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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2717377, member: 56859&quot;]Nice coins and pictures, everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy birthday, Rome <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of Imperials:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nerosestertius-rt2-jpg.574861/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Nero</b></p><p>struck in Rome, CE 63</p><p>Orichalcum sestertius, 34 mm, 26.7 gm</p><p>Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP; laureate head right, wearing aegis</p><p>Rev: ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES; Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn ears and torch, her feet on stool, facing Annona standing right, holding cornucopia; between them, modius on garlanded altar; in background, stern of ship</p><p>Ref: RIC 98. Cohen 24</p><p><i>Heritage, CICF World and Ancient Coin Signature Auction, Apr 2014. Removed from NGC slab.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252Fmedia%2525252Fae43f8_be264ff270c845808fbec54a91125772%2525257Emv2.jpg%2525252Fv1%2525252Ffill%2525252Fw_1000%2525252Ch_625%2525252Cal_c%2525252Cq_90%2525252Fae43f8_be264ff270c845808fbec54a91125772%2525257Emv2.jpg%252526hash%25253D452166b133bde491850ec1f557a8a2cd%2526hash%253D1011d75abe357563bb5fb78a15097ca1%26hash%3D283275f8c2ad707ce8e6eb9acab7bbc9&amp;hash=9627ee2aeea294f07b24308231231a17" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>Septimius Severus</b></p><p>Rome, CE 206</p><p>AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h</p><p>Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina&#039;s other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison</p><p>Ref: RIC 274; BMC 343.</p><p><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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