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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8231489, member: 85693&quot;]Wow, that&#039;s an awfully dramatic portrayal of Zeus!&nbsp; I agree, a bit trashy, &quot;cheap toy&quot; looking.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Workout routines among the ancients didn&#039;t really produce such veiny, high-definition muscles like you get nowadays.&nbsp; A denarius of Commodus with Jupiter, fit, but not ripped:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447153[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Commodus&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(185 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head right / PM TRP XI IMP VII COS V PP, Jupiter seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre.</p><p>RIC 117; RSC 486.</p><p>(2.53 grams / 17 mm)</p><p>eBay July 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Although the Romans tended to be less shy about full frontal nudity; Roman lightning bolts are more stylized too (actually, I like the Perth mints lightning bolt): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447159[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Gordian III&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(238-239 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p><b>(1st issue, 2nd Officina)</b></p><p>IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI Jupiter stdg. with scepter &amp; thunderbolt, Gordian left w. attributes of Spes. </p><p>RIC 2; Cohen 105</p><p>(3.83 grams / 20 mm)</p><p>eBay Mar. 2018</p><p><br /></p><p>Both of these are pretty low grade silver, so I am not sure they&#039;d qualify for &quot;silver stacking.&quot;&nbsp; But I still prefer &#039;em.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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