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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2159343, member: 56859&quot;]<b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">ROME</span></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>A few of my nicer Rome examples.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1cf82127df19447b8871d5dd813c6247.jpg_srb_p_1000_510_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome</b></p><p><b>L. Mussidius Longus, 42 BCE</b></p><p>AR denarius, Rome mint.</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Diademed and veiled head of Concordia right; CONCORDIA upwards behind; star in right field under chin</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Shrine of Venus Cloacina: Circular platform surmounted by two statues of the goddess, each resting right hand on cippus, the platform inscribed CLOACIN and ornamented with trellis-pattern balustrade, flight of steps and portico on left; L • MVSSIDIVS • LONGVS around above.</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Crawford 494/42b; Bab. 6; BMC 4244; Crawf. 494/42 b; Syd. 1093a</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-deity-worthy-of-respect.251682/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-deity-worthy-of-respect.251682/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-deity-worthy-of-respect.251682/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_a1930039261b4671aed52bf5fd76e817.jpg_srb_p_850_428_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></p><p><b>Nero, CE 54-68</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><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_9367ff55bc1e4dec8a0bb881da067ea8.jpg_srb_p_1000_495_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Trajan. CE 98-117</b></p><p>Rome mint, CE 114-115</p><p>AR denarius, 18 mm, 3.7 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC. Laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp;&nbsp; P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R. Trajan’s column surmounted by statue of Trajan, holding patera and scepter; two eagles at base</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; RIC II 35</p><p><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!trajans-column/c1sxu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!trajans-column/c1sxu" rel="nofollow">http://www.tifcollection.com/#!trajans-column/c1sxu</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_e3dcf4a6e24546dea0dbed06fe9ddb4a.jpg_srb_p_1000_517_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Septimius Severus</b></p><p><b>Rome,&nbsp; CE 206</b></p><p>AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; 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:&nbsp; RIC 274; BMC 343.&nbsp; </p><p><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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