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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2838639, member: 51347&quot;]What a GREAT write up [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] !&nbsp; I enjoy coins that show wear as it is proof that they were used in commerce and passed through many hands.&nbsp; If there is no wear, then it is not a coin, as it was never used for its intended purpose!&nbsp; Yours is great!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Priestly Implements:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]671031[/ATTACH]</p><p>RI Maximus Thrax 236-238 AE Sestertius Rome mint priestly emblems</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, I will copy [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] , except MY elephant left a MESS behind him that went on to the reverse!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]671032[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Caesar AR Denarius 49 BCE Traveling Mint Elephant-Pontificates Sear 1399 Craw 443/1</p><p><br /></p><p>Yup, a couple priestly doo-dads on the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]671037[/ATTACH]</p><p>RI Augustus AR Denarius struck 2 BC-14 AD Caius and Lucius Caesars stdg shield spear S 1578 NGC4276216-007</p><p><br /></p><p>An APEX on the OBVERSE of this Republic Denarius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]671038[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR AR Denarius 131 BCE L Postumius&nbsp; Albinus Roma Biga Craw 252-1 Sear 128</p><p>Ex: [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>And, to me, GREATER than any religious implements, is an OATH between two or more humans.&nbsp; Representing a BOND, a TRUST, an OATH between Romans or Italians during this time:&nbsp; Laying their sword on a sacrificial pig and swearing an OATH:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]671039[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Veturius 137 BCE AR Den Mars X Oath Scene pig Sear 111 Craw 234/1</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]671040[/ATTACH]</p><p>Marsic Confederation denarius 90-88 BCE Italia-Corfinium Oath Ceremony over pig Sear 227 SCARCE[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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