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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stainless, post: 1154338, member: 11757&quot;]<span style="color: black">I am really happy I was able to win both of these.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">First one:</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=119464" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">JULIA DOMNA, wife of Septimius Severus. </span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">AR Denarius Struck 196-211 AD. </span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">Laodicea ad Mare mint. </span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">Obverse: IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right </span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">Reverse: SAECVLI FE-LICITAS, Isis standing right, left foot on prow, holding Horus; rudder behind. </span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">RIC IV 645 (Severus); BMCRE 618 (Severus); RSC 174</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">For those of you who don&#039;t know what&#039;s going on with the reverse type, Horus was the main god of the Ancient Egyptians, Isis was the mother (and Osiris, the father). I have been very interested in Ancient Egyptian mythology long before I even collected coins. Needless to say, when I discovered this coin, I immediatly desired one. I just had to wait for the right time (and a price I could pay).</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">And, if that wasn&#039;t enough...it&#039;s not even the best of the two...</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">The MOJO, my new all time favorite coin design:</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=119465" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">L. Cossutius C.f. Sabula. Ca. 74 BC. </span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">AR denarius, Rome</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">Obverse: Winged head of Medusa left, SABVLA behind </span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">Reverse: Bellerophon on Pegasus rearing right,hurling spear, L COSSVTI C F below, control numeral above</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">Crawford 395/1. Sydenham 790. RSC Cossutia 1. RCTV 331. </span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">Very scarce.</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">For those of you that don&#039;t know, I simply love Medusa coinage. This coin depicts a winged head Medusa bust portrait. Pegasus on the reverse isn&#039;t too bad either <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: black">stainless</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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