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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3953393, member: 56859&quot;]I forgot to post some coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A modest little quinarius.&nbsp; Victory looks a bit dejected or perhaps demure.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/frugiquinarius-rt_edited-jpg.838861/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi</b></p><p>90 BCE, Rome</p><p>AR quinarius, 13 mm, 1.9 gm</p><p>Obv: laureate head of Apollo right; R behind head</p><p>Rev: L PI - SO / FRVGI; Victory standing right, holding palm frond and wreath</p><p>Ref: Crawford 340/2e</p><p><br /></p><p>Next is one of my first coins.&nbsp; At the time I didn&#039;t know of all the places to bid and buy coins and I thought this was spectacular.&nbsp; Well, it&#039;s really not that spectacular but the wispy and off-center depiction of Victory make her look like she&#039;s floating or flying.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_315bafcc2b3a4e8da08310714d956de8~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PAMPHYLIA, Side</b></p><p>205-100 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm. 17.0 gm, 29 mm</p><p>Obv: head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet</p><p>Rev: Nike advancing left holding wreath; pomegranate and CT to left</p><p>Ref: CNG France 719</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s Nike as a secondary figure but she&#039;s clear as a bell on this fantastic tet:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_d9092807a3ba4dcea7963e71a61c6e7b.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffit%252Fw_1644%252Ch_1028%252Cq_90%252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%252Fae43f8_d9092807a3ba4dcea7963e71a61c6e7b.jpg%26hash%3De512f83629157c1ae955ec50aa681ca1&amp;hash=22eeae0b617754351af6dd304aa83da7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Mamaea</b></p><p>year 13, CE 233/4</p><p>tetradrachm, 24 mm, 14.36 gm</p><p>Obv: IOVMAMAIACEBMHTECEKCTPA; Draped bust right, wearing stephane</p><p>Rev: Serapis enthroned left, holding scepter, extending his right hand toward Cerberus seated at his feet; on throne back, Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm frond; L IΓ (date) to left, palm frond to right</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3226.13 (R4); Köln 2540; Dattari (Savio) 4517; K&amp;G 64.119[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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