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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3279873, member: 56859&quot;]Ooooo, so much beauty.&nbsp; [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER], that 2nd Punic War RR denarius always makes me stop and gawk.&nbsp; [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER], your RR denarii are so enviable!</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of my prettier denarii:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/frugi-mercury-cr418-2b-rted-jpg.505197/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Piso M.f. Frugi</b></p><p>58 BCE (redated from Crawford&#039;s 61 BCE by Hersh and Walker, 1984)</p><p>AR denarius, 20 mm, 3.94 gm</p><p>Obv: terminal bust of Mercury right, wearing winged diadem; calix below chin; to left, star above wreath; dotted border</p><p>Rev: M·PISO·M·F / FRVGI above secespita (sacrificial knife) and patera; all within laurel wreath</p><p>Ref: Crawford 418/2b; Sydenham 825; Calpurnia 23</p><p>formerly slabbed, NGC</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-different-frugi.279241/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-different-frugi.279241/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-different-frugi.279241/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lentulustriskeles-cr445-1b-rt-jpg.512107/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></i></p><p><b>Roman Republic, the Pompeians</b></p><p><b>L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus</b></p><p>Military mint in the East (Apollonia and Asia), 49 BC</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.8 gm</p><p>Obv: Triskeles, with winged head of Medusa facing at center; stalk of grain between each leg</p><p>Rev: Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle on left; LE(NT) (MAR) upward to left, COS upward to right</p><p>Ref: Crawford 445/1b; Sydenham 1029a</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucillapudicitiadenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.725889/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Lucilla</b></p><p>Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.25 gm</p><p>Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; draped bust right</p><p>Rev: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand preparing to draw a veil across her face (or had she just drawn the veil off her face?), left hand at side</p><p>Ref: RIC III 780</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1028.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy342%2FAncientJoe%2FSmallCircus2_zps69282e54.jpg&amp;hash=f755f5c3c9d6f49933381d1bd6c30a7c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus</b></p><p>Rome, CE 206</p><p>AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h</p><p>Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina&#039;s other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison</p><p>Ref: RIC 274; BMC 343.</p><p><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domnavenusdenarius-rt-jpg.829904/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Julia Domna</b></p><p>Augusta, CE 193-217</p><p>AR denarius, 17 x 19 mm, 2.72 gm</p><p>Rome mint; struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 193-196</p><p>Obv: IVLIA DOMNA AVG; draped bust right</p><p>Rev: VENERI VICTR; Venus standing right, back facing, leaning upon column to left, holding palm frond and apple</p><p>Ref: RIC IV 536 (Septimius Severus); RSC 194</p><p>Formerly slabbed; NGC net grade XF</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/you-know-you-should-buy-the-coin-when.324654/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/you-know-you-should-buy-the-coin-when.324654/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/you-know-you-should-buy-the-coin-when.324654/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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