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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3863496, member: 96898"]<font size="3"><font size="4">Well, I tried to watch it through some cheapskate diy solar eclipse glasses made from layers of old photographic film, but mostly failed to see anything... [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] 's approach is much safer and more viable.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">A Herennius Etruscus with a Mercury reverse from AMCC 2 is on its way. Until it arrives, I still have these two Republicans:</font></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1021950[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, anonymous issue, AE semuncia (post-semilibral standard), 215–212 BC, Rome mint. Obv: head of Mercury r. Rev: prow r.; above, ROMA. 20mm, 6.97g. Ref: RRC 41/11. Ex Artemide, eLive Auction 6, lot 307 (their picture – I don't quite manage taking a decent picture of this coin).</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">The second one arguably shows Mercury. And Apollo. And Neptune. All as the same person...</font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1021949[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: L. Iulius Bursio, AR denarius, 85 BC, Rome mint. Obv: male head r., with attributes of Apollo, Mercury and Neptune; behind, control-mark (grapes). Rev: L.IVLI.BVRSIO; Victory in quadriga r., holding reins in l. hand and wreath in r. hand; in field, controlmark (FI). 21mm, 3.76g. Ref: RRC 352/1c.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3863496, member: 96898"][SIZE=3][SIZE=4]Well, I tried to watch it through some cheapskate diy solar eclipse glasses made from layers of old photographic film, but mostly failed to see anything... [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] 's approach is much safer and more viable.[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=4]A Herennius Etruscus with a Mercury reverse from AMCC 2 is on its way. Until it arrives, I still have these two Republicans:[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][ATTACH=full]1021950[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, anonymous issue, AE semuncia (post-semilibral standard), 215–212 BC, Rome mint. Obv: head of Mercury r. Rev: prow r.; above, ROMA. 20mm, 6.97g. Ref: RRC 41/11. Ex Artemide, eLive Auction 6, lot 307 (their picture – I don't quite manage taking a decent picture of this coin).[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]The second one arguably shows Mercury. And Apollo. And Neptune. All as the same person...[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1021949[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Republic, moneyer: L. Iulius Bursio, AR denarius, 85 BC, Rome mint. Obv: male head r., with attributes of Apollo, Mercury and Neptune; behind, control-mark (grapes). Rev: L.IVLI.BVRSIO; Victory in quadriga r., holding reins in l. hand and wreath in r. hand; in field, controlmark (FI). 21mm, 3.76g. Ref: RRC 352/1c.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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