholas Molinari

    Nicholas Molinari Well-Known Member

    Great coin.
     
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  4. dougsmit

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    Good coin, better nose. Congratulations.
     
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  5. dadams

    dadams Well-Known Member

    Nice to win with a single bid. Awesome coin, but that honker made me immediately think of Felonius Gru!

    -d
     
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  6. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Phillip the Arab had an interesting nose, too!
     
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  7. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    A neat score!
     
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  8. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

    Cool score Ken! How about "The Nose", Nerva?

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    Nerva AE33 Sestertius

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    Cappadocia, Caesarea. Nerva
    (Didrachm / AD 97)
    Obv: AVTOKPAT NEPOYAC KAICAP CEBACTOC
    Laureate head of Nerva right.
    Rev: VΠATOY TPITOY
    Club of Hercules.
     
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  9. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

    Oh please, Nahapana laughs at your puny Roman noses.

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  10. dougsmit

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  11. gregarious

    gregarious E Pluribus Unum

    nice Caligula bronze. i've got two that stand out in my mind(and on the coin as well) Nerva and Solonina nerva 001.JPG antoninius Solonina empress253-268 001.JPG
     
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  12. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    The nose on this coin was "fixed" on later issues to give Domitian a more regal look. This coin was minted in the first few weeks of his reign.

    new domit combined small.jpeg
     
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  13. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

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  14. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    Mithradates II of Parthia (123-88 BC) :
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    22-21 mm. 4.20 grams.
    Sellwood 26.2. Shore 78.
    Mint of Ecbatana
     
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  15. gregarious

    gregarious E Pluribus Unum

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  16. ValiantKnight

    ValiantKnight Well-Known Member

    antoninius Solonina empress253-268 001.JPG IMG__201705151__080119.jpg
     
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  17. Ed Snible

    Ed Snible Well-Known Member

    Sasanian kings had proportional noses but the governors that followed them had truely gigantic ones.
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    TABARISTAN. Governor Hani (788-790 AD). AR hemidrachm
    Obv: Crowned bust right in Sasanian style
    Rev: Fire altar flanked by attendants.
     
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  18. gregarious

    gregarious E Pluribus Unum

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  19. Nicholas Molinari

    Nicholas Molinari Well-Known Member

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    I always though Justinian I had a larger than normal nose in this follis.
     
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  20. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

    Tabaristan, Umar B. al Ala hemidrachm.jpeg
    They had no foreheads, just a big old nose.
     
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  21. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

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    DOMITIAN
    AR Denarius
    OBVERSE: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right
    REVERSE: COS IIII, winged Pegasus standing right with raising left foreleg
    Struck at Rome, 76AD
    3.1g, 20mm
    RIC 921
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    NERVA
    AR Denarius
    OBVERSE: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right
    REVERSE: IVSTITIA AVGVST, Justitia seated right, holding scepter & branch
    Struck at Rome, 97 AD
    3.2g, 20mm
    RIC 18, C 101
     
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