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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2906535, member: 32619&quot;]I missed the backtracking...so...uh...can I still play?</p><p><br /></p><p>This Diadumenian was a wish list type coin. I love military themed coins which is a lot of coins in the ancient world and when I first saw a city gate I fell in love. The coin below looks a little rough but in hand is much nicer. </p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-118-diadumenian-nikopolis-city-gate.4219/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Diadumenian, AD 217-218</p><p>AE, 28mm, 11.4g; 12h; Nikopolis ad Istrum</p><p>Obv.: K M OΠΕΛ ΔΙΑΔΟUMENIANOC AV; draped bust right</p><p>Rev.: UΠ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ NIKOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC ICTΠ; city gate with three crenulated towers</p><p><br /></p><p>The Elagabalus coin fits the military theme with the standards and is just as bright green in hand as the photo. </p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-67-elagabalus-legionary-standards.3649/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Elagabalus, AD 218-222</p><p>AE, 23mm, 6.41g; 12h; Nicaea, Bithynia</p><p>Obv.: M AVPH ANTΩNINOC AVG; Laureate head right</p><p>Rev.: N-IK-AI-E-[ΩN] beneath the masts of legionary standards; eagle facing, head right, wings spread, between two standards surmounted by capricorns.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for taking the thread backwards again.</p><p>Next:</p><p><b>Severus Alexander, his mother, Julia Mamaea, and his wife Orbiana</b></p><p>(I&#039;m out until Herennius Etruscus)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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