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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 8335877, member: 83845"]Beautiful new addition Ryan! Excellent centering on the obverse and great detail on the reverse. I’m jealous of new coin AND your quality coin-friend time. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve shown my favorite Sicily before but what the heck...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477911[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Sicily, Syracuse </font></p><p><font size="3">Agathokles, AR Tetradrachm</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 26 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 17.19 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: KOΡAΣ Head of Kore to right, wearing grain wreath and pendant earring.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: AΓAΘOKΛEIOΣ Nike, bare to the waist, standing right, attaching armor to trophy to her right, she holds a nail in her right hand and a hammer in her left; to left, triskeles of legs running to right. </font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Ierardi 143/141 (O38/R95). SNG ANS 674 (same obverse die). An unrecorded die combination; toned.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex W. F. Stoecklin (1888-1975) acquired in Taormina, Sicily, in 1931.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>...and I suppose this coin might count as the dawn of a golden age (Five Good Emperors).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477912[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Nerva (AD 96-98)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck October AD 97</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 17 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 3.47 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III PP; Laureate bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: SALVS PVBLICA; Salus, seated left, holding grain ears</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC II 20 </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 8335877, member: 83845"]Beautiful new addition Ryan! Excellent centering on the obverse and great detail on the reverse. I’m jealous of new coin AND your quality coin-friend time. :woot: I’ve shown my favorite Sicily before but what the heck... [ATTACH=full]1477911[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Sicily, Syracuse Agathokles, AR Tetradrachm Dia.: 26 mm Wt.: 17.19 g Obv.: KOΡAΣ Head of Kore to right, wearing grain wreath and pendant earring. Rev.: AΓAΘOKΛEIOΣ Nike, bare to the waist, standing right, attaching armor to trophy to her right, she holds a nail in her right hand and a hammer in her left; to left, triskeles of legs running to right. Ref.: Ierardi 143/141 (O38/R95). SNG ANS 674 (same obverse die). An unrecorded die combination; toned. Ex W. F. Stoecklin (1888-1975) acquired in Taormina, Sicily, in 1931.[/SIZE] ...and I suppose this coin might count as the dawn of a golden age (Five Good Emperors). [ATTACH=full]1477912[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Empire Nerva (AD 96-98) AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck October AD 97 Dia.: 17 mm Wt.: 3.47 g Obv.: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III PP; Laureate bust right Rev.: SALVS PVBLICA; Salus, seated left, holding grain ears Ref.: RIC II 20 [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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