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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3940534, member: 75937&quot;]I got the BEST SECRET SATVRNALIA GIFT EVER! It came in a huge box with my own address as the return address. Inside were two books ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038718[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>... and it was obvious that my benefactor had put a lot of thought into the gift because the books were tailored to my interests. I have a lot of coins with Roman empresses, hence Lightman &amp; Lightman&#039;s <i>Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek &amp; Roman Women</i>. I once posted a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-roman-womans-shoe-show-footwear-on-coins.336680/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-roman-womans-shoe-show-footwear-on-coins.336680/">thread about ancient footwear on coins</a>; therefore, Secret Saturnalia chose Charles Vincent&#039;s <i>Histoire de la chaussure, de la cordonnerie et des cordonniers célèbres, depuis l&#039;Antiquité jusqu&#039;à nos jours</i> (History of footwear, shoemaking and famous shoemakers, from antiquity to the present). It has some fascinating drawings!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038721[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also within the big box was a hand-written note and this velvet pouch ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038720[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>... containing a coin of one of my favorite emperors!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038722[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.26g, 17.2 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 161.</p><p>Obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS, head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right, with drapery on left shoulder.</p><p>Rev: CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers decorated with garlands and statues and surmounted by a quadriga.</p><p>Refs: RIC 438; BMCRE 60-64; RSC 164a; RCV 5193; MIR 24.</p><p>Notes: Also struck with a&nbsp; right-facing bare head (no drapery) portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>I want to thank my Secret Saturnalia for such a thoughtful and generous gift! I have made some dear friends here over the years and I appreciate every single one of you.</p><p><br /></p><p>IO SATVRNALIA OMNIBVS!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038723[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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