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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7499585, member: 91461&quot;][ATTACH=full]1296169[/ATTACH]</p><p>Inspired by my recent Augustus, Gaius and Lucian, Denarius upgrade (the former WAS broken... or bitten by a rabid Barbarian<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) I realized I&#039;m drawn to coins that have some uniqueness to them... and the affordable prices which come along with them<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>What in the world mightve occurred to the bottom of this Denarius? And did some ancient actual graffiti Augustus spitting/talking?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296177[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296058[/ATTACH]</p><p>Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Denarius (Silver, 20mm, 3.58 g), Lugdunum, 2 BC-AD 12. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE Laureate head of Augustus to right. Rev. AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT / C L CAESARES Gaius and Lucius Caesar, on left and right, standing facing, each togate and resting a hand on one of two shields set on the ground between them; behind the shields, two crossed spears; above, on left, simpulum right, and on right, lituus left. BMC 519-533. BN 1651-1657. Cohen 43. Lyon 82. RIC 207. VF. Purchase from Savoca April 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s his predecessor:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296059[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And some other tough SOBS that refused to break.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]nvlTJrNJ5lA[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>This formatum appears to have been a twice folded over axe head!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296112[/ATTACH]</p><p>Aes premonetale. Aes formatum,</p><p>6th-4th century BC. AE. g. 64.72 mm. 40.00. Former Artemide Kunstauktionen</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one of my favorite toned, and ballsiest RRs:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296063[/ATTACH]</p><p>L. Thorius Balbus, Denarius, Rome, 105 BCE AR (3,74 gr 20 MM6 H) Head of Juno Sospita r., wearing goat-skin behind, downwards, I S M R, Rv. Bull charging r. above, control letter, O below. L THORIVS in ex. BALBVS. Crawford 316/1 Thoria 1 Sydenham 598.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this runner up for world&#039;s wackiest flan, which was probably born bent:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296097[/ATTACH]</p><p>Anonymous Quadrantes. Period of Domitian to Antoninus Pius. AE Quadrans. Obv. Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing petasus. Rev. Winged caduceus; in field, S-C. RIC II 34. AE. 2.24 g. 19.00 mm. VF/About VF. Purchased Artemide March 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, the Greeks always being ahead of the Romans... except in warfare, could bend dimensions without bending their coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296124[/ATTACH]</p><p>CARIA, Halikarnassos</p><p>(reassigned from Kindya)</p><p>499-497 BCE</p><p>AR hektai, 1.78 gm, 11 mm, Milesian standard</p><p>Obv: head of ketos right</p><p>Rev: geometric pattern within incuse square</p><p>Ref: Konuk</p><p><br /></p><p>More wavy then bent,&nbsp; queen Elizabeth might have been bent herself, at least against the queen of guys named Scott<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>She&#039;s also bent out of shape here on my only coin of hers:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296130[/ATTACH]</p><p>Queen Elizabeth I</p><p>1567 CE England</p><p>Tudor Period Silver</p><p>Threepence Coin</p><p><br /></p><p>No coins were bent in the making of this thread... just a few squares after reading it.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]skC2GToR1uY[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;ve got bent coins I&#039;d like to see them![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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