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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 8100985, member: 115909&quot;]<b><i>#5 Denarius of Faustina the Younger</i></b></p><p><b><i>[ATTACH=full]1408655[/ATTACH] </i></b></p><p><b><i>[ATTACH=full]1408656[/ATTACH] </i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina Junior (AD 147-175/6). AR denarius (18mm, 3.29 gm, 7h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 5/5.</b> Rome, AD 147-175. FAVSTINA-AVGVSTA, draped bust of Faustina Junior right, seen from front, wearing stephane, hair brushed in waves and tucked in small chignon at base of head / SAECVLI FELICIT, pulvinar facing with Commodus and Antoninus, as young children, seated facing each other. RIC III (Marcus Aurelius) 712. Beautifully toned.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>#4 Denarius of Vespasian </i></b></p><p><b><i>[ATTACH=full]1408657[/ATTACH] </i></b></p><p><b><i>[ATTACH=full]1408658[/ATTACH] </i></b></p><p><b>Vespasian (AD 69-79). AR denarius (17mm, 3.41 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5.</b> Rome, AD 70. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head of Vespasian right / COS ITER-TR POT, Pax seated left, branch upward in outstretched right hand, transverse caduceus in left. RIC II.1 29.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>#3 Byzantine Solidus of Justinian the Great</i></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408659[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408660[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Justinian I the Great (AD 527-565). AV solidus (22mm, 4.46 gm, 7h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5.</b> Constantinople, 5th officina, ca. AD 545-565. D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG, cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing, wearing plumed helmet with pendilia, globus cruciger in right hand, shield decorated with horseman motif in left / VICTORI-A AVGG Є, angel standing facing, staff surmounted by staurogram in right hand, globus cruciger in left; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. Sear 140.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>#2 - Roman Republic Quadrigatus</i></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408661[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408662[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Anonymous. Ca. 225-214/2 BC. AR didrachm or quadrigatus (23mm, 6.64 gm, 7h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, overstruck.</b> Uncertain mint. Laureate head of youthful Janus, two small annulets on top of head / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, scepter in left, in fast quadriga right driven by Victory; ROMA incuse on raised tablet below. Crawford 29/3. Sydenham 64.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>#1 Athenian Tetradrachm</i></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408665[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408666[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ATTICA. Athens. Ca. 440-404 BC. AR tetradrachm (25mm, 17.18 gm, 8h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5.</b> Mid-mass coinage issue. Head of Athena right, wearing earring and crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll with two sprays, the end pointing above her ear / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig with berry and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597. SNG Copenhagen 31-40. Kroll 8. Holder notes coin is perhaps an eastern issue. Struck from high relief dies, especially on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please let me know which of these are your favorites! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Hope you enjoyed looking at some of the ancient coins I picked up this year in my first year of ancients collecting![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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