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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8185160, member: 110350"]Returning to the subject of this thread, the only city I've visited where any of my ancient coins were minted is Rome, where I took my son as a high school graduation present in 2008. (I've been to London, but have no ancient coins from the mint there.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a photo he took of me standing by the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcus-aurelius-on-horse-rome-2008-w-dml-2-jpg.1372305/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a photo I took at the Capitoline Museum of the famous statue of the wolf suckling Romulus and Remus:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dml-photo-rome-2008-wolf-and-romulus-remus-jpg.1104951/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This statue, known as the Capitoline Wolf, was long believed to be an original ancient Etruscan statue of a she-wolf, with the twins added in the 15th century AD. However, "Radiocarbon and thermoluminescence dating was carried out at the University of Salento in February 2007 to resolve the question. The results revealed with an accuracy of 95.4 percent that the [entire] sculpture was crafted between the 11th and 12th century AD."</p><p><br /></p><p>See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Wolf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Wolf" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Wolf</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>An old print of Trajan's column, purchased in Rome in 2008:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/old-print-of-trajans-column-rome-jpg.1327305/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A photo I took on that trip:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_1402-trajans-column-rome-2008-jpg.1327306/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, for a whole lot of photos I took at Hadrian's Villa, see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-post-of-ruins.373504/#post-5425016" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-post-of-ruins.373504/#post-5425016">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-post-of-ruins.373504/#post-5425016</a> and <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-post-of-ruins.373504/#post-5425203" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-post-of-ruins.373504/#post-5425203">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-post-of-ruins.373504/#post-5425203</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8185160, member: 110350"]Returning to the subject of this thread, the only city I've visited where any of my ancient coins were minted is Rome, where I took my son as a high school graduation present in 2008. (I've been to London, but have no ancient coins from the mint there.) Here's a photo he took of me standing by the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcus-aurelius-on-horse-rome-2008-w-dml-2-jpg.1372305/[/IMG] Here's a photo I took at the Capitoline Museum of the famous statue of the wolf suckling Romulus and Remus: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dml-photo-rome-2008-wolf-and-romulus-remus-jpg.1104951/[/IMG] This statue, known as the Capitoline Wolf, was long believed to be an original ancient Etruscan statue of a she-wolf, with the twins added in the 15th century AD. However, "Radiocarbon and thermoluminescence dating was carried out at the University of Salento in February 2007 to resolve the question. The results revealed with an accuracy of 95.4 percent that the [entire] sculpture was crafted between the 11th and 12th century AD." See [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Wolf[/URL]. An old print of Trajan's column, purchased in Rome in 2008: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/old-print-of-trajans-column-rome-jpg.1327305/[/IMG] A photo I took on that trip: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_1402-trajans-column-rome-2008-jpg.1327306/[/IMG] Finally, for a whole lot of photos I took at Hadrian's Villa, see [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-post-of-ruins.373504/#post-5425016[/URL] and [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-post-of-ruins.373504/#post-5425203[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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