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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3561354, member: 91461"]Thanks all for the kind words and for sharing your BEAuuuutiful coins thus far!</p><p>Cmon [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER], talk about some cherry coins, my man! MA denarii don't get any better... Except maybe in [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER]'s day dreams!</p><p>Here's my best<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]946835[/ATTACH]</p><p>And then a recent Sexytans<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> with a pretty fun prow and patina:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]946837[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER], I don't know what conkers is, but that coin conquers my best Herakles coin. And that Zeus must've been drinking ambrosia with some type of steroids mixed in cause he is BUFF! It's been fairly recent that I've begun to understand just how talented the rhodian Celators were. Anyway here's my favorite drachm from abydos and a Zeus who looks more like a distance runner then a power lifter:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]946838[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm with you [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER] (see above) off center coins can have a fun attraction about them. I like how your obverese looks like a solar eclipse in some strange alternate universe. But that reverse has some terrific detail! Here's mine of the type I recently showed in last week's thread on my new found obsession with getting as many shield types as I can:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]946851[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As always, GD Hilarious post with your rub it in coins and a couple RR beauties [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]! Those Romans could be vindictive with their vendettas couldn't they?</p><p><br /></p><p>WoWiE [USER=90981]@Shea19[/USER]! Just an excellent Philip V right there<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I really dig the harpa reverse. The man really had an obsession with the hero Perseus. Here's a lucky triple strike of Perseus holding 3 harpas... And 3 severed heads<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[ATTACH=full]946856[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]946855[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Wonderful portrait [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and you can see the reverse is sprinkled with a bunch of monograms. I do wonder how we have been able to decipher what many of them mean (I LOVE Pyrrhos and Poliorketes).</p><p><br /></p><p>Ooh! Speak of the devil. Great MA right there! Excellent strike. Very cool toning. Thanks for breaking out the big guns [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER]![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3561354, member: 91461"]Thanks all for the kind words and for sharing your BEAuuuutiful coins thus far! Cmon [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER], talk about some cherry coins, my man! MA denarii don't get any better... Except maybe in [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER]'s day dreams! Here's my best:sorry: [ATTACH=full]946835[/ATTACH] And then a recent Sexytans;) with a pretty fun prow and patina: [ATTACH=full]946837[/ATTACH] [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER], I don't know what conkers is, but that coin conquers my best Herakles coin. And that Zeus must've been drinking ambrosia with some type of steroids mixed in cause he is BUFF! It's been fairly recent that I've begun to understand just how talented the rhodian Celators were. Anyway here's my favorite drachm from abydos and a Zeus who looks more like a distance runner then a power lifter: [ATTACH=full]946838[/ATTACH] I'm with you [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER] (see above) off center coins can have a fun attraction about them. I like how your obverese looks like a solar eclipse in some strange alternate universe. But that reverse has some terrific detail! Here's mine of the type I recently showed in last week's thread on my new found obsession with getting as many shield types as I can: [ATTACH=full]946851[/ATTACH] As always, GD Hilarious post with your rub it in coins and a couple RR beauties [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]! Those Romans could be vindictive with their vendettas couldn't they? WoWiE [USER=90981]@Shea19[/USER]! Just an excellent Philip V right there:jawdrop: I really dig the harpa reverse. The man really had an obsession with the hero Perseus. Here's a lucky triple strike of Perseus holding 3 harpas... And 3 severed heads:eek:[ATTACH=full]946856[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]946855[/ATTACH] Wonderful portrait [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER]:wideyed: and you can see the reverse is sprinkled with a bunch of monograms. I do wonder how we have been able to decipher what many of them mean (I LOVE Pyrrhos and Poliorketes). Ooh! Speak of the devil. Great MA right there! Excellent strike. Very cool toning. Thanks for breaking out the big guns [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER]![/QUOTE]
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