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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8145176, member: 75937&quot;]Tyler Rossi has recently written an <a href="https://coinweek.com/education/numismatic-history/the-influence-of-historic-and-ancient-coin-designs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/education/numismatic-history/the-influence-of-historic-and-ancient-coin-designs/" rel="nofollow">article for <i>CoinWeek</i></a> about the influence of ancient coin designs on modern coins. I know we&#039;ve had a thread or two about this in the past, but it has been a few years and we have several new members who might be interested in the theme as well as old fogeys like myself who don&#039;t mind revisiting a topic now and then.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one of my favorite examples -- a denarius of Vespasian and a trade dollar:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1420330[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And imagine if Miss Liberty on the nickel had a right-facing bust. Kinda looks like a Roman empress with a stephane.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1420331[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And my all-time favorite! This modern Italian coin with a lion quadriga reverse, which reminds me of a denarius of Julia Domna:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1420333[/ATTACH]</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-mater-avgg-cybele-lion-quadriga-denarius-jpg.1177102/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.30 g, 19 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, 21st emission, AD 205.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: MATER AVGG, Julia Domna, as Cybele, seated left in quadriga of lions and holding branch in her right hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 562; BMCRE 48; Cohen/RSC 117; RCV 6592; Hill 759; CRE 354.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Post your examples of ancient coins with modern counterparts!</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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