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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2544898, member: 51347&quot;]I have been rolling down the highway capturing Roman Ruler Portraits... I really do not collect Roman Rulers (Emperors, Empresses, Usurpers acclaimed as Augustus, etc.), but have been getting them as I shop the markets.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am using the RIC Rarity List with <b>210 Total Rulers</b> (take out the Anonymous - who was <i><b>THAT?</b></i>), and also includes some extras that [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] suggested that were available as Provincials. </p><p><br /></p><p>I decided a long time ago that I really was <b>NOT</b> going to collect Empresses... <b><i>BUT...</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>As I started filling in the slots ofthe Emperors, those pesky Empresses kept popping up.</p><p><br /></p><p>This week, I have added 4 Empresses to the Alegandron Collection...&nbsp; I am now up to 135 Roman Rulers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ummm...for NOT collecting Roman Rulers...<i><b>this habit is getting baaaad...</b></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">POST YOUR COOL EMPRESSES!</span></font></b></i></p><p><i><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></font></b></i></p><p><i><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">Just like the WWII Pacific Battle of Midway:&nbsp; </span></font></b></i></p><p><i><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">&quot;Scratch FOUR Flat-tops!&quot;</span></font></b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545909[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Empire</p><p><b>Antonia</b> Dupondius : Daughter of Marc Antony and Octavia, Wife of Nero Claudius Drusus.</p><p>Ox: ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right</p><p>Rx: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP S-C, Claudius, togate, standing left, holding simpulum</p><p>Nice example with dark green/brown patina. 28mm, 11.8gms</p><p>Ex: [USER=76544]@Brian Bucklan[/USER]</p><p><i>#117</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545907[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Empire:</p><p><b>Poppea</b></p><p>Nero billon tetradrachm of Alexandria Egypt, r. bust of <b>Poppea</b>, LI ry.10 63-64AD</p><p>Milne 217, RPC 5275</p><p>obv. Radiate head of Nero right</p><p>rev. Draped bust of Poppea right, LI before</p><p>diameter: 23mm</p><p>weight: 12.8g</p><p><i>NOT on RIC Rarity list - Provincial</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545908[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Empire</p><p><b>Messalina</b></p><p>Claudius (41 - 54 A.D.)</p><p>EGYPT ALEXANDRIA</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm</p><p>O: TI KLAUDI KAIS SEBA GERMANI AUTOKR, laureate head of Claudius right, LΓ (date) before.</p><p>R: MESSALI-NA KAIS SEBAS, <b>Messalina</b> standing facing, head left, leaning on draped column, holding figures of two children in extended right hand and cradling two grain ears in left arm.</p><p>Year 42 - 43 A.D.</p><p>13.1g</p><p>25mm</p><p>RPC I 5131</p><p>Ex: [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER]</p><p><i>NOT on RIC Rarity list - Provincial</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545906[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Empire</p><p><b>Magnia Urbica</b></p><p>Rome Silbersud-Antoninianus 285 AD</p><p>Catalog: RIC 343</p><p>Material: bronze</p><p>Weight: 3.40 g</p><p>Diameter: 23.00 mm</p><p>Silvered-Antoninian of <b>Magnia Urbica</b>, coined 285 AD in Rome.</p><p>Obv: Drap. Bust on crescent n. Right, wears Diadem MAGNIA VRBICAE AVG</p><p>Rev: Venus on the left, holding apple and scepter, at the foot of a shield VENVS GENETRIX</p><p>Ref: excellent RIC 343, C.17 rare</p><p><i>#133</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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