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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 8213318, member: 57495"]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Those "sinister shields" are great! And I really love your P. Lentulus Devil and the Genius of the Roman People. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a type I've always found chilling...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441451[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>AUGUSTUS</b></p><p>Fourrée Denarius (holed). 2.95g, 20.4mm. Copying Rome mint, circa 19-18 BC, P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Cf. RIC I 299 (for official issue). O: AVGVSTVS CAESAR, bare head of Augustus right. R: TVRPILIANVS III VIR, Tarpeia standing facing, hands raised, buried to the waist in a pile of shields.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]QgsN0mKi8gg[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>What about a melting faced Hekate?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441453[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THESSALY, Pherai</b></p><p>AE Trichalkon. 8.81g, 21.2mm. THESSALY, Pherai, circa 404-369 BC. Rogers 511, fig. 277; BCD Thessaly II 687.2; HGC 4, 564. O: Head of Hekate-Enodia (or nymph Hypereia) facing slightly left. R: [ΦΕΡ]Α[Ι]-Ο[Ν], Lion's head fountain to right, with water pouring from mouth. </p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection, his tag noting "T/ne ex Thess., Feb. 88, 60000 drs."</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441454[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 8213318, member: 57495"]:hilarious: Those "sinister shields" are great! And I really love your P. Lentulus Devil and the Genius of the Roman People. Here's a type I've always found chilling... [ATTACH=full]1441451[/ATTACH] [B]AUGUSTUS[/B] Fourrée Denarius (holed). 2.95g, 20.4mm. Copying Rome mint, circa 19-18 BC, P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Cf. RIC I 299 (for official issue). O: AVGVSTVS CAESAR, bare head of Augustus right. R: TVRPILIANVS III VIR, Tarpeia standing facing, hands raised, buried to the waist in a pile of shields. [MEDIA=youtube]QgsN0mKi8gg[/MEDIA] What about a melting faced Hekate? [ATTACH=full]1441453[/ATTACH] [B]THESSALY, Pherai[/B] AE Trichalkon. 8.81g, 21.2mm. THESSALY, Pherai, circa 404-369 BC. Rogers 511, fig. 277; BCD Thessaly II 687.2; HGC 4, 564. O: Head of Hekate-Enodia (or nymph Hypereia) facing slightly left. R: [ΦΕΡ]Α[Ι]-Ο[Ν], Lion's head fountain to right, with water pouring from mouth. [I]Ex BCD Collection, his tag noting "T/ne ex Thess., Feb. 88, 60000 drs."[/I] [ATTACH=full]1441454[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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