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  1. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    I do enjoy reading his adoptive Son's "Meditations". His Son had great things to say about him too in his book.


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    RI MARCUS AURELIUS AR Den as Caesar TR POT VI COS II - Genius stg at altar hldg standard
     
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  3. kevin McGonigal

    kevin McGonigal Well-Known Member

    Exceptional portraiture.
     
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  4. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Even our Julians tend to be nice. :troll:
     
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  5. willieboyd2

    willieboyd2 First Class Poster

    I just had to post this little darling again:

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    Antoninus Pius Aureus - Standing with Globe

    Obverse: Laureate head right - ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II
    Reverse: Antoninus standing left wearing toga and holding globe in right hand - TR POT XIX COS IIII
    Gold, 19.5mm, 7.26gm
    Catalog: RIC 256a (Roman Imperial Coins)
    Struck: AD 155-156, Rome
    "He's got the whole world in his hands"

    :)
     
    willieboyd2, May 26, 2020
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