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Message:: [QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2660032, member: 76194"]There are many wonderful days in an ancient collector's journey through the coinage of the ancient world. After all, most of us are coin junkies and will probably manage to get at least 20 coins this year. But seldom are the days we can truly call great...the days where we get a coin we never thought we'd have the opportunity to own, and the days where we get one special coin that leaves us giddy with joy and amazement. Today is such a day for me. My Julius Caesar lifetime portrait denarius is finally in my hands after some unfortunate delays at the post office. Oh boy, I feel like I just hit a grand slam home run at the World Series with this one. For all of you non-Americans, the soccer equivalent would be scoring the winning penalty shot at the World Cup. All that said, this was an expensive coin by my standards, so to go with the expensive theme I photographed it with some appropriate currency for the background. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I'm being a bit of a drama queen with these pictures, aren't I? So without further adieu, here is Julius Caesar himself in coin form, minted only weeks before his death on March 15, 44 BCE. [ATTACH=full]589930[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]589931[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]589932[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]