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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 2080899, member: 44357&quot;]As mentioned by other posters, there are <i>many </i>commemorative coins, especially from Rome. Here are a few of my favorite:</p><p><br /></p><p>Commemorating Antoninus Pius&#039; distribution of money to the roman populace. It shows the goddess Liberalitas helping the emperor hand out coins to a grateful citizen. This happened from time to time, with this coin being the fourth time during Antoninus Pius&#039; reign, in 145 AD:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/Liberalitas_zpszmhpmxpm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A denarius minted by Titus to commemorate the opening of the Colosseum (as they imported a vast number of exotic animals for the celebrations):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/TitusElephant_zpsav6wlqkj.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The above coin&#039;s &quot;big brother&quot;, the Colosseum sestertius, likely handed out at the inaugural games of the Colosseum:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/Colosseum_zpsolc8ae9g.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus&#039; Secular Games featuring the Circus Maximus:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/Circus_zps0cip6dfg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And of course, Brutus&#039; &quot;Eid Mar&quot; denarius, commemorating his assassination of Julius Caesar and the subsequent freeing of the Roman people:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/EidMar_zps5921p7y6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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