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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8253167, member: 57495&quot;]No trace of any toe jam on my old sock coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454610[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 2.82g, 19.4mm. Rome mint, AD 161. Posthumous issue struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. RIC III 430; Cohen 155. O: DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head right. R: CONSECRATIO, Eagle standing right on altar, with wings spread and head turned to left. </p><p><i>From the Red Ox Collection and the collection of the Czech musician Adolf Picek (circa 1885-1978), and formerly in the possession of an Italian banker, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his savior with &#039;four socks of old coins&#039; in reward.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Considering the fantastical centaur/cupid/winged snake bigas, a guy riding a camel seems almost mundane... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454615[/ATTACH]<b>MESOPOTAMIA, Adiabene. Natounia </b></p><p>AE22. 6.62g, 21.8mm. MESOPOTAMIA, Adiabene. Natounia, circa 2nd - 1st centuries BC. CSE II 846; Hoover, Natounia Series 1, 1-7; Seyrig, Trésor 13a. O: Radiate and diademed male head (Helios-Shamash?) right. R: Rider (Arsu?) on camelback right, holding short staff in right hand; all within wreath border.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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