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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8185827, member: 56859&quot;][USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], your Domna/Venus collection is fabulous!</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this Domna for the well-proportioned Venus:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domnavenusdenarius-rt-jpg.829904/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Julia Domna</b></p><p>Augusta, 193-217 CE</p><p>AR denarius, 17 x 19 mm, 2.72 gm</p><p>Rome mint; struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 193-196</p><p>Obv: IVLIA DOMNA AVG; draped bust right</p><p>Rev: VENERI VICTR; Venus standing right, back facing, leaning upon column to left, holding palm frond and apple</p><p>Ref: RIC IV 536 (Septimius Severus); RSC 194</p><p><i>Formerly slabbed</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another extremely shapely deity-- Athena looking very toned but who throws a thunderbolt while standing on tippy toes?&nbsp; Such a girlie girl <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Maybe she was trying to dislodge that mega-wedgie.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antigonosgonatastet-rt-jpg.950597/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS OF MACEDON, Antigonos II Gonatas</b></p><p>277/6-239 BCE, struck after 270 BCE, Amphipolis mint</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 31mm, 17.06 g</p><p>Obv: head of Pan in center of Macedonian shield, lagobolon over shoulder; shield decorated with stars within crescents</p><p>Rev: BASILEWS ANTIGONOU, Athena Alkidemos walking left, brandishing thunderbolt and shield; helmet left, EMP monogram right</p><p>Ref: SNGCop 1200v, EMP (maybe); R. Martin, &quot;A Third-Century B.C. Hoard from Thessaly at the ANS,&quot; ANSMN 26, 536 (same obv. die).</p><p><i>ex Demetrios Armounta Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>My Commodus Three Graces suffers the same centration censoring as Z&#039;s coin.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/commodus-threegraces-marcianopolis-rt-jpg.802207/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Commodus</b></p><p>AE 25mm, 8.5 gm</p><p>circa CE 177-192</p><p>Obv: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС; bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ; the Three Graces standing facing, heads left, right, and right, respectively: the left holds amphora over dolphin, the center drapes arms over others, and the right holds wreath over amphora</p><p>Ref: Hristova &amp; Jekov 6.10.26.4; RPC IV online 4319; Varbanov 702 corr. (direction of heads).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That coin cracks me up and really deserves to become an animated gif <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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