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<p>[QUOTE="TJC, post: 2951495, member: 45502"]Here are three new favorites of mine. </p><p>All X-mas gifts from my lovely wife!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>To start here is neat little barb. I really like the character of this coin! The Rome (radiate bust) meets Athens (barbarous owl Rx) is super cool IMO! </p><p>[ATTACH=full]721111[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]721112[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Date:</b> 3rd to 4th Century AD</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Radiate Bust Right</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Crude copy of Roman theme</p><p><b>Size:</b> 11.64 mm</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 0.9 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Next up is a favorite emperor of mine. Good old Gallienus. As much as Gallienus is maligned it is no surprise that his Secular Games are often forgotten in the histories while the lazy tyrant Philip I hogs all the glory for his 1000 years in business party. Anyhow, I have wanted a Gallienus / Secular Games issue for some time. Now I have one<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I am really digging this coin!!! Neck beard, stag, palm branch, a ton of silvering, well centered, legible legends, and some X-mas red highlights for character! Whats not to like? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]721122[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]721123[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Attribution:</b> RIC Vi 656 Antioch</p><p><b>Date:</b> 264-265 AD</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> GALLIENVS AVG; Radiate cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> SAECVLARHS AVG; Stag standing right, palm branch in exergue</p><p><b>Size:</b> 22.27mm</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 3.77 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>And there is more! This RR denarius is the icing on the cake! The helmeted Roma is quite attractive in itself but the she wolf Rx is a notch above terrific!! Love the Greco-Roman style of this coin!! </p><p>[ATTACH=full]721129[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]721130[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Attribution:</b> Craw 388/1b; Satriena 1; Sydenham 781a </p><p><b>Date:</b> 77 BC</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> (Inverted T)XXXII behind helmeted head of Roma (or Mars) right</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> ROMA above she-wolf standing left with right forepaw raised, P•SATRIE / NVS in exergue</p><p><b>Size:</b> 17.69mm</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 3.59 grams[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TJC, post: 2951495, member: 45502"]Here are three new favorites of mine. All X-mas gifts from my lovely wife!:) To start here is neat little barb. I really like the character of this coin! The Rome (radiate bust) meets Athens (barbarous owl Rx) is super cool IMO! [ATTACH=full]721111[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]721112[/ATTACH] [B]Date:[/B] 3rd to 4th Century AD [B]Obverse:[/B] Radiate Bust Right [B]Reverse:[/B] Crude copy of Roman theme [B]Size:[/B] 11.64 mm [B]Weight:[/B] 0.9 grams Next up is a favorite emperor of mine. Good old Gallienus. As much as Gallienus is maligned it is no surprise that his Secular Games are often forgotten in the histories while the lazy tyrant Philip I hogs all the glory for his 1000 years in business party. Anyhow, I have wanted a Gallienus / Secular Games issue for some time. Now I have one:) I am really digging this coin!!! Neck beard, stag, palm branch, a ton of silvering, well centered, legible legends, and some X-mas red highlights for character! Whats not to like? [ATTACH=full]721122[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]721123[/ATTACH] [B]Attribution:[/B] RIC Vi 656 Antioch [B]Date:[/B] 264-265 AD [B]Obverse:[/B] GALLIENVS AVG; Radiate cuirassed bust right [B]Reverse:[/B] SAECVLARHS AVG; Stag standing right, palm branch in exergue [B]Size:[/B] 22.27mm [B]Weight:[/B] 3.77 grams And there is more! This RR denarius is the icing on the cake! The helmeted Roma is quite attractive in itself but the she wolf Rx is a notch above terrific!! Love the Greco-Roman style of this coin!! [ATTACH=full]721129[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]721130[/ATTACH] [B]Attribution:[/B] Craw 388/1b; Satriena 1; Sydenham 781a [B]Date:[/B] 77 BC [B]Obverse:[/B] (Inverted T)XXXII behind helmeted head of Roma (or Mars) right [B]Reverse:[/B] ROMA above she-wolf standing left with right forepaw raised, P•SATRIE / NVS in exergue [B]Size:[/B] 17.69mm [B]Weight:[/B] 3.59 grams[/QUOTE]
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