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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 385982, member: 9204&quot;]As you may have seen, I sold off even more of my US collection. I earned some pretty good money on it, and bought some stuff with the profits. </p><p><br /></p><p>First off, a silver siglos of the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire. This is the coin that could have been used in the movie <i>The 300. </i>Note the incuse bankers mark on the edge, a beautiful archaic eye. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d169/Ardatirion/PersianEmpiresiglosc450BC.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Achaemenid Empire</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">AR – siglos 15mm, 5.53 g</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Persia, 450-330 BC</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Stylized king running r. with dagger poised to thrust and bow</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">rectangular incuse punch</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Carradice type IV</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Next is a denarius of the Roman Republic, minted by the money C. Mamilius Limetanus. This coin caught my eye because, on the reverse, it shows Ulysses with his dog Argus, a famous scene from The Odyssey. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d169/Ardatirion/RomanRepublicdenarius-82BCCMamilius.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roman Republic</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">C Mamilius Limetanus, 82 BC</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">AR denarius </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">draped bust of Mercury r. with caduceus over shoulder</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Ulysses standing r., holding staff in l. hand and extending his r. hand to his dog Argus</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">C MAMIL to l., LIMETAN to r.</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Sydenham 741, Crawford 362/1</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And finally (to steal a term from stainless) the mojo. A gold solidus of Constantius II, my first piece of ancient gold. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d169/Ardatirion/ConstantiusIIsolidusAntioch337-361A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><i><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Constantius II</font></font></i></p><p><i><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">AV – Solidus, 21 mm, 4.05g</font></font></i></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><i>Antioch</i><i>, 337-361 AD</i></font></font></p><p><i><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">FL IVL CONSTAN-TIVS PERP AVG</font></font></i></p><p><i><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">draped, cuirassed bust r.</font></font></i></p><p><i><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">GLORIA REI-PVBLICAE</font></font></i></p><p><i><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roma and Constantinopolis seated holding hield with VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX</font></font></i></p><p><i><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">SMANI in ex.</font></font></i></p><p><i><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VIII Antioch 83</font></font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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