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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7922617, member: 83845"]Some great coins here and yet another great idea for a thread [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] (though at this point is anyone surprised by that?). Funny cartoon as well. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Most of my “someone standing there” coins could be arguably said to be contrapposto but I was surprised at how few I had that are definitely so. Here are two of my more obvious ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368874[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Sicily, Syracuse </font></p><p><font size="3">Agathokles, AR Tetradrachm</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 26 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 17.19 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: KOΡAΣ Head of Kore to right, wearing grain wreath and pendant earring.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: AΓAΘOKΛEIOΣ Nike, bare to the waist, standing right, attaching armor to trophy to her right, she holds a nail in her right hand and a hammer in her left; to left, triskeles of legs running to right. </font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Ierardi 143/141 (O38/R95). SNG ANS 674 (same obverse die). An unrecorded die combination; toned.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex W. F. Stoecklin (1888-1975) acquired in Taormina, Sicily, in 1931.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368875[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Lucius Verus (AD 161-169)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 165-166</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 18 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 3.30 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX; Laureate bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: TR P VI IMP IIII COS II; Victory standing right holding palm branch and placing a shield inscribed VIC PAR on a palm tree</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC 566</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7922617, member: 83845"]Some great coins here and yet another great idea for a thread [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] (though at this point is anyone surprised by that?). Funny cartoon as well. :hilarious::D Most of my “someone standing there” coins could be arguably said to be contrapposto but I was surprised at how few I had that are definitely so. Here are two of my more obvious ones. [ATTACH=full]1368874[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Sicily, Syracuse Agathokles, AR Tetradrachm Dia.: 26 mm Wt.: 17.19 g Obv.: KOΡAΣ Head of Kore to right, wearing grain wreath and pendant earring. Rev.: AΓAΘOKΛEIOΣ Nike, bare to the waist, standing right, attaching armor to trophy to her right, she holds a nail in her right hand and a hammer in her left; to left, triskeles of legs running to right. Ref.: Ierardi 143/141 (O38/R95). SNG ANS 674 (same obverse die). An unrecorded die combination; toned. Ex W. F. Stoecklin (1888-1975) acquired in Taormina, Sicily, in 1931.[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1368875[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Empire Lucius Verus (AD 161-169) AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 165-166 Dia.: 18 mm Wt.: 3.30 g Obv.: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX; Laureate bust right Rev.: TR P VI IMP IIII COS II; Victory standing right holding palm branch and placing a shield inscribed VIC PAR on a palm tree Ref.: RIC 566[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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