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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 7895385, member: 91461"]Another great article, great coins and hilaritas...I mean hilarious title:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1363023[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, very kind of you to educate those too lazy to Google who Spes is (insert eye filing emoji here).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my latest Spes, just came in this week. Though none too pretty she's a rarity:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1363024[/ATTACH]</p><p>Pescennius Niger</p><p>(193-194). AR Denarius (16 mm, 2.17), Antioch, 194 AD.</p><p>Obv. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, Laureate head of Pescennius Niger to right.</p><p>Rev. BONAE SPEI, Spes advancing left, holding up flower in her right hand and hem of her skirt with her left.</p><p>RIC 3d. fine. Purchased from Savoca Sept 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>And here's a very popular Spes:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1363025[/ATTACH]</p><p>Fausta</p><p>Æ Nummus. Siscia, AD 326. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right, wearing pearled necklace / SPES REI P-VLICAE, Empress or Salus standing facing, head left, cradling two infants in her arms; •∆SIS•. RIC VII 205;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 7895385, member: 91461"]Another great article, great coins and hilaritas...I mean hilarious title: [ATTACH=full]1363023[/ATTACH] Also, very kind of you to educate those too lazy to Google who Spes is (insert eye filing emoji here). Here's my latest Spes, just came in this week. Though none too pretty she's a rarity: [ATTACH=full]1363024[/ATTACH] Pescennius Niger (193-194). AR Denarius (16 mm, 2.17), Antioch, 194 AD. Obv. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, Laureate head of Pescennius Niger to right. Rev. BONAE SPEI, Spes advancing left, holding up flower in her right hand and hem of her skirt with her left. RIC 3d. fine. Purchased from Savoca Sept 2021 And here's a very popular Spes: [ATTACH=full]1363025[/ATTACH] Fausta Æ Nummus. Siscia, AD 326. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right, wearing pearled necklace / SPES REI P-VLICAE, Empress or Salus standing facing, head left, cradling two infants in her arms; •∆SIS•. RIC VII 205;[/QUOTE]
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