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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2922363, member: 10461"]Great stuff. I love the "glow" toning on that Lucania. "Ancient-bombing" can be a good thing. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hey, did you know that in ancient times, lions were so tame that you could saddle 'em up and <i>ride </i>'em?* Yep! </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">(*Well, if you happened to be a goddess who carried thunderbolts, anyway.) </font></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ancient Roman Empire: silver denarius of Septimius Severus, "Dea Caelestis" type, ca. 193-211 AD</font></font></b></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/RomanEmp-denarius-SeptimiusSeverus-018465-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/RomanEmp-denarius-SeptimiusSeverus-%20018465-slab.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in exergue.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> Dea Caelestis in elaborate headdress riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2922363, member: 10461"]Great stuff. I love the "glow" toning on that Lucania. "Ancient-bombing" can be a good thing. :) Hey, did you know that in ancient times, lions were so tame that you could saddle 'em up and [I]ride [/I]'em?* Yep! [SIZE=3](*Well, if you happened to be a goddess who carried thunderbolts, anyway.) [/SIZE] [B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]Ancient Roman Empire: silver denarius of Septimius Severus, "Dea Caelestis" type, ca. 193-211 AD[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/RomanEmp-denarius-SeptimiusSeverus-018465-coin-800x500.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/RomanEmp-denarius-SeptimiusSeverus-%20018465-slab.png[/IMG] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Obverse:[/B] SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in exergue. [B]Reverse:[/B] Dea Caelestis in elaborate headdress riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left.[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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