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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4272134, member: 75937&quot;]Lord have mercy! This tasty bit of jazzy funk was released just today and I just can&#039;t get enough of TOP!</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]YAfe2RGWmtc[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Tower of Power&quot; reminds me of this denarius of Antoninus Pius!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-consecratio-denarius-jpg.1038722/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.26g, 17.2 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 161.</p><p>Obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS, head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right, with drapery on left shoulder.</p><p>Rev: CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers decorated with garlands and statues and surmounted by a quadriga.</p><p>Refs: RIC 438; BMCRE 60-64; RSC 164a; RCV 5193; MIR 24.</p><p>Notes: Also struck with a right-facing bare head (no drapery) portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Look in my eyes&quot; reminds me of the bug-eyes on the Alexandrian coinage of Julia Domna:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-venvs-felix-denarius-alexandria-jpg.958392/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.53 g, 19.2 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Alexandria, AD 193-198.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: Venus standing left, holding apple in right hand and drawing out fold of drapery with left hand.</p><p>Refs: Bickford-Smith pl. 1, 10; RIC --; BMCRE --; RCV --; CRE 398.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins with towers, eyes you can&#039;t help but look into, and ... if you like ... some funky jazz/jazzy funk![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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