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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 8145729, member: 83845&quot;]Thanks [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER] .&nbsp; Very cool coin and poster.&nbsp; I hadn&#039;t read before that the Chimera was thought to represent the danger of storms.&nbsp; Interesting!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the great reply [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] . I have narrowed my minting date in my description to AD 156 per your notes. I much appreciate having such access to a world class specialist who is willing to share his research. Thank you!</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes I can definitely see a similarity in the style of yours and mine.&nbsp; That is neat to think they may have been made by the same person and that we can tell that just from looking at their work over 1800 years later. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; My hypothesis when I first saw this coin at auction was that this particular die engraver was practiced at rendering portraits of Divi Faustina I on her posthumous coinage and carried that style over even when engraving portraits for Faustina II.&nbsp; There were some really talented die engravers working at the mint during the reign of Antoninus Pius in my opinion.&nbsp; So talented in fact that I keep picking up new Faustinas as the cost of targeting some of the other empresses I&#039;ve been meaning to add. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The emperors have nice dies too. There is one particular die for A-Pi on the denarii that I have been looking for ever since I saw an example from [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] a few years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for the additional information RC and that you also for the kind words.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks ominus!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks FF. I knew I wasn&#039;t going to make the end of the year since I still had to photograph some of these and I was travelling for the holidays. I guess I could say I posted it as soon as I could make sure there were no aurei lodged at the bottom of my stocking... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had a hunch you would like the gold one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Thanks for the kind words John and I hope that you and your family have an excellent 2022 as well my friend.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] !&nbsp; I think the Cassius Longinus denarius was one of my most enjoyable coins to study and write up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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