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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4902486, member: 57495"]Portrait of a babies' blood-drinking zombie war goddess and her zombie war-steed... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie106" alt=":zombie:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182884[/ATTACH]<b>ZEUGITANA, Carthage</b></p><p>Fourrée EL Tridrachm. 6.68g, 22.2mm. Copying Carthage mint, circa 264-241 BC. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 183 for prototype. O: Wreathed head of Tanit left in a dotted border. R: Horse standing right, sun-disk with uraei above; dotted border.</p><p><br /></p><p>For his wanton tyranny, moral degeneracy, and general grumpiness, they skewered Tiberius through the mouth and put a chain through the hole to make sure he'd never escape Unloved Roman Emperor Hell... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie64" alt=":mask:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182885[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>TIBERIUS</b></p><p>AE18. 5.35g, 17.5mm. PHRYGIA, Dionysopolis, circa AD 14-37. Charixenos Char tou Char, magistrate. RPC I 3120. O: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, Bare head right of Tiberius (?). R: ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ - ΧΑΡΙΞΕΝΟΣ / ΧΑΡ ΤΟΥ ΧΑΡ, Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1887, a labourer was searching in the Mendip Hills of Somerset for a new spring when he discovered the East Harptree Hoard of almost 1500 "<i>largely mint-condition</i>" late Roman silver coins. When he took one look at the ghoulish visage of the pagan apostate emperor Julian glaring at him from this coin, however, he almost threw it right back into the pit... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie95" alt=":vamp:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182886[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>JULIAN II</b></p><p>AR Siliqua. 2.37g, 18.5mm. Arelate (Arles) mint, AD 362-363. RIC VIII 309. O: D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bearded bust right. R: VOTIS/ X/ MVLTIS/ XX in four lines within wreath, eagle in medallion at top of wreath; SCONST in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex 1887 East Harptree, Somerset Hoard (IRBCH 1424) </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4902486, member: 57495"]Portrait of a babies' blood-drinking zombie war goddess and her zombie war-steed... :zombie: [ATTACH=full]1182884[/ATTACH][B]ZEUGITANA, Carthage[/B] Fourrée EL Tridrachm. 6.68g, 22.2mm. Copying Carthage mint, circa 264-241 BC. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 183 for prototype. O: Wreathed head of Tanit left in a dotted border. R: Horse standing right, sun-disk with uraei above; dotted border. For his wanton tyranny, moral degeneracy, and general grumpiness, they skewered Tiberius through the mouth and put a chain through the hole to make sure he'd never escape Unloved Roman Emperor Hell... :mask: [ATTACH=full]1182885[/ATTACH] [B]TIBERIUS[/B] AE18. 5.35g, 17.5mm. PHRYGIA, Dionysopolis, circa AD 14-37. Charixenos Char tou Char, magistrate. RPC I 3120. O: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, Bare head right of Tiberius (?). R: ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ - ΧΑΡΙΞΕΝΟΣ / ΧΑΡ ΤΟΥ ΧΑΡ, Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus. In 1887, a labourer was searching in the Mendip Hills of Somerset for a new spring when he discovered the East Harptree Hoard of almost 1500 "[I]largely mint-condition[/I]" late Roman silver coins. When he took one look at the ghoulish visage of the pagan apostate emperor Julian glaring at him from this coin, however, he almost threw it right back into the pit... :vamp: [ATTACH=full]1182886[/ATTACH] [B]JULIAN II[/B] AR Siliqua. 2.37g, 18.5mm. Arelate (Arles) mint, AD 362-363. RIC VIII 309. O: D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bearded bust right. R: VOTIS/ X/ MVLTIS/ XX in four lines within wreath, eagle in medallion at top of wreath; SCONST in exergue. [I]Ex 1887 East Harptree, Somerset Hoard (IRBCH 1424) [/I][/QUOTE]
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