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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2727439, member: 76194"]And not to leave U.S. Collectors out, some American rarities. Sorry for the terrible picture, but this display was full of fingerprints. There just wasn't any way to get a good picture without dozens of fingerprints getting in the way. For some reason the other displays were quite clean. Maybe the American coins just attract that much more attention than the rest. Again, please accept my apologies, but had you been there you would understand why this picture turned out the way it did.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]619370[/ATTACH]</p><p>Some Americana for you guys</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the rare Julius Caesar lifetime portrait denarius and a very rare ancient Jewish coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]619371[/ATTACH]</p><p>More ancients, yay!</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the Julius Caesar lifetime portrait denarius in my personal collection. As you can see, the above one is a different type than mine, which is normal as Julius Caesar minted 3 or 4 versions of his denarii before he was murdered. The above type might have a bull on the reverse, or it could have a similar reverse to mine...can't say without seeing the reverse which was not visible on the display.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here's mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]619372[/ATTACH]<b>Julius Caesar </b></p><p>AR Denarius (19mm, 3.9g, 9h)</p><p>Rome Mint (January - February, 44BCE)</p><p>L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR • IM downwards before, large crescent dividing P M upwards behind / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory on extended right hand and holding scepter in left; L • AEMILIVS • BVCA around. Crawford 480/4[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2727439, member: 76194"]And not to leave U.S. Collectors out, some American rarities. Sorry for the terrible picture, but this display was full of fingerprints. There just wasn't any way to get a good picture without dozens of fingerprints getting in the way. For some reason the other displays were quite clean. Maybe the American coins just attract that much more attention than the rest. Again, please accept my apologies, but had you been there you would understand why this picture turned out the way it did. [ATTACH=full]619370[/ATTACH] Some Americana for you guys And here is the rare Julius Caesar lifetime portrait denarius and a very rare ancient Jewish coin. [ATTACH=full]619371[/ATTACH] More ancients, yay! And here is the Julius Caesar lifetime portrait denarius in my personal collection. As you can see, the above one is a different type than mine, which is normal as Julius Caesar minted 3 or 4 versions of his denarii before he was murdered. The above type might have a bull on the reverse, or it could have a similar reverse to mine...can't say without seeing the reverse which was not visible on the display. Anyway, here's mine. [ATTACH=full]619372[/ATTACH][B]Julius Caesar [/B] AR Denarius (19mm, 3.9g, 9h) Rome Mint (January - February, 44BCE) L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR • IM downwards before, large crescent dividing P M upwards behind / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory on extended right hand and holding scepter in left; L • AEMILIVS • BVCA around. Crawford 480/4[/QUOTE]
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