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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3713849, member: 85693"]Hope that title doesn't count as "click bait." Apologies in advance! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My local library discards stuff all the time, including patron donations. The other day I got two massive world stamp albums for $4, chock full o' stamps. When I was 11 I would have killed for this. I culled out old stuff, reliving my misspent youth, and while doing so found that quite a few stamps feature ancient coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Aureus of Tetricus (Goldmunze!):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]995375[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Greek drachm:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]995374[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not a coin, but our old friend Glykon, the puppet-headed snake god:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]995377[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine Gold something or other:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]995376[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Last but not least, a sestertius of Trajan, with the actual coin to match (to try to preserve a shred of integrity to this post): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]995373[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]995371[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(105-107 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>[IMP CAES NERVAE TRA]IANO AVG GER DAC [PM TRP COS V P P], laureate bust right, draped left / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINC]IPI S-C, Victory standing right, shield on palm tree inscribed VIC DAC. </p><p>RIC 527; Cohen 542cf.</p><p>(25.86 grams / 32 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, with apologies. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3713849, member: 85693"]Hope that title doesn't count as "click bait." Apologies in advance! :oops: My local library discards stuff all the time, including patron donations. The other day I got two massive world stamp albums for $4, chock full o' stamps. When I was 11 I would have killed for this. I culled out old stuff, reliving my misspent youth, and while doing so found that quite a few stamps feature ancient coins. Aureus of Tetricus (Goldmunze!): [ATTACH=full]995375[/ATTACH] Greek drachm: [ATTACH=full]995374[/ATTACH] Not a coin, but our old friend Glykon, the puppet-headed snake god: [ATTACH=full]995377[/ATTACH] Byzantine Gold something or other: [ATTACH=full]995376[/ATTACH] Last but not least, a sestertius of Trajan, with the actual coin to match (to try to preserve a shred of integrity to this post): [ATTACH=full]995373[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]995371[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan Æ Sestertius (105-107 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] [IMP CAES NERVAE TRA]IANO AVG GER DAC [PM TRP COS V P P], laureate bust right, draped left / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINC]IPI S-C, Victory standing right, shield on palm tree inscribed VIC DAC. RIC 527; Cohen 542cf. (25.86 grams / 32 mm) Again, with apologies. :angelic:[/QUOTE]
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