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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 8082466, member: 91461"]LOVE all of your ancient Egyptian iconography<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>For better or worse, whenever given an option to vote on favorites I give my opinion even when it's an area I'm not well versed in (we've all opinions and <i>armpits</i><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). Hard not to fall for a coin with the image of a Pharoah on it<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and an elephant quadriga <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> get outta town. Amazing! And lastly, though I could very easily have gone with a big bad ace <b>CLUB </b>in silver (can you say club envy, Hadrian?), I couldn't resist the sphinx<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie31" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>What a wonderful year<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Best I can offer up is a tiny Egyptian T rage with the Hemhem crown reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1403683[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trajan</p><p>25 Jan 98 - 8/9 Aug 117 A.D. dichalkon Alexandria mint, 1.660g, 14.3mm, die axis 0o obverse no legend, laureate head right; reverse no legend, Hemhem crown, date in lower field divided by ram horns; Emmett 707, F, a bit rough, ragged flan</p><p>from the Ray Nouri Collection</p><p>The Hemhem crown, also known as the triple Atef crown, was symbol of Pharaonic power and authority credited with magical abilities that would protect Egypt from any enemy. It originated during the 18th dynasty was first seen in an image of the pharaoh Akhenaten in a tomb at Amarna. A Hemhem crown is worn Tutankhamen on the back of the gilded throne discovered in his tomb. No examples of this type of crown are known to have survived.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 8082466, member: 91461"]LOVE all of your ancient Egyptian iconography:kiss::bookworm::singing: For better or worse, whenever given an option to vote on favorites I give my opinion even when it's an area I'm not well versed in (we've all opinions and [I]armpits[/I]:happy:). Hard not to fall for a coin with the image of a Pharoah on it:jawdrop: and an elephant quadriga :woot::woot::woot::woot: get outta town. Amazing! And lastly, though I could very easily have gone with a big bad ace [B]CLUB [/B]in silver (can you say club envy, Hadrian?), I couldn't resist the sphinx:cat: What a wonderful year:) Best I can offer up is a tiny Egyptian T rage with the Hemhem crown reverse: [ATTACH=full]1403683[/ATTACH] Trajan 25 Jan 98 - 8/9 Aug 117 A.D. dichalkon Alexandria mint, 1.660g, 14.3mm, die axis 0o obverse no legend, laureate head right; reverse no legend, Hemhem crown, date in lower field divided by ram horns; Emmett 707, F, a bit rough, ragged flan from the Ray Nouri Collection The Hemhem crown, also known as the triple Atef crown, was symbol of Pharaonic power and authority credited with magical abilities that would protect Egypt from any enemy. It originated during the 18th dynasty was first seen in an image of the pharaoh Akhenaten in a tomb at Amarna. A Hemhem crown is worn Tutankhamen on the back of the gilded throne discovered in his tomb. No examples of this type of crown are known to have survived.[/QUOTE]
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