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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4742543, member: 75937&quot;]You share this sentiment with [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] , who devoted a thread to Republican coins which depict people <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/republicans-doing-things.315975/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/republicans-doing-things.315975/">doing things</a>, rather than just standing there. While one never tires of seeing <a href="https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery-item.htm?pg=3771544&amp;id=FB8DEAC4-155D-451F-67616D0C00BDB4EF&amp;gid=FB826465-155D-451F-6719C52FE2FAC2FE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery-item.htm?pg=3771544&amp;id=FB8DEAC4-155D-451F-67616D0C00BDB4EF&amp;gid=FB826465-155D-451F-6719C52FE2FAC2FE" rel="nofollow">Liberty, radiate, wearing stola and palla, standing facing, holding short torch and tablet</a>, it is fair to characterize Roman imperial issues as being rather static, a parade of such-and-such a deity standing/sitting, holding this, that, or the other thing. One of the reasons I like Roman provincial issues is that their subject matter extends beyond one of the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-12-dii-consentes-the-roman-equivalent-of-the-olympian-gods.318189/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-12-dii-consentes-the-roman-equivalent-of-the-olympian-gods.318189/"><i>Dii Consentes</i></a> holding his/her attributes.</p><p><br /></p><p>But did Venus actually do anything other than stand around and look pretty?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159202[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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