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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3279780, member: 83845"]I think the board needs some eye candy to ring in the new year.  Most collectors who are interested in Roman coins typically have at least one denarius in thier collection which means there should be a lot of folks on the ancient's forum that can participate.  So who's up for a denarii party? We did something similar to this a few years ago but since then we have had a bunch of new members join the board that didn't get a chance to participate.  Plus, if you're anything like me your list of favorite denarii has changed dramatically over the last two or three years.  So here is what I have in mind: <ul> <li>Post as many of your favorite or most beautiful denarii as you like. </li> <li>Either Republican, Imperial or a mix of the two is fine. If it's one of your favorites, post it!</li> <li>If you don't have any denarii in your collection yet post a denarius that you would like to own.</li> </ul>Here are my ten favorites (a mix of Imperial and Republican) in no particular order. [ATTACH=full]866831[/ATTACH] Roman RepublicSecond Punic War (218 – 201 BC)Anonymous AR Denarius, Rome Mint, struck ca. 211 BCWt.: 4.2 gDia.: 20 mmObv.: Helmeted head of Roma right. X in left fieldRev.: Dioscuri galloping right. ROMA in exergue and partially incuse on raised tabletRef.: Crawford 44/5. Sydenham 167. RBW 169.<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-story-of-the-coin-struck-to-fight-hannibal-the-first-denarius-and-its-influence.300387/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-story-of-the-coin-struck-to-fight-hannibal-the-first-denarius-and-its-influence.300387/">The Story of the Coin Struck to Fight Hannibal: The First Denarius and its Influence</a> [ATTACH=full]866832[/ATTACH] Roman EmpireAntoninus Pius, AD 138-161AR Denarius, Rome mint, Struck ca. AD 140-143Wt.: 3.01 gDia.: 17 mm, 6hObv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III; Laureate head rightRev.: AEQVITAS AVG; Aequitas standing left, holding scales and sceptreRef.: RIC III 61; RSC 14 [ATTACH=full]866833[/ATTACH] Roman EmpireCommodus (AD 177-192)AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 192Dia.: 17 mmWt.: 2.66 gObv.: L AEL AVREL COMMA VG P FEL; Commodus bust right wearing lion skin on head.Rev.: HER-CVL RO-MAN AV-GV; Club in wreathRef.: RIC III 251, ScarceEx W.F. Stoeckin Collection. Acquired in the 1960s from Prof. L. De Nicola in Rome [ATTACH=full]866836[/ATTACH] Roman EmpireDiva Faustina I (Died ca. AD 141)AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck after AD 141Obv.: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA; bust right, hair elaborately styled.Rev.: DEDICATIO AEDIS; Hexa-style Temple of the Divine Faustina showing podium, statues etc.Ref.: RIC III 388, Rare [ATTACH=full]866838[/ATTACH] Roman EmpireTrajan (AD 98-117)AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 107-108Dia.: 19.1 mmWt.: 2.94 gObv.: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P; Trajan laureate bust right, left shoulder drapedRev.: COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC; Danube, velificatio, reclining on rocks, right hand holding prow of a ship. Left arm resting on overflowing container of water. DANVVIVS in exergue.Ref.: RIC II 100, Scarce<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/trajan-the-best-emperor-and-the-mystery-of-the-river-god.318843/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/trajan-the-best-emperor-and-the-mystery-of-the-river-god.318843/">Trajan: the Best Emperor and the Mystery of the River God</a> [ATTACH=full]866837[/ATTACH] Roman EmpireDiocletian (AD 284-305)AR Argenteus, Ticinum mint, struck ca. AD 294Dia.: 20 mmWt.: 2.92 gObv.: DIOCLETI-ANVS AVG; Laureate bust rightRev.: VIRTVS MILITVM; Tetrarchs sacrificing in front of fort with 6 turrentsRef.: RIC VI 14a, R3 [ATTACH=full]866839[/ATTACH] Roman RepublicMn. Aemelius LepidusAR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. 114-113 BCDia.: 18 mmWt.: 3.83 gObv.: ROMA, ligate MA; Laureate, diademed and draped bust of Roma, right. * behind.Rev.: MN AEMILIO; Equestrian statue right on three arches, L E P between arches.Ref.: Crawford 291/1Ex <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/57495/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/57495/">zumbly</a> Collection (AMCC Auction 1, lot 112), Ex Demetrios Armounta Collection (CNG E-Auction 325, lot 490) [ATTACH=full]866842[/ATTACH] Roman EmpireElagabalus AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 218-222Obv.: IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG; Laureate draped cuirassed bust rightRev.: VICTOR ANTONINI AVG; Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch Dia.: 20.29 mmWt.: 3.26 gRef.: RIC IV 153Ex Bill Rosenblum mailbox sale 28F, Nov. 1998 [ATTACH=full]866841[/ATTACH] Roman EmpireCommodus (AD 177-192)AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 187Dia.: 18 mmWt.: 2.77 gObv.: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT; Laureate bust rightRev.: AVCT PIET P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P; Pietas standing left, sacrificing over altar with incense and patera, holding box.Ref.: RIC III 146, scarceEx James Pickering Collection of Britannic Coinage [ATTACH=full]866843[/ATTACH] Roman EmpireNerva (AD 96-98)AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck October AD 97Dia.: 17 mmWt.: 3.47 gObv.: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III PP; Laureate bust rightRev.: SALVS PVBLICA; Salus, seated left, holding grain earsRef.: RIC II 20 [/QUOTE]

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