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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3862628, member: 99456"][USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] an interesting idea for a thread. While I have no Mercury to show - <b>Edit:</b> I do have a Sol:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1021850[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Gordian III</b> AR Antoninianus, Antioch AD 243-244</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.</p><p><b>Rev: </b>ORIENS AVG - Sol standing left, right hand raised in salute and left hand holding out a globe.</p><p><b>Size:</b> 4.97g 22.5mm<b> Ref:</b> RIC IViii, 213</p><p><br /></p><p>On the planetary theme, here's a tiny bit, ~8mg, of another planet in the form of primitive Mars volcanic magma aka light-grey, olivine-basaltic shergottite, from a meteorite, <a href="https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=44782" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=44782" rel="nofollow">NWA 4468</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1021828[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>and my favorite depiction of Mars on a denarius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1021837[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republican, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lentulus-clodianus-defeated-by-spartacus.346909/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lentulus-clodianus-defeated-by-spartacus.346909/"><b>Cn. Lentulus Clodianus</b></a>, 88 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Helmeted bust of Mars (Corinthian Helmet) seen from behind, wearing <i>balteus</i> (legionary sword belt) over right shoulder with <i>parazonium</i>, vertical spear behind left shoulder</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Victory in biga holding reins in left hand and wreath in right hand, in exergue, CN LENTVL, border of dots.</p><p><b>Size: </b>4.03g 18mm</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 345/1; Sydenham 702; Cornelia 50[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3862628, member: 99456"][USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] an interesting idea for a thread. While I have no Mercury to show - [B]Edit:[/B] I do have a Sol: [ATTACH=full]1021850[/ATTACH] [B]Gordian III[/B] AR Antoninianus, Antioch AD 243-244 [B]Obv:[/B] IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed. [B]Rev: [/B]ORIENS AVG - Sol standing left, right hand raised in salute and left hand holding out a globe. [B]Size:[/B] 4.97g 22.5mm[B] Ref:[/B] RIC IViii, 213 On the planetary theme, here's a tiny bit, ~8mg, of another planet in the form of primitive Mars volcanic magma aka light-grey, olivine-basaltic shergottite, from a meteorite, [URL='https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=44782']NWA 4468[/URL]. [ATTACH=full]1021828[/ATTACH] and my favorite depiction of Mars on a denarius: [ATTACH=full]1021837[/ATTACH] Roman Republican, [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lentulus-clodianus-defeated-by-spartacus.346909/'][B]Cn. Lentulus Clodianus[/B][/URL], 88 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint [B]Obv: [/B]Helmeted bust of Mars (Corinthian Helmet) seen from behind, wearing [I]balteus[/I] (legionary sword belt) over right shoulder with [I]parazonium[/I], vertical spear behind left shoulder [B]Rev:[/B] Victory in biga holding reins in left hand and wreath in right hand, in exergue, CN LENTVL, border of dots. [B]Size: [/B]4.03g 18mm [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford 345/1; Sydenham 702; Cornelia 50[/QUOTE]
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