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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 5267360, member: 80783&quot;]Io Saturnalia!</p><p><br /></p><p>Me and my son couldn´t wait any longer and opened the neat Saturnalia package today!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1220158[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My secret Saturn made my day with what is the most generous present I received all year.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first thing that came to light was a board game!! How on earth could my secret Saturn know that I love strategy board games?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1220155[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Totally looking forward to develop the most powerful cities in Antiquity and triumph over my family by bringing my civilization to victory!</p><p><br /></p><p>This even has the added value of same English practice for my kid :-D.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next thing included was this little Sigillaria figure which perfectly fits into my Lego Forum:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1220156[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and last but not least there were not one but two interesting coins included!</p><p><br /></p><p>The first one was announced as <i>“from a country that unfortunately made it to the news headlines this year</i>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1220157[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This neat piece is my first medieval coin! I must admit that I had never heard of Levon I the Magnificent, first King of Armenian Cilicia from AD 1198-1219, or even his kingdom.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a real eye opener for me and I shall dig into the history of this nation founder (who at first glance into Wikipedia is worth an extensive writeup), the history of Armenia, and the third Crusade!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for the inspiration and this interesting conversation piece!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>The other coin is a Sestertius, my favourite denomination of all ages!&nbsp; <i>“… that I hope you can keep as a pocket piece, until it reveals its full detail by next Saturnalia, after rubbing in hand for a long time”.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1220161[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Until then I have it identified as:</p><p><br /></p><p>LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F – bust of Lucilla right, wearing paludamentum, pearls on chignon</p><p>HILARITAS&nbsp; S C - Hilaritas, standing left, holding cornucopia and palm branch</p><p>Sestertius, Rome mint</p><p>30,9 mm / 17,86 gr</p><p>RIC 1742, BMCRE 1147, Cohen 31, Banti 18 (22 specimens)</p><p><br /></p><p>That is exactly what I am going to do and will present it here for the next Saturnalia in shiny Orichalcum glory!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you so very much Alex22! You made the season start with a day full of joy![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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