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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2810679, member: 56859&quot;]<b>Dioscuri</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/c-plutius-denarius-jpg.449538/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, C. Plutius</b></p><p>121 BCE</p><p>AR denarius, 18 mm, 3.9 gm</p><p>Obv: helmeted head of Roma right; X behind</p><p>Rev: the Dioscuri riding right.; below, C. PLVTI; in exergue, ROMA</p><p>Ref: Crawford 278/1; Sydenham 410; Plutia 1</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Diana</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cpostumius-rt-jpg.498673/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, C. Postumius </b></p><p>73 BCE, Rome</p><p>AR denarius, 18.74 mm, 3.6 gm</p><p>Obv: bust of Diana right, bow and quiver over shoulder</p><p>Rev: hound running right, spear below; C. POSTVMI, TA in exergue</p><p>Ref: Crawford 394/1a</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Dido</b> (Was she real or is she fictional?&nbsp; Maybe she doesn&#039;t belong on this list.)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/berytoselagabalusdido1-jpg.362256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus</b></p><p>CE 218-222</p><p>AE29, 13.4 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Dido building Carthage; she stands to front before the arched gate of the city, looking left, holding a rule and transverse sceptre; above the gate, a mason at work, [below, a man digging with pick]; murex shell in upper field, palm tree to right</p><p>Ref: Rouvier 2375; BMC 409; AUB 245; Price &amp; Trell 748</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Demos</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nerodemosalextete116-3-r3-jpg.347990/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Nero</b></p><p>year 3, CE 56/7</p><p>tetradrachm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; NEPKΛAYKAIΣΣEBΓEPAYTO; laureate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Demos of Romans standing right with sceptre and cornucopia; ΔHMOΣPΩ-MAIΩN; LΓ</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 116.3 R3, Milne 141</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Dikaiosyne</b> (My first Egyptian tet.&nbsp; I thought it was hideous and now I avidly collect these Roman Egyptian coins, some of which are uglier than this one <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_f026410b962d4063a80dbde2389d77b8.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_960%2Ch_493%2Cal_c%2Clg_1%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_f026410b962d4063a80dbde2389d77b8.jpg&amp;hash=5458dfff41a6c35e28d88729b8be4e44" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>year 11, CE 147/8</p><p>tetradrachm, 23 mm, 11.7 gm</p><p>Obv: ANTΩNINOC CEBEVCEB; laureate head of Antoninus Pius right</p><p>Rev: L-ENΔ-E-KATOV; Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and cornucopia</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1377.11, R1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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