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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2835326, member: 76194&quot;]How do you catch all 4 tetrarchs at once? Well, there is the hard way....buying 4 coins at one time, or you can throw a Poke Ball into the bushes and hope to get lucky by catching 4 wild tetrarchs in one go. You know how the song goes...&quot;Tetrarchs, got to catch them all, you know it&#039;s my destiny...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I laid in ambush and Fortuna smiled on me and rewarded me for my efforts, as these 4 bad boys of the late 3rd Century and early 4rth Century are currently on their way to me. You better believed I pounced hard on this rare silver argenteus with all 4 tetrarchs, like a mountain lion who hasn&#039;t eaten in a week jumping a plump yet not too bright deer who let his guard down.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]669291[/ATTACH]</p><p>GALERIUS as Caesar, AD 293-305.</p><p>AR Argenteus, 21mm, 2.7g, 12h; Rome, c. 294.</p><p>Obv: MAXIMIANVS CAES; Laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: VIRTVS MILITVM; The tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before city enclosure with six turrets.</p><p>Reference: RIC VI Rome 29b, p. 353, r2.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, Fortuna is a fickle Goddess, and she&#039;ll just as quick smile on you as she&#039;ll urinate on your dreams. The Greek playwriters used to say that an overly fortunate man was a man in serious danger. The Gods don&#039;t like a mortal getting too lucky. And thanks to the ancient Greek playwriters I know just how to stave off disaster...give up something I love!</p><p><br /></p><p>So to stave off misfortune, I&#039;ll send a <b>free Late Roman Bronze of my choice</b> to the first newbie to post on this thread who is coming from US coins to ancient coins, and shopping for their first ancient. There&#039;s been a few here lately, so if you know any, send them to this thread to be the fortunate one to claim their first ancient coin, and&nbsp; a free one at that. Please hurry, before Fortuna makes the US Post Office lose my new 4.5 inch Newtonian style dobsonian telescope. That would be a tragedy. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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