Feels like Christmas today as I just received the prize for winning @swish513 's contest last week! Look what just showed up in the mail! Beautiful ASE...older date also BU Roosevelt dime. And my favorite... an ancient coin! My first one. Thank you for these, I like them alot. Now off to research this ancient coin a bit..
I always get a kick out of someone who refers to a 13 year-old coin as an "older date". Congratulations, you young whippersnapper! Chris
Well done! Take a look at the reverse of your ancient coin. See the horseman spearing the man on the ground? Do you know what it says around it? In English it roughly translates to "Happy Times are Here Again!"
I got a whole lot more jealous whence I saw the "S" parked on the back of the dime. Coingratulations on your win, and an applause to Swish513 for holding the contest.
Great piece of info. I know bit of latin and know what reparatio and temp mean, but had no idea about "fel". What happened in 4th century that brought back the happy times? Was it the victory over barbarians depicted on coin? I need to do some reading but I am caught up with something else now...
